As part of an effort to encourage people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic, Creative Assembly has announced that they will be giving away Total War: Shogun 2 for free. For the next week, the game will be completely free to download and keep on Steam, while the studio also runs a sale on many of their older Total War games and DLCs.
How to Get Total War: Shogun 2 for Free
“The past few weeks have presented unimaginable challenges for many of us,” writes Creative Assembly; “but the remarkable collective effort being made by the global community to overcome this moment of adversity has been truly inspirational. With this in mind, we want to continue to encourage you all to stay home and save lives by extending a gift to everyone to help make this difficult situation a little bit easier.”
From 18:00 BST on the 27th of April (next Monday) until the same time on the following Friday – the 1st of May – Total War: Shogun 2 will be totally free to download and keep. In addition, Creative Assembly will be launching a Total War Steam sale on the 27th too. This sale will be live until Monday the 4th of May at 18:00 BST. While the sale won’t include Total War: Three Kingdoms, the Rome: Total War series, or the Total War: Warhammer games, it will include many of the older, historical Total War games, along with their DLCs. It’s possible that the sale could also include the more recent Total War Saga games.
After its free giveaway period ends on the 1st of May, Total War: Shogun 2 will be available in the sale for 75% off. If you buy the Shogun 2 DLC Collection (which will be priced to give 75% off on all included DLC), and you already own one or more of the DLC packs it includes, its price will be adjusted automatically.