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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS cover art

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2019-05-23

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

ActionStrategy

Franchise: Total War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 23, 2019 (Linux), May 23, 2019 (Mac), May 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unite Ancient China under your rule through a thrilling blend of turn-based empire building and real-time battles. Use the Guanxi System and diplomacy to forge alliances, and build powerful armies with hundreds of unique infantry, cavalry and war machine units.

2,647
playing now
82%
positive of 94k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

2,647 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Total War: Three Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. As the 12th mainline entry in the Total War series, the game was released for Windows on May 23, 2019. Feral Interactive released a Linux and macOS version of the game on the same day.

Trailer

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS trailer thumbnail

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Liu Bei Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,647 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,730 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~216/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,869 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.3M–5.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93,559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$10.76-82%
GreenManGaming$10.80-73%
Gamesplanet$11.59-71%
WinGameStore$11.99-70%
GOG$11.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-70%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 81 of 119 observed days · $9.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.7k8.7k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 8,720 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2,149 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,710 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 979 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,288 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 479 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 904 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,660 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,793 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,112 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,621 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,663 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,230 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 404 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4,734 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,714 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.5k1.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 1,900 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3,344 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 5,448 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,255 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 4,480 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 6,234 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,522 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 5,029 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,540 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,299 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 3,311 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 5,769 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,971 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 3,379 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 5,801 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,916 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 3,085 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5,778 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,709 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3,181 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4,530 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 2,870 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,671 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 6,450 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,749 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,506 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 4,124 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,802 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,647 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$7.592018-09-272026-08-302018-09-27 — best price $49.192019-08-21 — best price $47.002019-12-03 — best price $50.992020-01-16 — best price $47.982020-02-27 — best price $39.992020-05-29 — best price $50.882020-07-11 — best price $50.882020-08-09 — best price $59.992020-09-09 — best price $59.992020-10-19 — best price $59.992020-11-16 — best price $50.882020-12-17 — best price $50.882021-01-24 — best price $50.882021-02-25 — best price $50.882021-03-27 — best price $50.882021-04-26 — best price $50.882021-05-26 — best price $59.992021-10-05 — best price $47.992022-02-04 — best price $47.992022-07-07 — best price $47.982022-12-22 — best price $15.992023-07-21 — best price $19.992023-09-28 — best price $53.992024-01-08 — best price $53.992024-05-30 — best price $53.392024-10-08 — best price $53.992025-01-31 — best price $18.002025-04-27 — best price $59.992025-08-04 — best price $13.792025-11-20 — best price $10.562026-02-06 — best price $11.992026-04-01 — best price $53.352026-05-18 — best price $7.592026-07-17 — best price $35.992026-08-25 — best price $10.762026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2701202026-05-29 — 179 pageviews2026-06-01 — 182 pageviews2026-06-04 — 159 pageviews2026-06-07 — 197 pageviews2026-06-10 — 179 pageviews2026-06-13 — 147 pageviews2026-06-16 — 148 pageviews2026-06-19 — 135 pageviews2026-06-22 — 157 pageviews2026-06-25 — 177 pageviews2026-06-28 — 182 pageviews2026-07-01 — 166 pageviews2026-07-04 — 157 pageviews2026-07-07 — 182 pageviews2026-07-10 — 177 pageviews2026-07-13 — 171 pageviews2026-07-16 — 135 pageviews2026-07-19 — 201 pageviews2026-07-22 — 166 pageviews2026-07-25 — 146 pageviews2026-07-28 — 214 pageviews2026-07-31 — 167 pageviews2026-08-03 — 167 pageviews2026-08-06 — 176 pageviews2026-08-09 — 147 pageviews2026-08-12 — 179 pageviews2026-08-15 — 192 pageviews2026-08-18 — 195 pageviews2026-08-21 — 170 pageviews2026-08-24 — 178 pageviews2026-08-26 — 184 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1302026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.8%
earned "First Steps"
20.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards12 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,8711%99
Windows (Xbox)1,2860%99

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

RTSWarCo-opActionMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistoricalTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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