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Total War: SHOGUN 2 cover art

Total War: SHOGUN 2

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2011-03-15

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Total War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 15, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2011 (Linux), Mar 15, 2011 (Mac)

Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

1
playing now
92%
positive of 68k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (206 ratings)
$8.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

In the darkest age of Japan, endless war leaves a country divided. It is the middle of the 16th Century in Feudal Japan. The country, once ruled by a unified government, is now split into many warring clans. Ten legendary warlords strive for supremacy as conspiracies and conflicts wither the empire. Only one will rise above all to win the heart of a nation as the new shogun…The others will die by his sword.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Total War: SHOGUN 2 trailer thumbnail

CGI Animated Trailer : "Total War: SHOGUN 2" - by RealtimeUK | TheCGBros

≈977,049 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,717 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~215/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.7M–5.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,589 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.95-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.95-80%
Humble Store$5.99-80%
GreenManGaming$8.10-73%
Gamesplanet$8.69-71%
Steam$8.99-70%
WinGameStore$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 67 of 100 observed days · $2.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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87987920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$33.61$4.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-06 — best price $30.442015-05-02 — best price $29.992015-07-10 — best price $7.492015-11-30 — best price $29.652016-02-29 — best price $29.992016-06-23 — best price $7.492016-11-22 — best price $7.492017-02-10 — best price $7.452017-05-25 — best price $7.492017-09-11 — best price $29.992017-12-02 — best price $26.992018-03-26 — best price $10.202018-08-06 — best price $7.492019-01-21 — best price $29.992019-09-28 — best price $30.622020-01-25 — best price $30.862020-05-01 — best price $7.492020-07-13 — best price $29.992020-08-20 — best price $26.882020-09-27 — best price $29.992020-11-10 — best price $26.882020-12-17 — best price $26.882021-02-05 — best price $26.882021-03-17 — best price $29.992021-04-24 — best price $26.882021-06-02 — best price $26.882021-12-23 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $26.792023-01-05 — best price $26.772023-09-12 — best price $7.492024-01-22 — best price $6.882024-08-01 — best price $26.992025-01-25 — best price $7.502025-05-16 — best price $6.752025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-02-04 — best price $22.492026-04-30 — best price $29.992026-08-09 — best price $5.542026-08-30 — best price $5.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards8 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55,5281%106

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSCo-opNinjaMedievalMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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