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Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs

Historical real-time strategy combining kingdom management and battlefield warfare

Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group · Published by Strategy First · Released Jan 6, 2024

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Reviews
Very Positive
85% of 257
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
4
right now
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update
1 year ago
Jan 13, 2025

What is Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs?

An isometric real-time strategy game set in ancient China and based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Across three campaigns, you lead Liu Bei, Sun Quan, or Cao Cao's kingdom, managing cities, diplomacy, and research while raising armies to fight on separate battlefield maps in a bid to unite China.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy managing cities alongside real-time battles
  • +you want campaigns centered on different Chinese warlords

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer turn-based decisions over real-time warfare
  • −you want battles without diplomacy or city management

What players say

85% of 257 reviews are positive

Players praise the core strategy gameplay, while some complain about skirmish AI behavior.

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Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs

Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 / 11
Processor
Intel Pentium II
Memory
64 MB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 8.0

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Unsupported

  • Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: Traditional Chinese. Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.

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