The player takes on the role of the leader of a selected state, whose task is to unite the other regions under its rule. The game features factions known from the history, headed by Shu Han, Cao Wei and the Eastern Kingdom of Wu. The gameplay of Romance of the Three Kingdoms takes place in China during the reign of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), in the so-called Three Kingdoms Period. The title launched in 1985, and in 2016 it was re-released on PC (Steam), as part of the 'Kou Shibusawa Archives' program, celebrating 35 years in the video game industry of the Japanese dev - Kou Shibusawa. The game was based on a classic Chinese historical novel of the same title.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game developed by Koei Tecmo Games.