Comparison

Three Kingdoms vs Samguk.io

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. ā–  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 Ā· Defend Ā· Stratagem RPS, winner gets Ɨ1.10 to the main battle) ā–  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 ā–  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 Ɨ walls Ɨ morale Ɨ specialties ā–  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) ā–  Clean monetization - Free. No ads. No tracking. Ever. - One IAP — All-Under-Heaven expansion (15 legendary generals + 4 scenarios)

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Samguk.io

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A realm in chaos, and three minutes is all it takes. samguk.io is a 3-to-5-minute .io battlefield: raise your banner with a single general, absorb soldiers, storm castles, and unite the land. ā–¶ One finger, three minutes, one war Drive your horde with the joystick and wanderers and routed soldiers rally to your banner. Collide with an enemy army and the fight is on. No button combos, no long tutorials. ā–¶ Break them and they join you Defeated soldiers do not vanish. The enemy banner snaps, the soldiers kneel, and they turn your color. Thirty men become a screen-filling horde. ā–¶ Duels: settled by might When two generals meet, time slows for a one-on-one bout. Blows are traded, a winner is decided, and the loser's army wavers. Lü Bu's halberd, Guan Yu's Green Dragon blade: the gap in might is settled by a single duel. ā–¶ The gate opens: the climax always comes After three minutes the castle gate opens. The gatekeeper's final host pours out, and every run ends in battle. There is no losing by timeout. ā–¶ 58 regions, one realm Rise in Zhuo and defeat the gatekeeper holding each region. Every region you take is painted in your color on the world map. Paint all 58 and the realm is yours. Defeated gatekeepers join the field from the next run on. ā–¶ Form up before you march, grow on the field Read the triangle of infantry, archers and cavalry and set your formation. Terrain, morale, provisions, and the warhorses and war manuals you pick up make every session different. ā–¶ Your nemesis always returns Lose, and the general who beat you is marked as your nemesis and appears next run. Take revenge for double the reward. Retry straight from the results screen, zero wait. We sell only cosmetics and time. Combat power is never for sale. * In-game text is in Korean. * A work of fiction inspired by Romance of the Three Kingdoms; it may differ from history.

Screenshots

Three Kingdoms4 screens
Samguk.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Three Kingdoms at none against Samguk.io's shown. Samguk.io's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Three Kingdoms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Samguk.io sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Three Kingdoms versus Samguk.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree KingdomsSamguk.io
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB72 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperByoungho KimJegeon Jung

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Kingdoms

One-time1
  • Tianxia Expansion$1.99
4 purchases

Samguk.io

One-time4
  • Banner Codex$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Founding Retainer Pack$3.99
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  • Moe Army Skin$3.99

Questions

Is Three Kingdoms free?
Three Kingdoms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Samguk.io free?
Samguk.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Three Kingdoms or Samguk.io have ads?
Samguk.io shows ads; Three Kingdoms does not.

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