中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
Released Mar 2019
Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.
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Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Three Kingdoms of China (中华三国志) is a free, open-source strategy game made by a volunteer team. It went on sale on Steam on March 30, 2019, and its three DLC packs followed in April 2019 and January 2020. The team is now building a major update called version 1.26. On May 5, 2026, it published a flowchart and outline for that update covering a facility redesign with three upgrade levels, historical hermits and physicians such as Hua Tuo who wander the map as non-player characters, a reworked title system, a city-level resource and trade economy, and a redesigned diplomacy system, while stating the outline is not the final version. On October 8, 2026, the developer reported on progress: character status and tavern interaction features left over from the previous version have been implemented, parts of the code have been refactored in stages, a new version of the scenario editor has been built, and portrait fixes are complete. No release date for version 1.26 has been given. An April 8, 2026 statement set a multi-year direction: gradually refactoring the core code, pausing new features to focus on enriching content such as historical and random faction events, and reworking existing mechanics. The same statement said the team can no longer maintain the DLC packs and will remove them from sale, leaving only the base game; older versions remain available through the developer's forum. An October 26, 2025 post disclosed a team restructuring and said the 2025 update might not happen, but the April and October 2026 posts show the work has continued with new programmers joining the team. The developer repeatedly notes that progress is slow because all members work on the project in their spare time.
Evidence
Progress report on version 1.26: character status and tavern interaction features implemented, code refactoring done in stages, new scenario editor interface built, portrait fixes completed; work is done in spare time
First 1.26 progress report publishes a flowchart and outline: facility upgrade system with three levels, wandering historical NPCs, reworked titles, city resource and trade economy; stated as not the final version
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
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Details
Developer
Publisher
中三之家
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
[1. Introduction to Games]
Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.
The computer version of Three Kingdoms of China has been developing silently for nearly 10 years. The original avatar, military generals, game UI interface, program optimization and new maps are in progress. Looking forward to all kinds of operations, procedures, art, modeling, UI and other Internet elites and historical figures joining the project, making their own free open source games!
The development of the game only depends on the majority of enthusiastic players to propagate themselves, and hope that you can support the domestic, promote Chinese culture!
Three Kingdoms of China - Three Kingdoms of Chinese People!
Three Kingdoms of China - Our Three Kingdoms of China!
[2. Game Characteristics]
1. Maps are very close to history.
Supermaps are precisely surveyed and mapped according to historical terrain. All terrain, rivers and city pools are distributed with strict respect for historical facts, and their strategic position is very prominent. In the Northern Expedition, Guandu, Jieting, Yinping, the lack of food in Nanman, the difficulty in the Northwest desert, the surrounding mountains of Binzhou, all directions of Jingzhou, and the river-crossing of Yangzhou were governed.
2. The battle is very close to history.
Maps have war fog, you can only see units in your field of vision, and the field of vision is divided into high field of vision, medium field of vision and so on. You can disperse the fog of war in a certain area by investigating or intelligence stra
Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.
The computer version of Three Kingdoms of China has been developing silently for nearly 10 years. The original avatar, military generals, game UI interface, program optimization and new maps are in progress. Looking forward to all kinds of operations, procedures, art, modeling, UI and other Internet elites and historical figures joining the project, making their own free open source games!
The development of the game only depends on the majority of enthusiastic players to propagate themselves, and hope that you can support the domestic, promote Chinese culture!
Three Kingdoms of China - Three Kingdoms of Chinese People!
Three Kingdoms of China - Our Three Kingdoms of China!
[2. Game Characteristics]
1. Maps are very close to history.
Supermaps are precisely surveyed and mapped according to historical terrain. All terrain, rivers and city pools are distributed with strict respect for historical facts, and their strategic position is very prominent. In the Northern Expedition, Guandu, Jieting, Yinping, the lack of food in Nanman, the difficulty in the Northwest desert, the surrounding mountains of Binzhou, all directions of Jingzhou, and the river-crossing of Yangzhou were governed.
2. The battle is very close to history.
Maps have war fog, you can only see units in your field of vision, and the field of vision is divided into high field of vision, medium field of vision and so on. You can disperse the fog of war in a certain area by investigating or intelligence stra
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Last evaluated Oct 9, 2026
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