River City Saga: Three Kingdoms
Skip · Action · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 27, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 9.7h 37h to 100%
- Value
- $1.55/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 283 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
Kunio, the beloved hot-blooded renegade, is back to wreak havoc in the world of the Three Kingdoms! The characters take on the roles of famous generals for a game packed with wild action.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750(2GB VRAM), 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
24 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today's $14.99 at 50 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gravity Circuit ($5.94, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Capcom Arcade Stadium (free, scores 1).
More about River City Saga: Three Kingdoms
6 of the 255 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2022 to February 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,362 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 265 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it.
The main story runs 9.7 hours. Doing everything runs 37, 3.8 times as long.
At 9.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
66% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I highly recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of beat em ups or the River City games in general. It has great gameplay, great story, the bonus ChinaBattle mode is really fun, the graphics look great, it has great online co-op, and it has a ton of replay value to it! The only negative I'll give the game is that the platforming sections are kind of jank and slightly annoying. other than that its a great game and...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is a vibrant and engaging beat-'em-up that blends the classic River City franchise's charm with the epic narrative and characters of the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history. The game successfully captures the nostalgic side-scrolling brawler gameplay that longtime fans adore while infusing it with fresh elements that help it stand out in a crowded genre. With its colorful pixel...
One of the great things about Dynasty Warriors is that each chapter led up to a climactic battle. Would that game have been nearly as fun if all the major fights happened off-screen? Of course not. That's what drags this game down. It's all jobber fights and fetch quests with barely any payoff. There are some boss fights but they're in weird spots and not that different from all the other battles. Get River City...
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River City Saga: Three Kingdoms scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1013220/river-city-saga-three-kingdomsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.