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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
34 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Best Total War of all time ngl. It has the most in depth diplomacy, most diverse battle maps, best sieges and most interesting characters. 9/10 for sure.”
“My first campaign (about 20 hours) was a complete mess. I had no idea what to build, my armies were just random units thrown together, and I kept getting stomped by coalitions I didn't even know existed. Felt lost. But…”
“[h1]Final Verdict: [b]81/100[/b][/h1] [b]Average: 75-84 (75-84%)[/b] Performance or gameplay meets the passing mark but remains average. There are areas that could be improved to enhance the gaming experience.…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Genuinely one of the best Total War games, and even Three Kingdoms games of all time. The ability to have these generals make such a huge impact on the battles and even swing losses into wins is so damn satisfying. This…”
“I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into Total War: Three Kingdoms, and honestly, it’s one of those rare games that sticks with you even when you’re not playing. I find myself thinking about strategies, characters, and what…”
“enjoy to play every time”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“My first campaign (about 20 hours) was a complete mess. I had no idea what to build, my armies were just random units thrown together, and I kept getting stomped by coalitions I didn't even know existed. Felt lost. But…”
“[h1]Final Verdict: [b]81/100[/b][/h1] [b]Average: 75-84 (75-84%)[/b] Performance or gameplay meets the passing mark but remains average. There are areas that could be improved to enhance the gaming experience.…”
“So good, but could've been so much better. Who ever designed the five color system is a genius. It's just the right amount of complexity. Kudos. I enjoyed the difficulty curve (mostly learning about the economy tbh).…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Unfinished, more fluid looking than warhammer total war but unfinished still, has always, like since Rome 2 total war, If you group a unit and put them in position they lose position moving somewhere even though you did…”
“There is a difference between "challenging" (hard to win) and "difficult" (hard to play). The interfaces for character management and city management are too complicated. They are also very important, which becomes…”
“Beautiful”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“All DLCs are suddenly invalid. TW3 cannot open the game, too. Stup1d CA devs.”
“hey fix the game, I payed for the dlc and now all of a sudden its not working?”
“Unfinished, more fluid looking than warhammer total war but unfinished still, has always, like since Rome 2 total war, If you group a unit and put them in position they lose position moving somewhere even though you did…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I wanted to like this game but how can i? when you must PAY MONEY to see blood and worst of all the game plays like it's still in pre-alpha”
“Good with mods like 190 extended and MTU. Base game is extremely bare bones.”
“So good, but could've been so much better. Who ever designed the five color system is a genius. It's just the right amount of complexity. Kudos. I enjoyed the difficulty curve (mostly learning about the economy tbh).…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Even on sale I don't think it's worth it. I've played so many Total War games, and my god is this one confusing. I'm sure I could figure it out eventually, but the UI is so confusing. All the similar menus from all the…”
“Badly balanced.”
“Far too much focus on keeping characters in your faction happy instead of focusing on gameplay ive played nearly all the total war games and this is just becoming too involved for me not enough clear instruction on how…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Even on sale I don't think it's worth it. I've played so many Total War games, and my god is this one confusing. I'm sure I could figure it out eventually, but the UI is so confusing. All the similar menus from all the…”
“UI Font / Text is too small. Scaling is greyed out. I'll find a way to play. Just want devs to know this UI is poorly designed.”
“i really dont know how people can give positive review for this game. Just the trash UI makes me dont want to touch this. I dont know how they managed to do everything so buggy and ugly. If you want realistic total war…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“$12 still feels like too much for a killed game.”
“So good, but could've been so much better. Who ever designed the five color system is a genius. It's just the right amount of complexity. Kudos. I enjoyed the difficulty curve (mostly learning about the economy tbh).…”
“Remove denuvo, you didn't update this game for very long time. CA should go to the trash.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 72.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“"any princeling born after the fourth year of Jian'an can't rule... all they know is tea house, charge they troops, sword dance, be with concubine and male companion, eat hot pork & lie" -Kong Rong, Han dynasty poet and descendent of Confucius, 208 AD 10/10 truly an amazing game”
— a player, Steam review · 80 hrs played“47.5 hours later and I can confidently say: I hvae NO idea whaat I was doing at first 10... But somehow ended up conquering half of China anyway. Total War: Three Kingdoms is one of those games that throws you into chaos and just watches you panic. At the start, I was clicking…”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played“I admit I enjoyed it well enough on launch. Now the game fails to load a campaign. It's a perpetual black screen. What fun!”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:37 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Historical · War · Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy · RTS · Military · Multiplayer · Tactical · Singleplayer · Real Time Tactics · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean * , Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 99 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.totalwar.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64 Bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 650 Ti 1GB|HD 7850 1GB|Intel UHD Graphics 620 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 60 GB available space Additional Notes: 6GB Memory if using integrated GPU.