NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传

NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传

Released Mar 2019

This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.

68% positive · 440 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

NationWar: Chronicles released on March 12, 2019 and has received a long series of incremental updates over the years. The most recent developer communication was the Update 2.4.0 patch on January 15, 2025, which made minor adjustments such as removing the engine logo, disabling a gunpowder resource, reducing rogue damage, and updating the client icon. Prior updates in 2024 similarly focused on small UI fixes, camera adjustments, and bug corrections. There are no unreleased DLC items listed on the store, no announced upcoming content, no roadmap, and no developer statements indicating future updates are planned. The store description mentions a planned "family system" upgrade to the personnel system, but this language appears to be legacy copy that predates the current version and has not been reaffirmed by any recent developer post — it has plausibly been superseded by years of subsequent updates. The update cadence across 2024–2025 consists entirely of minor patches with no major content additions, and there has been no developer communication since January 15, 2025. Given the absence of any outstanding commitments, unreleased DLC, or explicit promises of future content, the game appears to have reached a stable, complete state.
Evidence
Update 2.4.0: minor changes including removing engine logo, disabling gunpowder resource, reducing rogue damage, and updating the client icon. This is the most recent developer communication.
news post · Jan 15, 2025 source ambiguous
medium
Update 2.3.0: small UI cleanup — removed unnecessary buttons and fixed a missing button image bug.
news post · Oct 28, 2024 source ambiguous
low

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Yiming
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the glorious history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China. At that time, the once brilliant Zhou royal family was gradually declining due to the insolence of the Son of Heaven and the continuous disputes within the royal family, and its authority and influence are not as good as before. At the same time, the various vassal states and surrounding forces of the army and barbarians have sprung up rapidly, they coveted the power and territory of the Zhou royal family, a thrilling contest and game is quietly brewing.

In this game, players will personally participate in this magnificent historical process, facing a major choice: is to revive the Zhou Dynasty, rebuild order, restore the glory of Zhou Li; Or chase deer in the Central Plains, instead, and even to change summer, enter the central Plains, create their own hegemony? Everything is in the player's hands.

Highlights of the game:

  • The new Great Map of China: A new great map based on the height map of China's terrain, and an accurate representation of the major rivers. With 278 cities and 158 countries or regimes on the map, players will be able to get a sense of the geographical factors behind the various strategic choices made at the time.

  • War on the Great Map: 158 countries allied, expanded and betrayed each other for their own interests. In this land of China, there can only be one winner. In the unit combat, the back hit judgment and terrain system are added, which provides a wider tactical space for players.

  • Science and technology tree: After in-depth research, according to the development history of Chinese science and technology carefully crafted science and technology tree, each science and technology node quotes the relevant verses or sentences in Chinese classics, bringing profound cultural heritage to players.

  • Personnel AND OFFICIAL SYSTEM: DIFFERENT OFFICIAL WILL BRING DIFFERENT bonus effects, and the official bonus will be different under different regimes. In the future, the personnel system will be further upgraded to the family system to bring players a richer game experience.

  • Replenishment System: An army that is far from a replenishment city will lose its combat power, which makes the player more careful to consider the importance of logistics in strategic deployment.

  • Trading system: Players can monopolize resources, buy and sell strategic resources, and send merchants to trade activities, providing strong support for the country's economic development.

  • Belief system: Players can choose a unique belief system, such as Changsheng Heaven, Central Plains belief, Baiyue belief, etc., and carry out sacrifices and conversion activities to inject new vitality into the country's spiritual culture.

  • Talent recruitment system: There are thousands of talents waiting for players to recruit talents and fight for hegemony together.

  • Unique RTS control system: The player can control a single army, and can also give the army in groups, more convenient operation. At the same time, generals can be appointed and troops can be merged to achieve more precise tactical command.

  • City Building System: The game provides a wealth of buildings for players to build, players can build their own capital, build their own kingdom.

  • Rich clique system: There are many cliques, players can choose to join or create cliques, interact and cooperate with other cliques, and write their own history together.

  • Realistic Topographical features of China

  • Dynamic Change of Urban Appearance

  • Accurate administrative layout

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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