Comparison

Three Kingdoms vs Glorious Samkok

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Three Kingdoms

A card-based idle mobile game set in the Three Kingdoms era. Recruit famous generals, upgrade their abilities, and craft divine weapons. Devise tactics based on factions and skills for exhilarating battles.

Highlights
  • Card-based idle gameplay
  • Recruit famous generals
  • Upgrade generals and acquire equipment
  • Craft divine weapons
  • Faction-based tactical battles
  • Nine-grid battle formation
Features
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"Three Kingdoms: Epic Heroes Battles" is a brand new card-based idle mobile game set in the Three Kingdoms era. With beautiful character illustrations of famous generals and beauties, players can choose from the renowned generals of Wei, Shu, and Wu to start their journey, offering a genuine and exhilarating gaming experience. In the game, players enhance their strength by recruiting generals, acquiring equipment, upgrading their star levels, and crafting divine weapons. During battles, players must devise tactics based on factors such as faction and general skills. Even the same generals can have different strategies, as factions have strengths and weaknesses against each other. The game combines classic rage mechanics and utilizes a nine-grid battle formation, allowing players to achieve victory against stronger foes and experience the thrill of tactical mastery.

About

Glorious Samkok

Become a lord in a chaotic world and recruit powerful generals to dominate. Engage with diverse generals through attacks, gifts, or persuasion. Employ unique strategies to subdue generals and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Recruit powerful generals
  • Subdue generals through various methods
  • Utilize unique strategies
  • Dominate a chaotic world
  • Engage with diverse characters
Features
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As a lord in a chaotic world, relying solely on oneself is not enough to dominate the world. You must recruit many powerful generals. In the game, you will encounter various generals, and you can choose to attack them, give them gifts, or persuade them. For generals who do not have personalities, different strategies can be used to better subdue them. Come and give it a try!

Screenshots

Three Kingdoms4 screens
Glorious Samkok4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glorious Samkok at none against Three Kingdoms's shown. Glorious Samkok also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Three Kingdoms's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 47%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Three Kingdoms sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Glorious Samkok sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glorious Samkok holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 58 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Three Kingdoms's written reviews are positive against 47% of Glorious Samkok's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Three Kingdoms ships an update every 11 days, Glorious Samkok weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Three Kingdoms versus Glorious Samkok: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree KingdomsGlorious Samkok
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (63 ratings)4.6 (58 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews — better46.7% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better58
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB990 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperShenzhen Qudong Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd航晴 陈

Customer experience

Three Kingdoms

All ratings62 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.7%

Glorious Samkok

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.3%

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Three Kingdoms

One-time15
  • 元宝充值1$0.99
  • 双倍元宝12$1.99
  • 元宝充值18$2.99
Show 12 more
  • 元宝充值30$4.99
  • 元宝充值$9.99
  • 双倍礼包98$14.99
  • 元宝充值128$19.99
  • 元宝充值198$29.99
  • 元宝充值258$39.99
  • 元宝充值300$44.99
  • 元宝充值328$49.99
  • 元宝充值648$99.99
  • 元宝充值998$144.99
  • 元宝充值2998$449.99
  • 元宝充值5000$719.99
10 purchases

Glorious Samkok

One-time10
  • $0.99 Pack$0.99
  • $1.99 Pack$1.99
  • $2.99 Pack$2.99
Show 7 more
  • $4.99 Pack$4.99
  • $9.99 Pack$9.99
  • $14.99 Pack$14.99
  • $19.99 Pack$19.99
  • $29.99 Pack$29.99
  • $49.99 Pack$49.99
  • $99.99 Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Three Kingdoms free?
Three Kingdoms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glorious Samkok free?
Glorious Samkok is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Three Kingdoms or Glorious Samkok?
Glorious Samkok is rated higher. Three Kingdoms averages 4.2 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Glorious Samkok averages 4.6 from 58 ratings.
Do Three Kingdoms or Glorious Samkok have ads?
Three Kingdoms shows ads; Glorious Samkok does not.
Which is updated more often, Three Kingdoms or Glorious Samkok?
Three Kingdoms ships an update every 11 days, and Glorious Samkok weekly. Most recently, Three Kingdoms was updated on October 25, 2026 and Glorious Samkok on October 22, 2026.

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