Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Developer
- The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega Games
- Released
- 23 May 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £10.49
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 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- 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 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.