Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Game
Game2011
Sengoku
Developer Paradox Development Studio
Sengoku: Way of the Warrior is a grand strategy computer game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
289 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
94 positive · 82 negative
95% range 46–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 94 | 82 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 25 | 1 | 78 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
178 of 313 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
54% recommend · 99 yes, 85 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (291 of 508 positive).
Players often call Sengoku a simplified Crusader Kings set in Japan, used as a testbed for CK2. [1][2][3] Some praise its accessibility and focus on war, while others criticize its shallow mechanics and bugs. [4][5][6] Many recommend skipping it for Crusader Kings 2 or its mods instead. [2][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [2]
This was a mock-up game they made in a short time to get accustomed with the new iteration of their Engine. It is the Crusader Kings 2 Alpha, but set in Japan. Clunky, and lacks depth. If you like Japan and know its history you wont have fun with it. Pick up Crusader Kings 2 in a big sale, and then play the mod based on Japan.
- [16]
As much as I love Paradox, and as much as I love Japanese history, I cannot reccommend this game. It's simply not enjoyable to play. Constant pop-ups of vassals demanding kokujin titles (seriously, only seconds pass between each time I see that same pop-up) and shallow gameplay turn this game into something which brings me more annoyance than enjoyment. Do not spend money on this.
- [1]
Sengoku is basically just Crusader Kings but in Japan. And I believe it was most likely a testbed for the CK2 mechanics and systems. But seriously, why does it have better graphics than CK2? :\
- [4]
Sengoku is not an in-depth historical simulator like Paradox's main-title series. It is instead a very simple model of Japanese feudalism whose focus is placed on fast-paced military expansion, with the end-goal of conquering 50% of Japan and becoming its Shogun. Sadly, continued development of this game was abandoned in favor of the far more robust Crusader Kings 2. Modders have long since cloned Sengoku within …
- [9]
Basically a more complex Total War Shogun without battles and with more Grand Strategy. It's less complex than other Paradox games, but at the same time, this is one of Sengokus qualities: It is more accessible and can be fun for a far borader spectrum of players. If you are interested in Japanese history, this is definitely worth a look.
Summarised from 34 of the 290 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Sengoku sits at 53% positive across 176 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The game was criticized by WarGamer for its lack of missions and the lack of a flexible starting date, atypical for a Paradox game.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 289 · most liked firstThinking about Sengoku Turb. Not so much the game itself, just sort of walking around the house saying "Sengoku Turb" to myself over and over again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku TURB is a game designed to flash-fry a certain kind of person's brain if it hits them at the right time in their neurological development. If it ever gets an english translation it will trigger the belated cultural renaissance it deserves
positive · AI labelView post →Livestream time! I'm continuing my obsession with Sengoku Basara, and we'll likely discuss the "winners" of today's terrible game "awards." Pop along if you like: twitch.tv/jimsterling
neutral · AI labelView post →We're proud to announce GENERAL ORDERS: SENGOKU JIDAI, an exciting sequel to the worker-placement wargame from Undaunted designers @djackthompson.bsky.social & @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social 🔥🔥 📌Pre-order: bit.ly/4jeCg8d 📌Blog: bit.ly/4jiF3NB 📌BGG: bit.ly/4hf9uTc
neutral · AI labelView post →This was a mock-up game they made in a short time to get accustomed with the new iteration of their Engine. It is the Crusader Kings 2 Alpha, but set in Japan. Clunky, and lacks depth. If you like Japan and know its history you wont have fun with it. Pick up Crusader Kings 2 in a big sale, and then play the mod based on Japan.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6mm Sengoku. Total bases for 'Tenka Fubu' large battle game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku Rance releases on Steam on October 2 The 7th game in the Rance series will be available in Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese
neutral · AI labelView post →Kamidori Alchemy Meister is a game I always recommend to people who want to explore B-side Japanese hidden gems. It's an eroge, but very different from something like Sengoku Rance - is all consensual and quite cute sometimes. And it's a kickass tactical RPG with an alchemy shop management layer.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku is basically just Crusader Kings but in Japan. And I believe it was most likely a testbed for the CK2 mechanics and systems. But seriously, why does it have better graphics than CK2? :\
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Building a roguelike deckbuilding poker game set in Japan's Sengoku era ⚔️ 94 historical Japanese himes (princesses), each with unique skills and bonds. Core systems are done — only polish & updates from here. My oshi 🦊 is now my icon. Stay tuned! #indiedev #gamedev #anime #JRPG #sengoku #Gracia
neutral · AI labelView post →Nobunaga’s Black Castle, the Sengoku Doom Metal Fantasy MÖRK BORG game previously only available in Japanese, is getting an English translation currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter!
neutral · AI labelView post →-started the game. -looked for a wife for one of my children -asked for permission for my son to marry the girl -parents said no. -send ninja to capture daughter -perfect kidnapp -tried to have the girl marry my son... because I have her captured -Parents decline the marriage, parents still not aware I have her...... What?! -send ninjas -Assasinate father and mother. -try to marry the daughter to my son again -parents decline the marriage.... ghost parents? -Kill off the captive 10/10 would…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazon is making a tv show of the dreamcast game Sengoku Turb to air in 2027
neutral · AI labelView post →From the creators of Undaunted, General Orders: Sengoku Jidai is here next month! So if you missed the worker-placement wargame with co-designer @djackthompson.bsky.social at Gen Con, you won't have to wait long... 18th September UK & 16th September US: bit.ly/4jeCg8d
neutral · AI labelView post →The Steam port of Sengoku Rance will release in Q4 2026. The game will be published by Kagura Games and MangaGamer. The Steam ports of the other Rance games currently do not have any release dates revealed. store.steampowered.com/app/3867170/... #rance
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku Rance reached 1,000 concurrent players on Steam The game reached a Very Positive rating with 150+ reviews in less than 24 hours If you own Yoru ga Kuru, another Alice Soft title, you can get an additional discount
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku Rance is out on Steam The 7th game in the Rance series is available in Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese Rance Quest Magnum, the 8th entry, is scheduled for release in Q2 2027
neutral · AI labelView post →WAIT THAT ZOMBIE GAME IS BY THE SENGOKU BASARA PRODUCER
neutral · AI labelView post →6mm Sengoku. Battle of Amanogawa 1571. A fictional battle generated by the board game 'A Most Dangerous Time.' An Oda army under Takigawa Kazumasu and Hosokawa Fujitaka marches towards Ishiyama Hongan-ji. An Ikkō army blocks their path near the Amano river. Battle foguht with Tenka Fubu rules
neutral · AI labelView post →This massive mod for Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord not only converts it to Sengoku-era Japan, it adds fully simulated naval battles months ahead of the base game. Shokuho is hardly the first mod to adapt TaleWorlds' [Mount & Blade](https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/mount-and-blade/) series to a new era of history. [Mount & Blade: Warband's](https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/mount-blade-warband/) startling array of total conversions practically let you command armies anywhere and, indeed, any*when* in the…
neutral · AI labelView post →And on my 4th play I score 11 VP and become Shogun uniting the clans of Sengoku Jidai Japan. 1 objective shy of becoming Supreme Shogun! A fun, lite, fast-playing and beautiful solitaire card game. Shogun Solitaire from Worthington Publishing.
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished my fifth game of the excellent new General Orders: Sengoku Jidai! Beautifully produced (cute wooden ships!), intensely tactical, and well paced. Thanks to @djackthompson.bsky.social, @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social, and @ospreygames.bsky.social for another wonderful design.
positive · AI labelView post →Played my first game of General Orders: Sengoku Jidai by @djackthompson.bsky.social and @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social with my daughter. She won on the tie breaker. Such a compact, but deep game. Thank you for the reveiw copy, @ospreygames.bsky.social. Review to follow. 😃👍 #ProudDad #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →OH MAN THOUGH Kingdom Come: Deliverance style game but in the Sengoku Jidai period!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a big fan of the very clever Battle Blocks Sengoku which uses 12 mini Jenga blocks to depict a Samurai army. Here we are playing a big multiplayer game with scenic hills and rice fields.
positive · AI labelView post →I need to build my Bluesky brand and that means picking an obscure yet lovable retro game to make my entire personality. It looks like Sengoku Turb is still available so that’s gonna be my thing. I’m the Sengoku Turb guy now. Please follow me for more posts about Sengoku Turb. It’s Turbular!™️
positive · AI labelView post →'Nioh 3' reveals Bakumatsu period. The game also features other periods like Edo, Sengoku, and Heian period. www.gematsu.com/2025/11/nioh...
neutral · AI labelView post →Beautiful, elegant, compact & quick to play - this is General Orders: Sengoku Jidai. Let us learn more about the newest game from @djackthompson.bsky.social & @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social. Enjoy! 👇👇👇 theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/09/12/i... @ospreygames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't forget to open your copy of Sengoku Rance today (or any late 2000's Alicesoft game, this works with Galzoo Island too) to get the super rare New Year Alice-Chan logo
neutral · AI labelView post →BraveSon's sequel visual novel "Sengoku † Koihime BRAVE Ni" has completed mastering. The game will release in Japan on August 28. baseson.nexton-net.jp/senkoi-br2/ #戦国恋姫
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku Kantou Sangokushi is, despite the name, a PC Engine strategy game solely about Sengoku, not Sangokushi. It also has a different approach to having a final boss as the three kingdoms in the game are competing to see who gets to confront Nobunaga's ambition. youtu.be/fGyq-qRoUnI
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, I‘m kind of disappointed that my first outright negative review has to be a Paradox game, considering how much I love all their other works, but when it comes to Sengoku - Just don't bother. From what I can tell it takes most of its aspects from the early release versions of Crusader Kings 2 and actually shares a few of the early bugs from CK2 which have long since been patched by now, which is frustrating. Mechanically speaking, Sengoku leaves a lot to be desired, especially…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this game now after hundreds of hours of Crusader Kings 2. Kind of funny because Paradox games have a steep learning curve, but if you play Sengoku right after CK2, you won't need to learn anything. In fact you'll have to unlearn some stuff that you know works in CK2. Its gameplay is mostly political maneuvers than wars and battles. While Sengoku has the stable basis of a good strategy game, its biggest problem is a feeling of emptiness and incompleteness.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sengoku Turb, a purposely strange 3d rpg starring a dissociating weird girl in a ms paint looking world, seems like an itch game some random trans girl would make and not an actual dreamcast game
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn what I wouldn't give for Sengoku 2 from Paradox... With all of the stability, depth, intrigue, options, and bookmarks from Crusader Kings 2. All of their experience now. They could make a MONSTER of a Feudal Japan game. Ii and Sanada clans ftw. I loved this game. Well worth this low price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is from Sengoku Rance, and IIRC if you listen, you get one more chance, and if you try to continue you get killed and it's a game over.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sent ninjas to lower a 2 year olds honor constantly until he was forced to commit sepaku. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This arrived yesterday! General Orders: Sengoku Jidai from Osprey Games. This is a follow up game to 2023’s General Orders: WWII which was fantastic. Worker placement wargame.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game night: For All Mankind Phantasmic @marcelineleiman.bsky.social Dustbiters @buttonshy.bsky.social General Orders: Sengoku Jidai @ospreygames.bsky.social @djackthompson.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →My top 10 video game series: 1. Trails/Kiseki 2. Shin Megami Tensei 3. Persona 4. SaGa 5. Final Fantasy 6. Sengoku Basara 7. Castlevania 8. Diabolik Lovers 9. Tales of 10. .hack
neutral · AI labelView post →Nope! This one is just too rough with it's bloated UI, super slow pacing, and general lack of polish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sengoku is not an in-depth historical simulator like Paradox's main-title series. It is instead a very simple model of Japanese feudalism whose focus is placed on fast-paced military expansion, with the end-goal of conquering 50% of Japan and becoming its Shogun. Sadly, continued development of this game was abandoned in favor of the far more robust Crusader Kings 2. Modders have long since cloned Sengoku within that game, making this one redundant at this point. That being said, if you really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BanG Dream! Our Notes | Character Introduction PV: Yuno Sengoku The brand-new character introduction PV for "BanG Dream! Our Notes", the upcoming mobile rhythm game from BanG Dream! Project, is officially released now featuring Yuno Sengoku! Dream big without limits!
neutral · AI labelView post →A new review up on @meeplemountain.com today, looking at David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin's General Orders: Sengoku Jidai, which refines the mixed results of the first game into an excellent experience. @ospreygames.bsky.social www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/gene...
neutral · AI labelView post →This was never more than a tech demo for their crusader kings 2 engine.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A border line great game from our favorite grand strategy game maker Paradox interactive. This game was made before CKII and instead of diplomacy/plots/managment this game focus much more towards WAR. There is an honor system in place for you to manage and limit the amount of actions you can take but every situation always leads to war. The enemy doesn't stop and wait for you. AI works together to stop you and they work hard. They can be enemy with each for many years but once you show threat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine an EU4 game where every nation is constantly at war with each other and when you conquer a province it immediately is annexed. The couple of other game mechanics are either completely broken (because it's just blobbing) or don't work (because they didn't play test this). Even if this game was on sale for a dollar, don't buy it. I have never seen such an unfinished game, and even Starcraft custom maps have more depth and game mechanics than this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, Sarutobi Sasuke, and Oda Nobunaga from Sengoku Basara. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_sengoku-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sengoku Turb is still one of my favorite video game names. Like Beltlogger 9, it sounds like an alernate-dimension insult, maybe for someone who is an overly-obsessed nerd about Japanese history. "God John, you're such a Sengoku Turb."
positive · AI labelView post →This is lovely thematically. very much in demand from the depth of Japanese culture/history, and has the unique system of 'honour', but the aesthetics are undermined by the beauty of Shogun: Total 2's interface and the mechanics are far inferior to CKII: it's a shallow, weak counterpart to alternatives. I'd highly recommend waiting for Sengoku 2, which is plausible from the popularity of Japan's turbulent military past, it'll likely have higher artistic merit honouring Japanese traditions and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sengoku is a grand strategy game set in real time exactly like Europa Universalis or Crusader Kings. The diplomacy and politics of the game area really good and if you like the time period, the sengoku era or japan in general i highly suggest it. The gameplay/UI is similar to other Paradox games so you'll feel at home soon while playing. Overally i highly suggest it! 5/5.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New from Game Journal - it’s Gunyuu Sengoku Jidai (SENGOKU RIVALS)! Take charge of one of six factions in the struggle to unify Japan. Simple rules with a bit of historical flavor - we learned and finished a three player game in just over two hours. First to ten areas wins!
neutral · AI labelView post →Final game of the day is the beautiful and fast playing General Orders/ Sengoku Jidai from @ospreygames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Just don't. It takes aspects from early EU4 and CK2 but fails to be engaging in any way and is very shallow mechanically. If you want a good game about Sengoku Jidai buy Nobunaga's Ambition or Shogun 2. I would even say that a mod for CK 2 is better then this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended? No. This isn't about the game itself, it's about how Paradox Interactive is handling a discrimination controversy. A player was banned from Paradox's official Discord for using a real photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as a profile picture. A moderator called him "controversial" and linked him to the events of 1915 without any credible basis, then deleted replies that pushed back on it. If controversial figures are banned from profile pictures, that rule has to apply to everyone, not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@ospreygames.bsky.social General Orders - Sengoku Jidai. Looking fresh here at #gencon Picking up a copy, demos are available. Game will release early September this year #boardgames.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanted to love this, but it really feels like an unfinished Beta for Crusader Kings 2. Rather just buy Crusader Kings 2.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Itch] Summer sale megapost: the rest. All the ones that didn't fit neatly into a genre (or that only appeared after I'd done the post for that genre). Roughly ordered by whether or not they look any good. Normal service resumes tomorrow! * [Mythchiefs - Prologue](https://agilebread.itch.io/mythchiefs-prologue), 3D action adventure * [What's Updog?](https://boyks.itch.io/updog), gameboy point-and-click adventure * [The Smuggler](https://strigopstudios.itch.io/the-smuggler), crime RPG * [Super…
neutral · AI labelView post →Nohime, Mori Ranmaru, Uesugi Kenshin, and Kasuga from Sengoku Basara. More art from the game: creativeuncut.com/art_sengoku-...
neutral · AI labelView post →⚠️ Otome checkpoint #otomesky show me your... 🌷 Last Game: Ikemen Sengoku: Romances Across Time 🌼 Next Game: Talents 🌹 Best Game You’ve Played This Year: 7'scarlet 🌸 Most Anticipated Game: Ikemen Sengoku: Romances Beyond Eternity
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