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Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo for the Nintendo Switch. Players take the role of a professor at Garreg Mach Monastery, where they…

93 26 July 2019 ESRB T

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is an adventure developed by Intelligent Systems, released 26 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 75.9 hrs to finish.

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What Fire Emblem: Three Houses is

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is an adventure game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2019. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Warriors engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

War is coming to the continent of Fódlan. Here, order is maintained by the Church of Seiros, which hosts the prestigious Officer’s Academy within its headquarters. You are invited to teach one of its three mighty houses, each comprised of students brimming with personality and represented by a royal from one of three territories. As their professor, you must lead your students in their academic lives and in turn-based, tactical RPG battles wrought with strategic, new twists to overcome. Which house, and which path, will you choose?
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Fire Emblem series

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is the 50th of 66 entries we hold in the Fire Emblem series. The next entry was Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore in 2020. Its critic score of 93 is 13 points above the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Fire Emblem: Three Houses holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 339 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 75.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 236.9 hrs, roughly 3.1 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Fire Emblem: Three Houses launched on 26 July 2019, within three weeks of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons and Sky: Children of the Light. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons, Sky: Children of the Light.

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses — frequently asked questions

When did Fire Emblem: Three Houses come out?
Fire Emblem: Three Houses was released on 26 July 2019 for Nintendo Switch.
How long does it take to beat Fire Emblem: Three Houses?
The main story of Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes around 75.9 hrs, or 236.9 hrs for 100% completion.

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