Shogun: Total War – Collection

2000 Creative Assembly Action, Strategy

Windows 11With a fix

MacNot sold

LinuxGold

Steam DeckUnsupported

Gamicality score

Metacritic 8413

OpenCritic Not rated

Steam players 831

How it’s combined

Playability today

Runs today3/5

Design today2.5/5

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

88%

1,041 reviews1

Get it on Steam

Facts checked November 1, 2026

Does Shogun: Total War – Collection run on Windows 11, Apple Silicon Macs, Linux and Steam Deck?

Windows 11With a fix

Runs with a fix. See the steps below.1

Mac (Apple Silicon)Not sold

No Mac version is sold.

LinuxGold

Through Proton. ProtonDB: Gold, runs perfectly after tweaks.3

Steam DeckUnsupported

Unsupported, as rated by Valve.1

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How to get Shogun: Total War – Collection running today

Install Vundult's unofficial Shogun: Total War Collection patch, which fixes historical battle crashes, the Throne Room dialogue bug, missing harvest voice lines, unit cost bugs and the limited ammo setting (PCGamingWiki).
If units will not move when clicking the ground, use the dgVoodoo 2 wrapper bundled with that patch, or set up dgVoodoo 2 by hand (PCGamingWiki).
If text looks corrupted under dgVoodoo 2 on Windows 11, set its Direct3D 11 feature level to 10.1 (Steam Community).

Synopsis

Shogun: Total War is the first game in the Total War series, set in feudal Japan during the Sengoku period. Players lead a clan across a turn-based map of provinces, managing armies, buildings and agents, then command thousands of soldiers in real-time battles. The Collection adds the Mongol Invasion campaign.

Developer: Creative Assembly
Released: 2000
Best version: The Steam Collection is the one to play, since it bundles the base game with the Mongol Invasion expansion and adds widescreen support.
Genre: Action, Strategy
Where to get it: Steam

Reception

Critics praised the large real-time battles and a battle AI that punishes careless moves, and the PC version holds a Metascore of 84 from 24 reviews. Many reviews at the time also called the interface clunky and the strategic campaign monotonous, a problem Quarter to Three said the Mongol Invasion expansion largely fixed. Players today value it as the root of the series and still enjoy its battles, but some find the controls primitive next to later Total War games. Steam threads and PCGamingWiki report crashes in historical battles, cut-off dialogue and unit orders that fail on modern systems.

Playability today

The average of two parts, each from 1 to 5. Tap a check to see why. How it works

Runs today

3/5

Sold or given away today by an official source
Needs fan patches to run well on Windows 11
?Not confirmed yetSingle-player works without an internet connection
No source covers the current version yet, so this check counts as open, not passed. Played it lately? Tell us
Some content no longer works (servers, DLC, unlocks)
The official online server browser has been shut down, so multiplayer now works only over LAN (PCGamingWiki).
Supports modern resolutions and widescreen
The Collection supports widescreen resolutions, but not ultrawide or 4K (PCGamingWiki).
No full controller support and no remappable controls
The game has no controller support (PCGamingWiki).
Not Steam Deck Verified or Playable
No intrusive DRM or required third-party launcher account
No pay-to-win or pushy microtransactions
Known game-breaking bugs in the current version
The unpatched game crashes in several historical campaign battles and cuts off Throne Room dialogue, and these are fixed only by an unofficial patch (PCGamingWiki).

Design today

2.5/5

Controls feel awkward on a modern controller or mouse and keyboard
The campaign map scrolls with the keyboard rather than the mouse at the screen edge, and on modern systems units can ignore clicks on the ground until a wrapper is installed. Players new to it describe the controls as primitive next to later entries. Source: steamcommunity.com, pcgamingwiki.com.
Menus, text or interface are hard to read on today's screens
Reviewers at release called the interface clunky and difficult, and the game supports neither ultrawide nor 4K resolutions. Source: nodicenoglory.com, pcgamingwiki.com.
Saving is fair: free saves or frequent checkpoints, little lost progress
The campaign can be saved by hand between turns and also writes an autosave each turn, so a crash costs at most one turn. Source: steamcommunity.com, pcgamingwiki.com.
Hard to make progress without a guide
Tutorial battles exist, but they do not explain why tactics work, and players report losing them with no clear reason given. The combat model of morale, terrain and weather has to be learned through outside advice. Source: steamcommunity.com, nodicenoglory.com.
Pacing holds up: little grind, filler or forced backtracking
The original campaign slid into tedious unit management in its later turns, but the Mongol Invasion expansion included here reworked it, and players today find province building deep enough to matter without becoming a chore. Source: quartertothree.com, steamcommunity.com.
Camera or movement fights the player
The camera pans, tilts and zooms mainly with keyboard keys, including the number pad, without the edge scrolling and mouse wheel zoom of later Total War games. Source: steamcommunity.com, steamcommunity.com.