Total War: SHOGUN 2
Last updated: 2026-01-10
- Polished and immersive gameplay experience
- Best Total War game in the franchise
- Distinct and balanced clans mechanics
- AI cheats and unfair behavior issues
- Broken diplomacy system frustrates players
- Frequent crashes and stability problems occur
Emotions
Frustration23%Satisfaction12%Excitement11%Disappointment8%Admiration8%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 66,360
- Positive
- 60,78591.6%
- Negative
- 5,5758.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,304,425
- Estimated revenue
- $129,089,706
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 370.91%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,400
- Estimated revenue lost
- $71,976
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 380.9% Avg playtime 1h | 451.1% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 3097.6% Avg playtime 174h | 3,66090.3% Avg playtime 260h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 12.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 52.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,428.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,052 total
Organic purchasers2,68466.2%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations1,36833.8%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,052 total
First impression0-2h1212.99%
Voted up: 57%
Mid game2-10h53713.3%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h44911.1%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+2,94572.7%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 91.4%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 66,360 total.