# Games like Total War: SHOGUN 2

> The closest matches to Total War: SHOGUN 2: Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition, Battle Brothers, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition, and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Total War: THREE KINGDOMS](https://imho.run/games/779340/total-war-three-kingdoms) — Shares faction politics with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 17,216 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/779340/)
2. [Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition](https://imho.run/games/214950/total-war-rome-ii-emperor-edition) — Shares tactical positioning with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 31,620 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/214950/)
3. [Battle Brothers](https://imho.run/games/365360/battle-brothers) — Shares mod support with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 14,754 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/365360/)
4. [Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/3556750/warhammer-40-000-dawn-of-war-definitive-edition) — Shares territory control and campaign progression with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 6,052 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3556750/)
5. [Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/813780/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition) — A frequent pick in Total War: SHOGUN 2 players' libraries, and another Strategy. 60,009 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/813780/)
6. [Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion](https://imho.run/games/204880/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion) — Shares tech tree progression and faction politics with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 7,321 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/204880/)
7. [Company of Heroes 2](https://imho.run/games/231430/company-of-heroes-2) — Shares tactical positioning and resource management with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 28,233 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/231430/)
8. [Men of War: Assault Squad 2](https://imho.run/games/244450/men-of-war-assault-squad-2) — A frequent pick in Total War: SHOGUN 2 players' libraries, and another Action. 16,449 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/244450/)
9. [Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI](https://imho.run/games/289070/sid-meier-s-civilization-vi) — Shares faction politics with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 105,864 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/)
10. [Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked](https://imho.run/games/3124340/demeo-x-dungeons-dragons-battlemarked) — Shares difficulty modes and tactical positioning with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 666 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124340/)
11. [ENDLESS Legend™ 2](https://imho.run/games/3407390/endless-legend-2) — Shares territory control and turn based strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 4,263 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3407390/)
12. [Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced](https://imho.run/games/2799350/emperor-of-the-fading-suns-enhanced) — Shares territory control and turn based strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 141 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2799350/)
13. [DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS](https://imho.run/games/2384580/dynasty-warriors-origins) — Shares real time combat with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 4,111 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2384580/)
14. [Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord](https://imho.run/games/261550/mount-blade-ii-bannerlord) — Shares faction politics with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 96,416 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/261550/)
15. [Battle Realms: Zen Edition](https://imho.run/games/1025600/battle-realms-zen-edition) — Shares campaign progression with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 2,517 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025600/)
16. [Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2](https://imho.run/games/573100/battlefleet-gothic-armada-2) — Same grand mood as Total War: SHOGUN 2. 5,744 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/573100/)
17. [Anno 117: Pax Romana](https://imho.run/games/3274580/anno-117-pax-romana) — Shares territory control and faction politics with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 4,901 Steam reviews, 66% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274580/)
18. [Supreme Commander 2](https://imho.run/games/40100/supreme-commander-2) — Same grand mood as Total War: SHOGUN 2. 4,952 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40100/)
19. [Hearts of Iron IV](https://imho.run/games/394360/hearts-of-iron-iv) — Same grand mood as Total War: SHOGUN 2. 120,833 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/)
20. [Crusader Kings III](https://imho.run/games/1158310/crusader-kings-iii) — Same epic mood as Total War: SHOGUN 2. 48,633 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158310/)
21. [Panzer Corps 2](https://imho.run/games/1072040/panzer-corps-2) — Same epic mood as Total War: SHOGUN 2. 1,815 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072040/)
22. [Old World](https://imho.run/games/597180/old-world) — A frequent pick in Total War: SHOGUN 2 players' libraries, and another RPG. 3,708 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/)
23. [Planet Coaster 2](https://imho.run/games/2688950/planet-coaster-2) — Shares base building with Total War: SHOGUN 2. 7,716 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2688950/)
24. [Galactic Civilizations III](https://imho.run/games/226860/galactic-civilizations-iii) — Same grand mood as Total War: SHOGUN 2. 6,580 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/226860/)

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## About Total War: SHOGUN 2

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

## Game info

- **AppID:** 201270
- **Developer:** CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
- **Publisher:** SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
- **Genres:** Strategy
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Stats, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, Online PvP, Online Co-op, LAN PvP, LAN Co-op, PvP, Family Sharing, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, Playable without Timed Input, Adjustable Difficulty, Save Anytime, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Co-op
- **Released:** Mar 15, 2011
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 90
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

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