Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

Grand strategy in ancient China with turn-based rule and real-time battles

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Published by SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Released May 23, 2019

Action Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 82% of 94K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 224 in 30 days
Playing now: 3,307; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 5 days ago; Sep 17, 2026

Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)

What is Total War: THREE KINGDOMS?

A grand strategy game set in China in 190 CE, combining a turn-based campaign with real-time tactical battles. Choose one of 12 warlords, manage armies, provinces, diplomacy, technology, politics, and the economy, and compete to unite China under a new dynasty.

For you if...

+you enjoy turn-based empire management and real-time tactical battles
+you want diplomacy and character relationships to shape campaigns
+you prefer strategy playable alone, cooperatively, or competitively

Not for you if...

−you want short campaigns with little political or economic management
−you mainly want constant battles instead of diplomacy and statecraft

What players say

82% of 93,762 reviews are positive · 80% of 224 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the diplomacy, character relationships, and balance of empire management with real-time battles. Common complaints include frequent crashes, unresolved bugs, late-campaign performance, and DLC access problems; many also criticize development ending before the historical Three Kingdoms period was fully covered.

Screenshots and trailer

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00Ghz
Graphics: GTX 650 Ti 1GB|HD 7850 1GB|Intel UHD Graphics 620
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: 6GB Memory if using integrated GPU.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 99
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
The native resolution is not the default one
Device compatibility warnings shown
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, German, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.