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ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 73% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 50% positive of 3,983
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (66%); after 20h it's 1 in 2 (46%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- 73% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Hero” (Awarded for reaching an ending with credits): only 73% of starters get there.
- 87% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,004 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 50.5h for positive, 30.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (86.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hero Awarded for reaching an ending with credits. Most players quit here 73% −27
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Duelist Awarded for participating in a duel and emerging victorious. 100%
- Debater Awarded for participating in a debate and emerging victorious. 99%
- Destined Companion Awarded for discovering a destiny with someone after starting the game. 97%
- Charismatic Individual Awarded for using a Symbol of Friendship to increase the number of devoted officers. 95%
- Hand-Shaker Awarded for forming a link during domestic activities. 95%
- Sworn Sibling Awarded for forming a sworn sibling bond with someone after starting the game. 92%
- Recruiter Awarded for calling on an officer and successfully recruiting or employing them. 92%
- Victor Awarded for participating in a battle and emerging victorious. 91%
- Bond-Forger Awarded for forming a link during combat. 89%
- Beloved Awarded for successfully courting someone after starting the game. 87%
- Exceptional Host Awarded for hosting a festive banquet. 84%
- Hero Awarded for reaching an ending with credits. 73%
- Privileged Personage Awarded for exercising a privilege. 62%
- A Take of a New Star Awarded for completing a scenario with an original officer as the protagonist. 54%
- Masterful Tactician Awarded for suggesting or activating all of the stratagems. 51%
- Renowned Resourceful General Awarded for completing a scenario with the cultural fame of 5,000 or more. 51%
- Famed Brave General Awarded for completing a scenario with the martial fame of 5,000 or more. 49%
- Guided by Fate Awarded for having the maximum number of officers with whom you are bound by Synergetic Destiny. 48%
- Morning Star Awarded for unlocking a Gem for the first time. 39%
- United by Stars Awarded for completing a scenario with the maximum number of officers with whom you are bound by Synergetic Destiny and maximum number of spouses and sworn siblings. 37%
- Junction Observer Awarded for having activated a Turning Point for the first time. 37%
- Great Hero Awarded for completing 3 or more scenario types. 36%
- Devoted Parent Awarded for raising a fictional child to adulthood. 32%
- Sky Full of Stars Awarded for fully unlocking one Gem Type in a single playthrough. 27%
- Collector Awarded for viewing the "Collector" ending. 21%
- Obtainer of the Perfect Spouse Awarded for clearing the Tale: Lady of Gems. 20%
- Splendid Scoundrel Awarded for completing a scenario with the notorious fame of 5,000 or more. 15%
- One who Yearns for Others' Stars Awarded for fully unlocking the Gem Types: Free Officer, Warrior, Literary Person, and Villain. 11%
- One Who Lives Among Earthly Stars Awarded for fully unlocking the Gem Types: Governor, Tactician, and Common Officer. 10%
- Narrator of History Awarded for viewing all of the event movies. 10%
- Seeker of the Stars Awarded for fully unlocking the Gem Types: Ruler, Chieftain, and Viceroy. 9.9%
- Master of the Shining Stars Awarded for unlocking all Gem Types except Common. 9.1%
- Commoner's Attendant Awarded for having watched the ending event: Commoner's Attendant. 6.2%
- Lover of Beauties Awarded for marrying all seven eligible ladies and two eligible gentlemen in their respective Tales. 4.3%
- Relentless Pursuer Awarded for collecting every achievement. 4.1%
- Compiler of History Awarded for having watched the movies: A Great Star Falls and Thus, History is Written. 3.2%
- Rebel to the Stars Awarded for clearing the game through unification without unlocking even one Gem. 2.3%
- King of Solitude Awarded for clearing the game through unification as a Ruler, without having developed a Synergetic Relationship with an officer or with anyone else. 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.