Fit check
Is The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy fans who prefer turn-based battles over real-time command
- Players interested in Three Kingdoms history beyond the familiar Romance of the Three Kingdoms scenes
- Completionists who want encyclopedias, battlefield objectives, and achievements alongside a campaign
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters may find the pace too measured
- Players wanting a strictly historical retelling or the standard Romance of the Three Kingdoms scenes may find the fictionalized interpretation unsuitable
- Players looking for a short, self-contained battle game may not want a story campaign spanning multiple historical events
Our take on The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An
Rather than centering the familiar legends associated with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the game uses historical records as its starting point and builds a fictionalized campaign around them. Its turn-based battles also depart from a fixed battlefield by adding fog, weather, and time changes.
What is The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An?
Follow Liu Bei's perspective from the Yellow Turban Rebellion through the early Three Kingdoms period.
The game combines Story Mode, with a detailed historical narrative, and Battle Mode, built around turn-based encounters. Its story draws on historical records while adding fictionalized events rather than repeating familiar scenes from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Battles add changing visibility, weather, and time conditions to the traditional strategy format. Battlefield completion objectives and achievements track progress, while encyclopedias covering characters, treasures, legends, terminology, and music provide additional material for collection.
How The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An plays
- 01Two Game Modes
- Story Mode presents the historical narrative, while Battle Mode focuses on turn-based combat.
- 02Changing Battlefield Conditions
- Fog, weather, and time shifts introduce variable conditions during battles.
- 03Historical Reinterpretation
- The campaign uses historical records as a basis while expanding and fictionalizing events.
- 04Completion Systems
- Battlefield objectives and achievements provide additional progress goals.
- 05Reference Collections
- Collectible encyclopedias cover characters, treasures, legends, terminology, and music.
The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An compared to similar games
Shogun Showdown also uses turn-based combat, but focuses on positioning, attack tiles, skill upgrades, deck building, and repeated runs against the Shogun. The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An instead combines a historical campaign with a separate battle mode, changing battlefield conditions, and reference collections. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew uses real-time stealth strategy in a fantastical pirate setting, rather than turn-based historical battles.
The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An: platforms & release
Is The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy fans who prefer turn-based battles over real-time command. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters may find the pace too measured.
Where can I download The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An on?
Windows only.
