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Romance of the Three Kingdoms II

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2017-01-24

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Strategy

Franchise: Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 10, 1990 (Sharp X68000), Dec 21, 1989 (PC-8800 Series), Mar 23, 1990 (PC-9800 Series), Sep 23, 1998 (PlayStation), Mar 1990 (Sharp X1), Sep 1991 (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis)

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms II" is the second in the series and was first released in 1989. Experience the strategies of the Three Kingdom. A variety of strategies brings the world of the Three Kingdoms to vivid life. Players take the role of a Ruler of the time and strategize their way into total control.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 41 reviews).

6
playing now
76%
positive of 41 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$12.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is the second in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series of turn-based strategy games produced by Koei and based on the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $4.41 at Steam (2023-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2152026-09-15 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
182Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 21Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2020 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2020 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 38Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 36Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 32Jul 2025 — avg 15 · peak 32Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 35Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$4.412017-01-252026-05-052017-01-25 — best price $12.992017-05-29 — best price $12.992017-09-25 — best price $12.992018-03-12 — best price $12.992018-08-20 — best price $12.992018-11-22 — best price $12.992019-02-17 — best price $12.992019-07-09 — best price $12.992019-11-22 — best price $12.992020-01-27 — best price $12.992020-03-09 — best price $12.992021-04-26 — best price $12.992022-05-09 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-11-13 — best price $12.992024-02-19 — best price $12.992024-10-07 — best price $12.992024-11-11 — best price $12.992025-02-06 — best price $12.992025-05-08 — best price $12.992025-06-23 — best price $12.992025-10-23 — best price $12.992025-12-15 — best price $12.992026-02-23 — best price $12.992026-05-05 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3762026-05-31 — 26 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 30 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 29 pageviews2026-06-20 — 31 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 27 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 17 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 32 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-19 — 35 pageviews2026-08-23 — 26 pageviews2026-08-27 — 19 pageviews2026-08-31 — 30 pageviews2026-09-04 — 22 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 24 pageviews2026-09-16 — 23 pageviews2026-09-20 — 23 pageviews2026-09-24 — 16 pageviews2026-09-28 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 24 pageviews2026-10-06 — 26 pageviews2026-10-09 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Japanese

Player tags

WarRetroWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationImmersive Sim

Census log

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

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