Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV

The latest iteration of the classic tactical series is once again set during the fall of the Han Dynasty in ancient China; where battles take place in a boundary-free scramble for land. The game’s map…

60 16 January 2020 ESRB E10+

Simulator Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV is a simulator developed by Koei Tecmo, released 16 January 2020 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 21 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV is

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV is a simulator game developed by Koei Tecmo and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The latest iteration of the classic tactical series is once again set during the fall of the Han Dynasty in ancient China; where battles take place in a boundary-free scramble for land. The game’s map showcases the territory captured and the thrill of expansion using a simplified color system – paying homage to the original Romance of The Three Kingdoms XIV, released on PC back in 1985. Everything from war to diplomatic affairs will be geared toward managing and gathering land as players attempt to spread their strategies at will across the vast China map.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV is the 60th of 71 entries we hold in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series. It arrived 2 years after Yo-kai Sangokushi: Kunitori Wars. The next entry was Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV: Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack Bundle in 2021. Its critic score of 60 is 2 points below the series average of 62. The highest-rated entry is Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII at 89.

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How it was received

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV launched on 16 January 2020, within three weeks of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Journey to the Savage Planet and Metro Exodus: Sam's Story. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Journey to the Savage Planet, Metro Exodus: Sam's Story.