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三国群英传8 (Kingdom Heroes 8) cover art

三国群英传8 (Kingdom Heroes 8)

USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd. · 2021-01-12

Steam

ActionRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The " Kingdom Heroes" series is a classic horizontal battle single-player game developed by Userjoy, which has been released seven generations since 1998. The latest sequel, " Kingdom Heroes 8", will feature a new look and exciting battles, interpreting the magnificent era of the Three Kingdoms.

178
playing now
54%
positive of 15k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

178 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 178 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,733 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 294k–662k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,706 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2024-07-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.5k4.5k20212026Week of 2021-01-01: 4,511 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,222 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 719 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

359582026-08-06 22:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 200 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 294 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 61 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 261 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 350 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 304 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 359 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 65 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 212 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 292 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 63 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 216 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 296 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 63 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 188 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 354 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 192 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 298 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 68 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 235 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 335 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 91 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 150 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 230 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 136 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 178 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$14.992021-01-122026-07-092021-01-12 — best price $26.992021-02-11 — best price $26.992021-04-29 — best price $26.992021-06-24 — best price $26.992021-07-09 — best price $26.992021-09-15 — best price $25.492021-11-24 — best price $25.492021-12-23 — best price $25.492022-01-28 — best price $25.492022-06-23 — best price $20.992022-08-05 — best price $23.992022-09-26 — best price $20.992022-11-23 — best price $17.992022-12-22 — best price $17.992023-01-19 — best price $20.992023-03-16 — best price $20.992023-06-29 — best price $17.992023-08-28 — best price $20.992023-11-22 — best price $20.992023-12-21 — best price $20.992024-02-04 — best price $20.992024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-07-17 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-04 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
80.8%
earned "精打細算之人"
13.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D3DRPGRTSWarActionStrategyHistoricalSimulationCity Builder

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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