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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2018-01-16

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Jan 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Sep 26, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 26, 2013 (Wii U)

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12 with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12," which was released in 2012 as the 12th game in the series. The stage is set. Create the story.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit is a $39.99 Strategy game released in 2018, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 493 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

57
playing now
74%
positive of 493 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12, also known as Sangokushi 12 (三國志12), is the 12th installment in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sangokushi) strategy game series by Koei. The game was released for the PC in 2012 in Japan and Taiwan and on December 13, 2012 for the Wii U and PlayStation 3 in Japan. The game was released in Japanese and Traditional Chinese. Additional scenarios can be unlocked throughout the game.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 57 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 493 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.59 at Steam (2023-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

129232026-09-15 07:00 — 66 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 83 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 101 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 129 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 34 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 76 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 98 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 80 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 78 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 57 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 80 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 69 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 49 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 63 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 57 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 85 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 113 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 36 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1367Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2018 — avg 14 · peak 34Jul 2018 — avg 14 · peak 37Oct 2018 — avg 19 · peak 45Jan 2019 — avg 19 · peak 47Apr 2019 — avg 18 · peak 45Jul 2019 — avg 25 · peak 64Oct 2019 — avg 22 · peak 47Jan 2020 — avg 26 · peak 59Apr 2020 — avg 25 · peak 69Jul 2020 — avg 27 · peak 65Oct 2020 — avg 26 · peak 57Jan 2021 — avg 32 · peak 69Apr 2021 — avg 30 · peak 67Jul 2021 — avg 35 · peak 72Oct 2021 — avg 34 · peak 65Jan 2022 — avg 43 · peak 83Apr 2022 — avg 50 · peak 176Jul 2022 — avg 45 · peak 94Oct 2022 — avg 42 · peak 83Jan 2023 — avg 53 · peak 107Apr 2023 — avg 48 · peak 104Jul 2023 — avg 67 · peak 137Oct 2023 — avg 66 · peak 140Jan 2024 — avg 78 · peak 151Apr 2024 — avg 77 · peak 154Jul 2024 — avg 70 · peak 154Oct 2024 — avg 92 · peak 187Jan 2025 — avg 79 · peak 158Apr 2025 — avg 69 · peak 153Jul 2025 — avg 68 · peak 143Oct 2025 — avg 74 · peak 184Jan 2026 — avg 73 · peak 148Apr 2026 — avg 71 · peak 151Jul 2026 — avg 67 · peak 144Aug 2026 — avg 72 · peak 146
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$13.592018-01-172026-05-052018-01-17 — best price $39.992018-08-20 — best price $39.992018-11-22 — best price $39.992019-02-17 — best price $39.992019-07-09 — best price $39.992019-11-22 — best price $39.992020-01-27 — best price $39.992020-03-09 — best price $39.992021-04-26 — best price $39.992022-05-09 — best price $39.992023-07-13 — best price $39.992023-09-04 — best price $39.992023-11-13 — best price $39.992024-02-19 — best price $39.992024-05-09 — best price $39.992024-08-05 — best price $39.992024-10-07 — best price $39.992024-11-11 — best price $39.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-02-06 — best price $39.992025-05-08 — best price $39.992025-06-23 — best price $39.992025-10-23 — best price $39.992025-12-15 — best price $39.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-05-05 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

RTSWarWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationImmersive Sim

Census log

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

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