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ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2020-01-15

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Simulation

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

Releases: Feb 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jan 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Triumph over the land, take charge of the fate of China! Conquer territories and fly your colors!

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV is a 2020 Simulation game priced at $59.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 16,146 reviews).

2,504
playing now
63%
positive of 16k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
60/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (29 downloads)
4.26★
PlayStation Store rating (1,320 ratings)
63/100
opencritic · weak · 19% recommend · from 27 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

2,504 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV, also known as Sangokushi 14 (三國志14), is the 14th installment in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sangokushi) strategy game series by Koei. It was released on January 16, 2020, for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in Japan and Taiwan. It was also released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan on December 9, 2020, an international release followed suit.

Trailer

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV trailer thumbnail

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈221,510 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,504 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 365 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~46/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,654 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 16,758 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 327k–737k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,367 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $29.99 at Newegg (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20202026Week of 2020-01-01: 1,773 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,881 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 391 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.0k1.2k2026-09-15 12:00 — 7,895 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,741 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3,825 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 7,993 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2,531 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,921 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 5,264 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,526 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 3,969 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 7,325 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 4,239 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,622 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4,531 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 6,517 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,976 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 4,774 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6,407 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,183 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3,650 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 6,390 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,506 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,735 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 4,308 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2,504 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.6k1.4kJan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 7,642 · peak 16,482Apr 2020 — avg 2,652 · peak 8,227Jul 2020 — avg 1,760 · peak 3,673Oct 2020 — avg 1,470 · peak 3,038Jan 2021 — avg 3,088 · peak 6,630Apr 2021 — avg 1,791 · peak 3,860Jul 2021 — avg 1,681 · peak 3,367Oct 2021 — avg 2,035 · peak 4,609Jan 2022 — avg 2,002 · peak 4,055Apr 2022 — avg 2,137 · peak 4,560Jul 2022 — avg 2,020 · peak 3,946Oct 2022 — avg 1,871 · peak 3,575Jan 2023 — avg 3,139 · peak 6,422Apr 2023 — avg 2,158 · peak 4,385Jul 2023 — avg 2,246 · peak 4,378Oct 2023 — avg 2,217 · peak 4,508Jan 2024 — avg 2,169 · peak 4,419Apr 2024 — avg 1,886 · peak 3,677Jul 2024 — avg 1,914 · peak 3,881Oct 2024 — avg 1,957 · peak 3,992Jan 2025 — avg 1,803 · peak 3,627Apr 2025 — avg 1,643 · peak 3,366Jul 2025 — avg 1,624 · peak 3,097Oct 2025 — avg 1,823 · peak 3,732Jan 2026 — avg 1,678 · peak 3,305Apr 2026 — avg 1,612 · peak 3,176Jul 2026 — avg 1,615 · peak 3,158Aug 2026 — avg 1,797 · peak 3,350
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
50502026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 50 new positive2026-09-21: 22 new negative2026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative2026-10-15: 1 new positive2026-10-15: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$29.992020-01-092026-05-052020-01-09 — best price $53.992020-02-28 — best price $51.292020-03-02 — best price $53.992020-03-04 — best price $59.992020-03-06 — best price $53.992020-03-10 — best price $59.992020-03-25 — best price $53.992020-06-29 — best price $47.992020-07-10 — best price $59.992020-10-20 — best price $59.992020-11-13 — best price $59.992021-04-26 — best price $59.992022-04-27 — best price $32.992022-05-10 — best price $59.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992022-09-12 — best price $32.392023-03-16 — best price $35.992023-03-23 — best price $59.992023-05-08 — best price $59.992023-07-13 — best price $59.992023-10-09 — best price $59.992023-11-21 — best price $35.992023-12-21 — best price $35.992024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-02-19 — best price $59.992024-04-26 — best price $33.992024-06-27 — best price $33.992024-07-22 — best price $35.992024-09-23 — best price $32.992024-11-13 — best price $35.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-01-25 — best price $35.992025-04-24 — best price $31.992025-06-09 — best price $35.992025-06-23 — best price $59.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992026-02-10 — best price $30.992026-03-19 — best price $29.992026-04-23 — best price $29.992026-05-05 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

118422026-05-29 — 57 pageviews2026-06-02 — 56 pageviews2026-06-06 — 52 pageviews2026-06-10 — 74 pageviews2026-06-14 — 53 pageviews2026-06-18 — 106 pageviews2026-06-22 — 56 pageviews2026-06-26 — 63 pageviews2026-06-30 — 58 pageviews2026-07-04 — 68 pageviews2026-07-08 — 53 pageviews2026-07-12 — 69 pageviews2026-07-16 — 54 pageviews2026-07-20 — 56 pageviews2026-07-24 — 69 pageviews2026-07-28 — 80 pageviews2026-08-01 — 62 pageviews2026-08-05 — 59 pageviews2026-08-09 — 73 pageviews2026-08-13 — 72 pageviews2026-08-17 — 79 pageviews2026-08-21 — 58 pageviews2026-08-25 — 63 pageviews2026-08-29 — 59 pageviews2026-09-02 — 54 pageviews2026-09-06 — 75 pageviews2026-09-10 — 118 pageviews2026-09-14 — 94 pageviews2026-09-18 — 82 pageviews2026-09-22 — 73 pageviews2026-09-26 — 82 pageviews2026-09-30 — 63 pageviews2026-10-04 — 78 pageviews2026-10-07 — 87 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

402026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
61.2%
earned "Who Controls the Land Wins the Battle"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing39 DLC

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 39 DLC released, first 2020-01-15, latest 2021-09-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8839%47

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

3DWarWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationImmersive Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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