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SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

SHOGUN: Total War™ is the first, original title in a 15 year series of award-winning strategy games. This Collection Edition also includes the Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack.

What works

  • Nostalgic and classic gameplay
  • Challenging ai and strategic depth
  • Historical atmosphere and soundtrack
  • Low system requirements
  • Multiple campaigns including mongol invasion

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and clunky controls
  • Limited diplomacy and economic complexity
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Some bugs and compatibility issues
  • Lack of modern quality of life features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Vietnam ‘65

  • Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

  • Strategic Mind: The Pacific

  • Mud and Blood

  • The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An

  • Ultimate General: Gettysburg

More fantastical

Games that feels like SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection but with more imaginative fiction

  • Elemental: Reforged

  • Total War: WARHAMMER

  • STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

  • Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders

  • Lords of Magic: Special Edition

  • Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator

More dominating

Games that feels like SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection but with more domination over others

  • Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition

  • Heroes of the Three Kingdoms

  • Total War: ROME REMASTERED

  • Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

  • Imperial Glory

  • Making History: The Second World War

More competitive

Games that feels like SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection but with more competition against others

  • Pike and Shot : Campaigns

  • Fire & Maneuver

  • Lords of the Realm II

  • Oriental Empires

  • Making History: The Calm & the Storm

  • Battle Academy

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SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026