Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Developer
- The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega Games
- Released
- 23 May 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £34.99
Platforms: Linux, PC, macOS
Genres: real time strategy rts , strategy , turn based strategy tbs
Total War: Three Kingdoms is the first in the series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, Three Kingdoms redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Best gaming PC for Total War: Three Kingdoms in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Total War: Three Kingdoms today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Sega Games on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 64 Bit | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00Ghz | Intel i5-6600 | Ryzen 5 2600X |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | GTX 650 Ti 1GB|HD 7850 1GB|Intel UHD Graphics 620 | GTX 970 | R9 Fury X 4GB VRAM |
| Storage | 60 GB | 60 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Total War: Three Kingdoms?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i5-6600 | Ryzen 5 2600X and your GPU is at or above GTX 970 | R9 Fury X 4GB VRAM, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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