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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2016-01-27

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Simulation

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

Releases: Mar 30, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 08, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 28, 2016 (Xbox One), Jan 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII is a 2016 Simulation game priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (58% of 7619 reviews).

591
playing now
58%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
72/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (2,554 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

591 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII, also known as Sangokushi 13 (三國志13), is the 13th installment in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sangokushi) strategy game series by Koei. It was released on January 28, 2016, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows in Japan. While it can be imported or purchased on PC worldwide it was not initially available in English like the previous installment. However, as part of the 30th Anniversary of the series, a localized version of the game was released on PlayStation 4 and PC in July 2016. Two modes featured in the game are the traditional campaign mode and a hero mode that teaches players about the game's mechanics. The upgraded version, titled Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII with Power-Up Kit, will get a digital only in Japan on February 16, 2017, on Xbox One. The English version was released on Xbox One in April 2017.

Trailer

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII trailer thumbnail

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIII - OFFICIAL TRAILER

≈178,217 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 591 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 130 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 191k–458k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,636 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.99 at Steam (2020-09-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7671342026-09-14 21:00 — 150 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 337 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 550 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 178 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 513 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 561 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 206 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 366 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 541 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 401 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 304 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 445 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 400 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 257 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 626 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 597 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 218 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 448 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 613 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 260 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 611 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 652 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 196 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 591 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.1k351Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 2,239 · peak 11,879May 2016 — avg 874 · peak 1,953Sep 2016 — avg 965 · peak 2,015Jan 2017 — avg 853 · peak 1,655May 2017 — avg 1,304 · peak 2,795Sep 2017 — avg 1,245 · peak 4,249Jan 2018 — avg 1,277 · peak 2,747May 2018 — avg 994 · peak 1,999Sep 2018 — avg 1,040 · peak 2,079Jan 2019 — avg 1,019 · peak 2,126May 2019 — avg 870 · peak 1,785Sep 2019 — avg 795 · peak 1,803Jan 2020 — avg 893 · peak 1,784May 2020 — avg 724 · peak 1,382Sep 2020 — avg 623 · peak 1,237Jan 2021 — avg 655 · peak 1,325May 2021 — avg 602 · peak 1,181Sep 2021 — avg 582 · peak 1,136Jan 2022 — avg 587 · peak 1,115May 2022 — avg 808 · peak 1,740Sep 2022 — avg 527 · peak 1,065Jan 2023 — avg 533 · peak 1,003May 2023 — avg 494 · peak 1,041Sep 2023 — avg 648 · peak 1,420Jan 2024 — avg 612 · peak 1,271May 2024 — avg 631 · peak 1,248Sep 2024 — avg 629 · peak 1,340Jan 2025 — avg 477 · peak 1,042May 2025 — avg 479 · peak 916Sep 2025 — avg 402 · peak 777Jan 2026 — avg 415 · peak 818May 2026 — avg 386 · peak 721Aug 2026 — avg 454 · peak 936
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-222026-10-142026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$89.99$17.992016-01-282026-08-102016-01-28 — best price $89.992016-07-15 — best price $59.992016-11-23 — best price $35.992016-12-23 — best price $35.992017-02-09 — best price $29.992017-03-25 — best price $59.992017-06-25 — best price $59.992017-07-18 — best price $59.992017-11-20 — best price $30.002017-11-28 — best price $59.992018-01-04 — best price $59.992018-06-18 — best price $29.992018-11-20 — best price $24.992018-12-20 — best price $23.992019-02-01 — best price $23.992019-02-12 — best price $59.992019-03-12 — best price $59.992019-09-26 — best price $23.992020-03-09 — best price $59.992020-07-09 — best price $59.992020-09-27 — best price $59.992021-10-25 — best price $17.992022-05-09 — best price $59.992023-06-26 — best price $17.992023-09-25 — best price $59.992023-12-21 — best price $17.992024-02-19 — best price $59.992024-07-22 — best price $17.992024-10-07 — best price $59.992025-04-24 — best price $17.992025-06-23 — best price $59.992025-12-01 — best price $17.992026-02-23 — best price $59.992026-04-23 — best price $17.992026-07-09 — best price $59.992026-08-10 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

40132026-05-29 — 32 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 30 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 31 pageviews2026-06-18 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 27 pageviews2026-06-30 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 25 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 22 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 25 pageviews2026-09-14 — 21 pageviews2026-09-18 — 22 pageviews2026-09-22 — 22 pageviews2026-09-26 — 38 pageviews2026-09-30 — 19 pageviews2026-10-04 — 37 pageviews2026-10-07 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-09-30 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing37 DLC

3 supported languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 37 DLC released, first 2016-01-28, latest 2017-06-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,2932%51
PS4 (PlayStation)1,1151%51

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DRTSWarWargameMilitaryStrategyDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationImmersive Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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