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Bandit Kings of Ancient China cover art

Bandit Kings of Ancient China

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2017-02-21

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: 1989 (Amiga), 1989 (Apple II), 1989 (DOS), 1989 (MSX), Feb 21, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai" was released in Japan in 1988 and later in the US as "Bandit Kings of Ancient China." It is a simulation game based on the novel "Suikoden" or "Water Margin," a Chinese classic. Players play as a bandit being pursued by imperial officers.

29
playing now
78%
positive of 40 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Bandit Kings of Ancient China, also known as Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai in Japan, is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Koei, and released in 1989 for MSX, MS-DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh and in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In 1996, Koei issued a remake for the Japanese Sega Saturn and PlayStation featuring vastly improved graphics and new arrangements of the original songs.

Health check

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  • · Top 82% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2024-09-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$6.492017-02-222026-05-052017-02-22 — best price $12.992017-05-22 — best price $9.092017-05-29 — best price $12.992017-09-15 — best price $9.092017-09-25 — best price $12.992018-02-28 — best price $9.092018-03-12 — best price $12.992018-08-06 — best price $9.092018-08-20 — best price $12.992018-11-09 — best price $9.092018-11-22 — best price $12.992019-02-04 — best price $9.092019-02-17 — best price $12.992019-06-26 — best price $9.092019-07-09 — best price $12.992019-11-08 — best price $9.092019-11-22 — best price $12.992020-01-23 — best price $9.092020-01-27 — best price $12.992020-03-05 — best price $9.092020-03-09 — best price $12.992021-04-22 — best price $9.092021-04-26 — best price $12.992022-04-27 — best price $7.792022-05-09 — best price $12.992024-09-23 — best price $6.492024-10-07 — best price $12.992025-06-09 — best price $6.492025-06-23 — best price $12.992026-04-23 — best price $6.492026-05-05 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Japanese

Player tags

Strategy

Census log

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

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