Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
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How do players who really played Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII rate it? TrueGG Rating 63.3%

Release date: Jan 27, 2016 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks. Recent reviews are recovering.

Good for

  • Players who want a good story and characters

Think twice if you are

  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)
  • Players relying on Japanese (Japanese reviews rate it lower)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
63.3%
▲ +5.3 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (all time) · 5,141 reviews

TrueGG, all time
63.3%
Steam overall
58.1%
Japanese, all time
43.3%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 6.9% of all reviews. Their positive share is 33.5%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h34%3241–2 h33%2052–5 h43%3825–10 h51%58210–20 h53%1,01020–50 h55%1,64050–100 h61%1,233100–200 h65%1,029200+ h75%1,239Positive share by playtime0–1 h32434%1–2 h20533%2–5 h38243%5–10 h58251%10–20 h1,01053%20–50 h1,64055%50–100 h1,23361%100–200 h1,02965%200+ h1,23975%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (all time). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h34.0%8.3%324
1–2 h32.7%0.0%205
2–5 h43.5%28.6%382
5–10 h51.2%11.1%582
10–20 h53.3%28.6%1,010
20–50 h55.4%30.0%1,640
50–100 h60.7%48.2%1,233
100–200 h64.5%37.3%1,029
200+ h75.5%55.7%1,239

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 67% had 20+ hours and 30% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII has a TrueGG Rating of 63.3%, based on all-time reviews from players with 20+ hours (5,141 reviews) because recent reviews are few. Steam's overall rating is 58.1%.

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 7% of the total, and only 33% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 2–5h are 43% positive versus 75% at 200h+: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs (more than at launch), boredom, and updates and the developers (less than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and the story.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 43.3%, 20.0 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (58.2% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on technical quality (Crashes & bugs). These can be fixed, so check recent reviews too. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs26% of negative reviews (8% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch · 7 positive reviews say it improved
  • Boring / repetitive13% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch
  • Updates & developers13% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Graphics & music10% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved
  • Movement & pacing8% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel31% of positive reviews (17% of negative)
  • Story19% of positive reviews (13% of negative)
＋ period＋ create＋ era＋ management＋ grand＋ learn＋ relationships＋ elements− fix− tried− problem− totally− cant− days− crashes− cannot

Counted from 493 recent negative and 420 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating58.1%All time, all languages · 7,636 reviews
Adjusted rating58.2%Weighted by trust (95% range 57.2%–59.1%), +0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews38.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−19.7pt vs overall) · 313 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review4%14%
Very short text26%15%
Key activated outside Steam19%20%
Received for free2%0%
Owns very few games18%14%
Over 100 reviews written5%5%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.800.80

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 89.8 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative▨ Negative spike
0 500 1,000 2016-01: +257 / −201 2016-02: +150 / −126 2016-03: +54 / −14 2016-04: +4 / −19 2016-05: +14 / −8 2016-06: +31 / −17 2016-07: +99 / −36 2016-08: +30 / −21 2016-09: +26 / −4 2016-10: +10 / −10 2016-11: +37 / −18 2016-12: +30 / −18 2017-01: +27 / −12 2017-02: +343 / −588 2017-03: +51 / −87 2017-04: +29 / −22 2017-05: +25 / −24 2017-06: +38 / −43 2017-07: +41 / −40 2017-08: +15 / −37 2017-09: +28 / −33 2017-10: +21 / −41 2017-11: +49 / −40 2017-12: +27 / −33 2018-01: +25 / −30 2018-02: +15 / −50 2018-03: +17 / −21 2018-04: +12 / −15 2018-05: +12 / −27 2018-06: +10 / −23 2018-07: +19 / −30 2018-08: +15 / −19 2018-09: +7 / −24 2018-10: +9 / −12 2018-11: +40 / −27 2018-12: +15 / −30 2019-01: +12 / −23 2019-02: +25 / −22 2019-03: +14 / −24 2019-04: +9 / −29 2019-05: +14 / −23 2019-06: +15 / −22 2019-07: +21 / −27 2019-08: +8 / −11 2019-09: +13 / −20 2019-10: +30 / −21 2019-11: +48 / −15 2019-12: +37 / −14 2020-01: +64 / −18 2020-02: +60 / −18 2020-03: +61 / −13 2020-04: +22 / −6 2020-05: +17 / −11 2020-06: +34 / −10 2020-07: +24 / −20 2020-08: +23 / −8 2020-09: +15 / −11 2020-10: +14 / −10 2020-11: +15 / −10 2020-12: +24 / −11 2021-01: +17 / −9 2021-02: +19 / −7 2021-03: +20 / −7 2021-04: +23 / −12 2021-05: +15 / −4 2021-06: +15 / −4 2021-07: +12 / −5 2021-08: +15 / −2 2021-09: +17 / −4 2021-10: +17 / −8 2021-11: +6 / −2 2021-12: +15 / −3 2022-01: +26 / −0 2022-02: +17 / −2 2022-03: +20 / −7 2022-04: +19 / −5 2022-05: +54 / −18 2022-06: +24 / −4 2022-07: +27 / −9 2022-08: +13 / −10 2022-09: +8 / −3 2022-10: +15 / −4 2022-11: +15 / −0 2022-12: +18 / −4 2023-01: +12 / −2 2023-02: +11 / −2 2023-03: +8 / −1 2023-04: +13 / −3 2023-05: +14 / −1 2023-06: +17 / −10 2023-07: +34 / −14 2023-08: +21 / −6 2023-09: +29 / −14 2023-10: +17 / −1 2023-11: +27 / −14 2023-12: +20 / −7 2024-01: +23 / −6 2024-02: +20 / −3 2024-03: +17 / −4 2024-04: +11 / −6 2024-05: +17 / −7 2024-06: +19 / −2 2024-07: +12 / −4 2024-08: +21 / −2 2024-09: +22 / −4 2024-10: +32 / −22 2024-11: +21 / −8 2024-12: +14 / −6 2025-01: +24 / −3 2025-02: +15 / −4 2025-03: +17 / −3 2025-04: +9 / −5 2025-05: +19 / −8 2025-06: +13 / −9 2025-07: +16 / −0 2025-08: +7 / −1 2025-09: +13 / −4 2025-10: +18 / −7 2025-11: +12 / −11 2025-12: +16 / −4 2026-01: +5 / −5 2026-02: +16 / −6 2026-03: +10 / −6 2026-04: +10 / −3 2026-05: +9 / −3 2026-06: +11 / −4 2026-07: +19 / −3 2026-08: +12 / −3 2026-09: +7 / −4 2026-10: +5 / −2 2016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 57.1% 2016-01: 56.1%2016-02: 54.3%2016-03: 79.4%2016-06: 64.6%2016-07: 73.3%2016-08: 58.8%2016-09: 86.7%2016-11: 67.3%2016-12: 62.5%2017-01: 69.2%2017-02: 36.8%2017-03: 37.0%2017-04: 56.9%2017-05: 51.0%2017-06: 46.9%2017-07: 50.6%2017-08: 28.8%2017-09: 45.9%2017-10: 33.9%2017-11: 55.1%2017-12: 45.0%2018-01: 45.5%2018-02: 23.1%2018-03: 44.7%2018-05: 30.8%2018-06: 30.3%2018-07: 38.8%2018-08: 44.1%2018-09: 22.6%2018-11: 59.7%2018-12: 33.3%2019-01: 34.3%2019-02: 53.2%2019-03: 36.8%2019-04: 23.7%2019-05: 37.8%2019-06: 40.5%2019-07: 43.8%2019-09: 39.4%2019-10: 58.8%2019-11: 76.2%2019-12: 72.5%2020-01: 78.0%2020-02: 76.9%2020-03: 82.4%2020-06: 77.3%2020-07: 54.5%2020-08: 74.2%2020-12: 68.6%2021-04: 65.7%2022-05: 75.0%2022-07: 75.0%2023-07: 70.8%2023-09: 67.4%2023-11: 65.9%2024-10: 59.3% 2016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.Shaded months were detected as concentrated waves of negative reviews (2017-02, 2017-03).Detection rule

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2026-09-14: +0 / −0 2026-09-15: +0 / −0 2026-09-16: +0 / −0 2026-09-17: +0 / −0 2026-09-18: +0 / −0 2026-09-19: +0 / −0 2026-09-20: +0 / −0 2026-09-21: +1 / −0 2026-09-22: +0 / −0 2026-09-23: +0 / −1 2026-09-24: +0 / −0 2026-09-25: +1 / −1 2026-09-26: +0 / −0 2026-09-27: +1 / −0 2026-09-28: +0 / −0 2026-09-29: +0 / −0 2026-09-30: +1 / −0 2026-10-01: +0 / −0 2026-10-02: +2 / −0 2026-10-03: +0 / −0 2026-10-04: +0 / −1 2026-10-05: +0 / −0 2026-10-06: +1 / −0 2026-10-07: +1 / −0 2026-10-08: +0 / −0 2026-10-09: +0 / −0 2026-10-10: +0 / −1 2026-10-11: +0 / −0 2026-10-12: +0 / −0 2026-10-13: +1 / −0 09/1409/2109/2810/0510/12
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2016-0125720156.1%
2016-0215012654.3%
2016-03541479.4%
2016-0441917.4%
2016-0514863.6%
2016-06311764.6%
2016-07993673.3%
2016-08302158.8%
2016-0926486.7%
2016-10101050.0%
2016-11371867.3%
2016-12301862.5%
2017-01271269.2%
2017-0234358836.8%
2017-03518737.0%
2017-04292256.9%
2017-05252451.0%
2017-06384346.9%
2017-07414050.6%
2017-08153728.8%
2017-09283345.9%
2017-10214133.9%
2017-11494055.1%
2017-12273345.0%
2018-01253045.5%
2018-02155023.1%
2018-03172144.7%
2018-04121544.4%
2018-05122730.8%
2018-06102330.3%
2018-07193038.8%
2018-08151944.1%
2018-0972422.6%
2018-1091242.9%
2018-11402759.7%
2018-12153033.3%
2019-01122334.3%
2019-02252253.2%
2019-03142436.8%
2019-0492923.7%
2019-05142337.8%
2019-06152240.5%
2019-07212743.8%
2019-0881142.1%
2019-09132039.4%
2019-10302158.8%
2019-11481576.2%
2019-12371472.5%
2020-01641878.0%
2020-02601876.9%
2020-03611382.4%
2020-0422678.6%
2020-05171160.7%
2020-06341077.3%
2020-07242054.5%
2020-0823874.2%
2020-09151157.7%
2020-10141058.3%
2020-11151060.0%
2020-12241168.6%
2021-0117965.4%
2021-0219773.1%
2021-0320774.1%
2021-04231265.7%
2021-0515478.9%
2021-0615478.9%
2021-0712570.6%
2021-0815288.2%
2021-0917481.0%
2021-1017868.0%
2021-116275.0%
2021-1215383.3%
2022-01260100.0%
2022-0217289.5%
2022-0320774.1%
2022-0419579.2%
2022-05541875.0%
2022-0624485.7%
2022-0727975.0%
2022-08131056.5%
2022-098372.7%
2022-1015478.9%
2022-11150100.0%
2022-1218481.8%
2023-0112285.7%
2023-0211284.6%
2023-038188.9%
2023-0413381.3%
2023-0514193.3%
2023-06171063.0%
2023-07341470.8%
2023-0821677.8%
2023-09291467.4%
2023-1017194.4%
2023-11271465.9%
2023-1220774.1%
2024-0123679.3%
2024-0220387.0%
2024-0317481.0%
2024-0411664.7%
2024-0517770.8%
2024-0619290.5%
2024-0712475.0%
2024-0821291.3%
2024-0922484.6%
2024-10322259.3%
2024-1121872.4%
2024-1214670.0%
2025-0124388.9%
2025-0215478.9%
2025-0317385.0%
2025-049564.3%
2025-0519870.4%
2025-0613959.1%
2025-07160100.0%
2025-087187.5%
2025-0913476.5%
2025-1018772.0%
2025-11121152.2%
2025-1216480.0%
2026-015550.0%
2026-0216672.7%
2026-0310662.5%
2026-0410376.9%
2026-059375.0%
2026-0611473.3%
2026-0719386.4%
2026-0812380.0%
2026-097463.6%
2026-105271.4%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1400
2026-09-1500
2026-09-1600
2026-09-1700
2026-09-1800
2026-09-1900
2026-09-2000
2026-09-2110
2026-09-2200
2026-09-2301
2026-09-2400
2026-09-2511
2026-09-2600
2026-09-2710
2026-09-2800
2026-09-2900
2026-09-3010
2026-10-0100
2026-10-0220
2026-10-0300
2026-10-0401
2026-10-0500
2026-10-0610
2026-10-0710
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2026-10-0900
2026-10-1001
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days76.5%17
Last 180 days76.0%104
All time58.1%7,636
Japanese, last 180 days60.0%5
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