Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Early access since Jan 2024
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
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Evaluation
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory launched into Early Access on January 31, 2024. The developer's store description explicitly frames the game as a long-term project — likening it to "the Great Wall" — and outlines a broad multi-year development roadmap including monthly scenario additions, major new gameplay systems (naval battles, diplomacy, duels, construction), and ongoing workshop/editor support. Many of these features had not yet shipped as of the last recorded update.
Through early 2024, the developer was extremely active, posting version update notes at a weekly to biweekly cadence. Updates added substantial content: new historical scenarios and events, the military corps system, city building overhauls, family/heir cultivation mechanics, new generals, and battle improvements. The last recorded developer communication is the May 31, 2024 patch notes for version V0.5.75.
Since May 31, 2024, there have been no further developer posts in the data. Given the studio was previously communicating multiple times per month, this silence — stretching to October 1, 2026 — is a significant departure from their established pattern. The game remains in Early Access with numerous announced features still outstanding, but the developer has provided no public explanation for the halt in communications. It is not possible to confirm whether development is continuing, paused, or has stopped.
Evidence
Most recent recorded developer communication: patch notes for version V0.5.75, covering family module improvements, a new historical event, and bug fixes. This is the last known developer activity in the data.
Developer describes the game as 'a long-term project like the Great Wall' requiring 'several years of ongoing evolution,' and outlines a roadmap of monthly scenario additions, new gameplay systems (diplomacy, naval battles, duels, construction), and workshop support.
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Publisher
Moment HK
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
A Message from the Developers
Hey, everyone! We are the Evolving Studio—a team mainly composed of five uncles. Initially, we were just a group of like-minded friends, passionate about the history of the Three Kingdoms, aiming to create a Three Kingdoms game understood from a Chinese perspective.From conception to production, we have poured countless efforts and sweat into it, striving to bring the best gaming experience to players. But as a small team new to game development, we understand that our experience is limited and there are many aspects of the game that can be improved and perfected. This is why we decided to first test on EA, hoping to gather more feedback, helping us to continuously improve the game, and create a truly outstanding strategy game.
Although our team is small and lacks experience, we have never given up our passion for game development. We hope that through our hard work, we can make this game successful, allowing every player to experience the excitement of the Three Kingdoms history in the game.
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Game Introduction
Game Features:● Real-time strategic battle mode controlling hundreds of thousands of troops.
● Over 1400 historical figures from the Three Kingdoms period will appear in various scenarios.
● 400+ counties, cities, and passes to contest and develop.
● Recruit 40 different types of troops from the Three Kingdoms era.
● Use various strategies and diplomatic schemes to let the sovereign "win without fighting".
● Experience over 300 real historical events and stories.
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Development Plan
For us, our game is more akin to a long-term project like the Great Wall, rather than a mere strategy game. Without several years of ongoing evolution, it would be meaningless. Based on this philosophy, we will continuously iterate and update our game, focusing primarily in a few directions:Updating the scenario content. We will add more scenarios and historical events from the Three Kingdoms era, approximately one per month, and continue to update. More significant historical periods will be included once the Three Kingdoms scenarios are sufficiently refined.
Updating gameplay features. In core gameplay areas such as internal affairs, diplomacy, and warfare, there will be numerous functional updates. New technologies, character relationships, alliance relationships, duels, naval battles, construction, timing and geographical advantages, and other features will be gradually incorporated, making the game feel like a new experience after about half a year.
Workshop support. The editor and Workshop will be continuously strengthened, including support for the new content and features mentioned above. We hope players can create even better scenarios and content.
Enhancing effects. Approximately every two years, we will modernize the graphical part of the game, bringing it closer to the level of other high-quality strategy games of the same period.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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