Great Three Kingdoms setting and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“What really surprised me is how much it pulled me into the actual Three Kingdoms history.”
Steam review · 443.4 h played ↗
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)2019Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy · Strategy
The verdict
A deep, character-driven Total War with the best diplomacy in the series, but support ended early and it's bare-bones and crash-prone. Skip it if you want classic tactical battles.
Great for
Three Kingdoms and Dynasty Warriors fans who like diplomacy, character relationships and mods
Main risk
Abandoned by CA, with crashes, DLC issues and a recent update that broke mods
What changed in the last 30 days
62 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews focus on a new crossplay update that broke mods and caused freezes, on a game CA otherwise abandoned.
62 recent reviews
What players love
Best diplomacy in the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This has the best diplomacy out of any total war, the factions actually organize against you and it's not just a steamroll.”
Steam review · 90.7 h played ↗
Memorable characters, relationships and duels
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“But the real kicker for me is the relations they can have with each other!”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Romance and Records modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“ah man i thought i was gonna hate romance mode...but i loved it.”
Steam review · 98.6 h played ↗
Strong modding scene
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the sheer level of quality and enthusiasm the modders have is incredible they have completely changed the game!”
Steam review · 460.3 h played ↗
Addictive, replayable campaigns
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“I actually had so much trouble not playing another turn while playing this game I kept telling myself one more turn one more turn and suddenly it became 3AM.”
Steam review · 77.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Frequent crashes and startup failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“playing a campaign for like 20 hours and then having the game become unplayable because of crasing is heartbreaking”
Steam review · 87 h played ↗
Cluttered, confusing UI and weak tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the UI is so confusing.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Abandoned by CA, content left unfinished
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“What ultimately did it in was the decision to cease implementation of DLC before the game got to the Three Kingdoms proper.”
Steam review · 1028.5 h played ↗
Weak AI that cheats
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The AI likes to cheat to infinitely spawn endless hordes from factions that only have a few territories left”
Steam review · 69.9 h played ↗
DLC not recognized, Epic dependency
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“DLC verification is ran through Epic.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Recent update broke mods
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“then released an update to allow cross-play with Epic games out of the blue and it broke most of the mods.”
Steam review · 251.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 3.00Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 650 Ti 1GB|HD 7850 1GB|Intel UHD Graphics 620
Storage60 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel i5-6600 | Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 970 | R9 Fury X 4GB VRAM
Storage60 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 3.00Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 650 Ti 1GB|HD 7850 1GB|Intel UHD Graphics 620
Storage60 GB available space
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