Comparison

Three Kingdoms vs VERMILION

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

Head to head
About

Three Kingdoms

Features
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A casual Three Kingdoms strategy where every run tells a different tale. Lead a warlord, gather legendary heroes, and decide the fate of the realm. ■ Every run, a new tale - 8 random events (plague, Yellow Turban revolt, wandering strategist, tribute, harvest, imperial decree, famine, meteor) - Capture the enemy capital and decide the captive lord's fate — execute, recruit, or banish - Single combat mini-game before each battle (Charge · Defend · Stratagem RPS, winner gets ×1.10 to the main battle) ■ 8 warlords, distinct AI - Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Ma Teng, Gongsun Zan - Per-faction AI styles: aggressive, defensive, balanced, opportunistic, recruiter - 5 scenarios — Chaos, Guandu, Chibi, Hefei, Infinite mode ■ 51 legendary generals - Guan Yu's duels, Zhang Fei's charges, Zhuge Liang's stratagems, Lu Bu's might - 10 specialties (charge, iron wall, fire attack, ambush, recruit, warlord, strategist, morale, rider raid, duelist) - Deterministic auto-battle: terrain × walls × morale × specialties ■ Reasons to replay - S / A / B / C / D grade after unification (weighted by turn, territory, generals, executions) - 14 achievements — Lightning Unification, faction-specific, scenario victories, Purifier and more - Same seed → same outcome (deterministic battle, events, and duel) ■ Clean monetization - Free. No ads. No tracking. Ever. - One IAP — All-Under-Heaven expansion (15 legendary generals + 4 scenarios)

About

VERMILION

Experience a complete Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with over 100 legendary generals. Collect, grow, and strategically deploy your heroes in diverse formations and tactics. Enjoy an offline adventure with multiple story endings, all without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Collect over 100 Three Kingdoms generals
  • Strategic hero growth and formation
  • Tactical combat with unique abilities
  • Offline gameplay
  • Multiple story endings
  • In-game gallery and mini-games
Features
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■ No ads. Generals earned through play. A complete collection RPG. The first 12 battlefields — up to Guandu — are free for everyone. Finish the prologue, and buy the full campaign once only if you liked it. No subscriptions and no rewarded ads. You never pay real money directly for a draw: recruiting (random) uses in-game currency, which optional bundles also provide. Optional bundles can speed up growth, but every general is obtainable through play alone. ■ Over 100 generals, each with a story Choose your allegiance — Cao Cao's dominion, Liu Bei's benevolence, or Sun Quan's Jiangdong — and gather over 100 generals including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu and Sima Yi. Every general has a unique skill and a written biography, and generals bound by historical ties awaken hidden power when fielded together. ■ More than collecting · Raise — train, awaken and equip your generals · Battle — set formations and tactics, then cut through the field · One vs. Ten Thousand — a 2-minute-30-second action mode where a single general cuts through an endless army · Campaign — follow 50 battlefields across the era · Codex — collect and admire portraits and records ■ The ending you choose There is more than one road to unifying the land. Close the story with a branching ending shaped by your choices. ■ Offline, all the way through No internet connection required. No account, no login. Your data stays on your device — there is no server. Play on the subway, on a plane, anywhere.

Screenshots

Three Kingdoms4 screens
VERMILION4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VERMILION at daily against Three Kingdoms's every 6 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 1 one-off in-app purchase and VERMILION sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Three Kingdoms ships an update every 6 days, VERMILION daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Three Kingdoms versus VERMILION: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree KingdomsVERMILION
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB97 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperByoungho KimKYOUNG HOON SONG

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Kingdoms

One-time1
  • Tianxia Expansion$1.99
6 purchases

VERMILION

One-time6
  • 보급 상점 — 급양 꾸러미$1.99
  • 보급 상점 — 군수 보급$3.99
  • 본편 — 천하 통일의 길$4.99
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  • 보급 상점 — 대장군의 궤$6.99
  • 보급 상점 — 승상의 궤$14.99
  • 보급 상점 — 제왕의 금고$29.99

Questions

Is Three Kingdoms free?
Three Kingdoms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VERMILION free?
VERMILION is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Three Kingdoms or VERMILION have ads?
Neither Three Kingdoms nor VERMILION shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Three Kingdoms or VERMILION?
Three Kingdoms ships an update every 6 days, and VERMILION daily. Most recently, Three Kingdoms was updated on November 5, 2026 and VERMILION on November 6, 2026.

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