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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2015-12-09

Steam

Simulation

Franchise: Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker" celebrates the 30th anniversary of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series. It has been realized through a collaboration between the creators of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, Koei Tecmo Games, and the creators of the "TSUKURU" series, KADOKAWA.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker is a 2015 Simulation game that is free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 345 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

50
playing now
65%
positive of 345 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 50 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (189 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2018-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12612620172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5012026-09-15 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 31 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 39 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
584Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 58 · peak 163Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2016 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2016 — avg 11 · peak 21Apr 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2017 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2018 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 12Dec 2018 — avg 5 · peak 93Apr 2019 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 52Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 112Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 54Aug 2021 — avg 14 · peak 46Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 105Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2024 — avg 22 · peak 1,411Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-12-102021-03-212015-12-10 — best price $0.002018-05-29 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992020-03-05 — best price $4.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992021-03-11 — best price $0.002021-03-18 — best price $0.002021-03-19 — best price $0.002021-03-21 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing11 DLC

1 supported languages: Japanese

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2015-12-10, latest 2016-01-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

WarRetroWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationImmersive Sim

Census log

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

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