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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

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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.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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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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