Three Kingdoms : Alias news & patch notes

v0.5.8 Update

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

This update improves new game setup and ruler succession, city public order management, and late-game performance, while fixing several personnel and battle progression issues.

New Game and Ruler Succession

• Final Review and Reroll for the Starting Officer Draft After choosing all starting officers, you can review the final roster. Selecting Reroll discards the entire current roster and restarts the full draft, choosing one officer from three candidates at a time. Rerolls have no cost or limit, and only the last confirmed roster will enter service when the campaign begins.
• Choose a New Ruler After the Ruler's Death When the player ruler dies of natural causes, in battle, by execution, or otherwise, you can personally choose one of your faction's officers as the successor and new ruler.

Bandit Uprising Chance

• Garrison Troops Suppress Bandit Uprisings Garrison strength now affects the risk of bandit uprisings. Previously, cities with public order of 20 or lower could still face an uprising even with a large garrison. Now, a sufficient garrison can suppress uprisings even at low public order. An uprising chance becomes 0% when a city has 10,000 or more troops stationed there. Hover over the Public Order entry in the city information popup to view the uprising chance.

Mid-to-Late-Game Performance and Other Fixes

• Improved Mid-to-Late-Game Performance Optimized monthly reports, payroll calculations, and AI persuasion decisions in the mid to late game, when the number of cities and officers grows, to improve turn progression speed.
• Fixed Defense Battle Progression Lockups Fixed an issue where combat, turn progression, and saving could stop after opening another window, such as officer information, while organizing a defensive force and then returning.
• Fixed Follow-up Commands from Interview Results Fixed an issue where the result window could freeze or the next result would not appear when issuing another command from an interview result window.
• Fixed General Position and Recruiting Officer Role Changes Fixed issues where the previous Recruiting Officer position could remain after appointing an officer to a General Position, or where duplicate position removal notices could appear.
• Rescue Captured Officers When Recapturing a City When you recapture a city where one of your officers is held prisoner, that officer is now released and returns to your faction.
• Fixed Sealed Mode Settings and Achievement Checks Fixed an issue where the Ask for Real Name setting did not apply correctly in Sealed mode.

We will continue improving the game based on your feedback. Thank you.

Developer Note #2

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

It has already been two weeks since the Early Access launch.

Thanks to the active feedback from so many players over the past two weeks, I have been able to address many shortcomings. However, those improvements have naturally focused on issues that could be addressed quickly, and their limitations have been clear as well.

Today, I would like to share longer-term plans to more fundamentally improve the gameplay experience. These plans are based on the direction I have set after considering the wide range of feedback players have shared.

1. Deepening the Talent Management Simulation

At the heart of Three Kingdoms: Alias is recruiting, assigning, and managing talent effectively. I want to deepen this core gameplay and create a richer experience.

I am planning officer progression systems and items, deeper domestic administration through city facilities, including automation, and more developed management of relationships between officers.

The goal is also to address issues many of you have raised: fatigue from managing Loyalty, the limited use of Intelligence and Charm, and unreasonable aspects of the system for holding multiple posts.

2. Combat Renewal

I believe the current combat system needs more substantial improvements in several areas, including presentation, system stability, optimization, and balance. Rather than limiting this to numerical adjustments or partial fixes, I am planning a renewal that improves the combat experience as a whole.

It is not yet time to share a detailed design, but I am considering how to preserve as much as possible of what makes Three Kingdoms: Alias distinctive: information asymmetry and relationships between officers.

The goal is also to address the balance issues many players have raised, create more varied uses for unit types, and improve the battlefield limitation that prevents multiple armies from joining at the same time. I will share more once the combat-system design takes clearer shape.

3. Other Content

I also plan to implement custom officer creation, an in-game officer editor, and a historical mode that begins with regions and officer rosters based on historical facts.

Because systems are likely to continue changing throughout the current Early Access stage, I plan to apply these after the systems and balance have become more stable, at the stage of the full release.

As for officer data issues, including women officers as well as errors in officer stats and biographies, I will collect and address them once with each major update.

Toward v0.5.X and v0.6.0

The current Early Access build line is 0.5.X. While it remains on 0.5, I plan to respond with smaller updates focused on bug fixes, optimization, and quality-of-life improvements so that the current version remains comfortable to play.

For matters that require major system changes or structural balance work, I would rather focus on development for 0.6.0 and make more fundamental improvements than repeatedly respond with temporary fixes.

The goal for 0.6.0 is to apply both the talent-management improvements and the combat renewal described above. Domestic administration and combat may be separated as systems, but I believe they need to come together as a single play experience.

After the v0.6.0 update, I will consider the next steps, including v0.7.0 and the full release, based on how players experience that version.

These are substantial systems and may take some time, but I will work diligently to bring you a deeper and more enjoyable experience as soon as I can.

I will share development progress along the way. Thank you for your continued interest and feedback.

v0.5.7 Update Notes

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

This update adds Sealed mode, Officer Death/Execution settings, improvements to Post Assignment and officer lists, post-ending browsing, field-battle updates, and various bug and UI fixes.

Key Updates

• Sealed Mode

• Toggle Officer Deaths & Executions

• Drag-and-Drop Post Assignment and Officer List Improvements

• Tour the Realm after a Victory Ending

• Field-Battle Auto Deployment and AI Field Battles

• Other Bug and UI Fixes

Sealed Mode

• Sealed Mode AddedSealed is a new name mode alongside Real Name, Mixed, and Alias. In Sealed mode, true names are sealed and cannot be confirmed. Real Name Verification Certificates are unavailable, and routes that could confirm true names through relationship checks, recommendations, battlefield callouts, and more do not operate. Sealed mode can be selected from Hardship difficulty onward.

• Ask for Real Name Option With Ask for Real Name enabled in Sealed mode, asking for an officer's true name directly after an interview is the only exception that can confirm a true name.

• Related Achievements Added Unify the realm in Sealed mode with Ask for Real Name turned off to earn the Realm Without Names Steam achievement, or with it turned on to earn By Deduction Alone.

Officer Deaths and Executions

• Officer Death/Execution Setting An Officer Death/Execution on/off setting has been added to the new-game settings. When turned off, officers do not die in battle or suffer AI executions, except when the player personally executes a prisoner.

Post Assignment and Officer Lists

• Drag to Assign, Swap, or Dismiss Posts In the Post Assignment officer list, you can drag officers onto post slots to assign them. You can also swap officers between posts or drag an officer back to the list to dismiss them from a post.

• More Information in Post Assignment The Post Assignment screen now shows and sorts officers by Satisfaction and Traits.

• Improved Officer List Filters Filters have been expanded in officer-selection lists for Investigation, Interview, Persuasion, Subversion, and more. Depending on the screen, you can find officers by city, post, faction, information status, and confirmed traits.

Endings

• Tour the Realm Select Tour the Realm from the final chronicle screen of a victory ending to inspect the map and officers at the moment of unification.

• Credits Playback Controls The ending credits now support 1x and 2x playback, pause, and 1x and 2x rewind.

• Realm Name Display Realm-name displays have been unified for new-dynasty proclamations and victory endings. Korean, English, and other applicable languages show both the reading and the Chinese character, such as 위(魏) and Wei(魏).

Combat

• Battle Speed Persists The 1x, 2x, or 3x speed selected in a battle is now retained for the next battle.

• Improved Auto Deployment Auto deployment for both the player and AI now accounts for unit types: infantry favor the center front line, cavalry the flanks, and archers the rear. Larger units are placed first within the same role.

• Adjusted AI Ruler Field-Battle Rate AI rulers are now more likely to choose field battles to avoid the domestic damage caused by sieges.

• Increased Siege Domestic Damage At the start of a siege, damage to Commerce, Agriculture, and Public Order has increased from a minimum of 7 or 15% of the initial value to a minimum of 10 or 20% of the initial value.

Other Bug and UI Fixes

• Prisoner Escape Report When prisoners held by the player escape, the personnel section of the monthly report now shows the number of escapees.

• Remote Recruitment Retry Fixed an issue that could prevent remote recruitment of free officers in faction cities when the Messenger option was on. When a messenger is already traveling, the reason is now shown correctly.

• Post Assignment, Rewards, and Personnel Recommendation Fixes Fixed an issue where assigning an officer to one slot of a multi-slot general rank could also dismiss officers in other slots. Batch rewards now show why they cannot be executed when a reward messenger is already in progress. Officers who resigned or were dismissed too recently to be recruited again no longer appear in personnel recommendations.

• Bandit Uprising Grace Period after Conquest Bandit uprisings no longer occur in a city for 3 turns, including the turn it is conquered.

• Encourage Recruitment Estimate Fix Fixed an issue where the predicted recruitment amount shown when selecting Recruitment in Encourage did not match the actual amount recruited.

• Return to City Selection after Boost After using Boost, you can return to the city list with right-click or the side-panel back button and continue selecting other cities.

• AI Alliance Proposal Fixes Fixed AI ruler alliance proposals and display errors.

• Canceled Move Status When you cancel a move order for an army, officer, ruler, or transport convoy, the list now shows Returning. Opening a returning target only shows its return city and route, without allowing another cancellation or spending AP.

• Save Load Recovery When older saves contain invalid movement, defense, or battle orders, reserved troops, officers, and resources are now restored correctly. Fixed an issue where officers in transit could disappear from city lists after loading.

• Officer State Sorting Fixed sorting for the State column in officer lists.

• Officer Affinity Sorting Fixed sorting for the Affinity column in officer lists at Hardship difficulty as well.

• Investigation and Interview Result Windows Fixed an issue where officer-information buttons and tooltips in subsequent Investigation and Interview result windows stopped working after successfully asking for a real name. Officer information windows opened above a result window now also close from the frontmost window first.

• Map Numeric Labels Fixed city troop and domestic-stat labels being obscured by army and messenger markers.

• Officer Data and Localization Fixes Corrected the names and biographies of some officers, along with Chinese localization.

• Other UI Improvements Improved the readability of monthly-report scrollbars and the Post Assignment screen, addressed several screens that could be clipped or hard to view at large text sizes, and replaced the sound played when closing windows with a more natural one.

We will continue improving the game based on your feedback. Thank you.

v0.5.6 Update Notes

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

This update improves siege operations, officer lifespan and natural death, prisoner disposition, governor appointment after conquest, and imperial-court handling.

Key Updates

• Late-Game Performance Improvements

• Siege Time Limit and Cleanup Mode

• Officer Natural-Death Omen and On/Off Option

• Bulk Prisoner Disposition

• Direct Governor Selection After Conquest

Late-Game Optimization

• Late-Game Performance Improvements We worked on optimizations to reduce the lag that appeared in the mid-to-late game as play progressed.

Sieges

• Siege Time Limit A time limit now applies when a siege reaches a stalemate. It does not affect most battles and is applied and shown only in the special case where a stalemate occurs.

• Siege Cleanup Mode When a siege stalemate persists, the battle automatically fast-forwards at 8x speed. It immediately returns to the original speed when you issue a unit order or the situation changes.

As mentioned in a previous announcement, combat still has many issues, so we plan to carry out a renewal. The current measures are closer to a temporary fix to prevent games from getting stuck, and we will do our best to deliver stable and enjoyable combat through that renewal as soon as possible.

Officer Lifespan and Natural Death

• Natural-Death On/Off Option Added A Natural Death on/off option has been added to the start screen. With it turned off, no officer or ruler dies of old age. Other deaths, such as dying in battle or being executed, still occur.

• Natural-Death Omen Once, exactly 12 months before an officer in the player's faction dies of natural causes, an omen indicating that their lifespan is nearly over is shown in the dashboard and the log window.

Prisoners and Conquest

• Bulk Prisoner Disposition Added Prisoners, previously handled one at a time, can now be checked off and recruited, kept as prisoners, executed, or released together in a batch.

• Direct Governor Selection After Conquest You can now select a governor directly when you conquer a city. Choose from the officers who took part in the campaign, or leave the post vacant.

• AI Prisoner Execution Fix Fixed an issue where AI rulers executed prisoners excessively.

Imperial Court and Endings

• Han Deposition by an Independent Emperor Now, when a ruler who has proclaimed themselves emperor seizes the seat of the Han court, instead of enthroning the Han emperor as before, they depose the Han emperor and bring an end to Han. In this case, unification leads to a new-dynasty ending.

• Ending Label Fix Fixed an issue where, in some languages, the Han Restoration ending text was inconsistent between the title records and achievements.

Other Fixes

• Removed the sort arrows in the Office Assignment screen so that stat names are not cut off even at large text sizes.

• Fixed an issue where the persuasion result window and the Turn Report overlapped and neither could be closed.

• Fixed an issue where a ruler or officer who escaped after their unit was wiped out in a field battle could not be redeployed, reporting that "a deployment order has already been issued."

• Fixed an issue where the same officer could not be recruited again after a remote recruitment attempt failed.

• Bandit uprisings no longer occur for 3 turns, including the turn of conquest, immediately after a city is conquered.

• The maximum officer stats option can now be toggled on/off in difficulties other than Hardship as well.

\ Unification Ending Conditions

Dynasty Endings

• Han court survives · Imperial Authority 70 or higher → Han Loyalist

• Han court survives · Imperial Authority below 70 → Han Powerholder

• Han emperor deposed · unifying ruler of the Liu clan → Han Restoration

• Han emperor deposed · unifying ruler not of the Liu clan → Dawn of a New Dynasty

Conditions for Deposing the Han Emperor

• Abdication by the enthroning ruler

• A self-proclaimed emperor capturing the imperial seat (new)

Temperament Endings

• Final Reputation 70 or higher → Benevolence

• Final Reputation below 70 → Hegemony

Stability Endings

• Stability score 75 or higher → Golden Age

• Stability score 55–74 → Uneasy Peace

• Stability score below 55 → Fragile Realm

The Stability score is calculated by summing each city's public order, development, governor loyalty, overall general loyalty, resources, and so on.

We plan to explain ending conditions and other in-game information within the game as well, through a "Help" feature to be added later.

We will continue to make steady improvements. Thank you.

v0.5.5 Hotfix

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

Fixed an Archer range issue in field battles.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you.

v0.5.4 Update Notes

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

This update improves officer management and true-name reveals, city administration and Reputation, mobility institutions and warfare, personnel and administrative usability, and a range of UI interactions.

Key Updates

• Ask for a True Name after an Interview After interviewing an unidentified officer, players can type in and ask for the officer's name. A correct answer reveals the true name.
• More Convenient Loyalty and Satisfaction Management Reward amounts can be set more conveniently, and the new \ action helps manage Loyalty and Satisfaction.
• Battles and Warfare AI rulers are more aggressive, are more likely to respond through field battles, and Archer balance has been adjusted.
• Administration, Personnel, and UI Usability Improvements Reputation gains from administration have been increased, alongside batch Encouragement, return management for absent office holders, and other usability improvements.

Update Details

New True-Name Questioning Feature

• Ask for a True Name after an Interview After interviewing an unidentified officer, the ruler can ask for their true name directly in the result window. A correct answer reveals the true name and raises Loyalty by 10, while an incorrect answer lowers Loyalty by 10. An officer's response varies by their Integrity and Ambition tendencies.
• Additional Officer Information Revealed Once an officer's true name is known, disposition stats such as Integrity, Ambition, and Reputation are revealed.

Loyalty and Satisfaction Management

• Reward Improvements Single and batch rewards can now pay 1 to 10 months of salary at once. A successful reward raises Satisfaction by three months' worth regardless of the number of months paid, and reward targets are listed from lowest Loyalty first.
• More Detailed Satisfaction States Officer Satisfaction represents an officer's emotional state and affects the rate at which Loyalty declines. Before this update, Satisfaction had four stages: Satisfied, Uneasy, Dissatisfied, and Enraged. It now has five: Satisfied, Normal, Uneasy, Dissatisfied, and Enraged. In the Normal state, which was the former Satisfied state, Loyalty naturally declines based on Affinity, and the decline grows as dissatisfaction worsens. In the new Satisfied state, Loyalty does not naturally decline. Temporarily increased Satisfaction gradually decays back toward Normal. Satisfaction can be raised through interviews, battle merit, rewards, and the banquets described below.
• Banquets Added Once you own at least three cities and have a Personnel Minister serving, you can hold a banquet in each city. Each city costs 15 AP, and all officers assigned to that city attend, gaining Satisfaction and Loyalty. Like the ruler's Mediation action, a banquet can ease Discord between attending officers who do not get along. The chance depends on the two officers' Satisfaction, while a Hated relationship can only be eased temporarily.
• Checking Satisfaction The City Information Level provided by the Inspector lets you check Satisfaction in detail. At City Information Level 0, only Enraged officers are detected; at Level 1, Dissatisfied and Enraged officers are detected; and at Level 2, all five states are detected. The reason for detected dissatisfaction can be checked regardless of Information Level. If Satisfaction is learned through an interview or banquet, it remains visible for that turn regardless of City Information Level.
• Mediation Adjustments Mediation now grants a Loyalty increase and has a higher chance of success. The chance for Discord to worsen after a failed Mediation has been lowered.

Battles and Warfare

• AI Aggression Adjustments AI rulers now make somewhat more aggressive decisions when deciding whether to deploy troops.
• AI Field Battle Deployments AI rulers that wish to avoid the administrative-stat penalties of a siege will choose a field battle instead when they have sufficient troops.
• Archer and Wall-Top Balance Adjustments The ground ranged-attack bonus for Archers on city walls has been lowered, and Archer production cost has increased from 2 to 2.5. Production costs are now Infantry/Archer/Cavalry = 1/2.5/3. Troop-type information in the deployment formation window now also displays each unit type's production cost.
• Improved Guidance When defending forces outnumber the enemy, guidance now explains that intercepting through a field battle may be more favorable for city administration than a siege.
• Transported Troop Handling Fixed an issue where transported troops could not join the siege when an enemy army and a friendly transport convoy arrived at a friendly city at the same time.

Administration and Reputation

• City Development Reputation Milestones Whenever a city's Commerce, Agriculture, or Public Order first reaches 20, 40, 60, 80, or 100, the ruler of the faction that owns that city gains 1 Reputation. Progress is recorded separately for each city. Previously, you gained 5 Reputation only when Public Order reached 100, so city administration can now yield more Reputation.
• Officer Reputation Reassessment Officer Reputation has been reassessed based on their historical standing and public reputation. The revised values apply from the start of a new game.
• Hidden Stats Displayed for Officers with Known True Names Once an officer's true name is known, their Integrity, Ambition, and Reputation values are displayed in the Officer Information popup.
• Other You can now select multiple categories for Encouragement at once. Domestic categories already at their cap are now excluded from Encouragement and Promotion targets. Added a guide explaining the cause and effects when Reputation falls for the first time. Rulers are grouped into recommended and other rulers for each starting year, and selecting a ruler with low Reputation now displays a difficulty warning.

Personnel and Offices

• Return Management for Absent Officers You can now see office holders who are absent in other friendly cities in the Turn Report and Office Assignment screen, then return them individually or in a batch.
• Improved Office Assignment Status Display The Office Assignment screen now makes it easier to see the status of office holders who are moving or deployed, as well as whether they have left their workplace.

UI and Usability

• Right-click and Back now close only the foremost window.
• New information results appear in front of existing windows, and repeated reward results update to the latest contents.
• Personnel and Office Assignment UI has been refined so sort order, selections, and scroll position are not reset.
• Auxiliary tab icons in the Officer Information and City Information windows are now larger for easier access. These include the \ tab for entering an officer alias, the \ and \ tabs for officer history, and the \ tab for detailed city administration history.
• The first time you enter the troop deployment window, information panels for leader/deputy roles and troop types are displayed once.

Other Fixes

• Ongoing institution research is no longer canceled when the ruler moves or leaves the capital.
• Post Station Development and Logistics Reform now extend to Level 3. After researching the highest level, personal movement and transport convoys can move up to 4 nodes per turn.
• Fixed an issue where imprisoned officers could be included in individual or batch relocation targets.
• Officers who have stepped down, like dismissed officers, cannot be recruited again by their former faction for 12 months.
• Removed the incorrect "Other City" label from recruitment targets.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the shortcut guide from opening through the System menu. You can now check shortcuts through the System menu's shortcut guide or by pressing F1.

We are aware that the battle simulator currently has many issues, but we were not able to address them in this update. We will explain this in more detail soon through a roadmap announcement that includes plans for a battle-system renewal.

I also read all discussion threads and reviews in the community. However, I believe that focusing on development and delivering updates even a day sooner serves players better than taking time to reply to each one, so I ask for your understanding for the time being.

We will continue improving the game based on your feedback. Thank you.

v0.5.3 Hotfix

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

We have released the v0.5.3 hotfix. This update fixes issues related to coalition diplomacy, Alias and true-name information, and population-change guidance.

Coalition Diplomacy

• Fixed an issue where joining an Anti-Hegemon League or Anti-Traitor League did not apply the intended 30 Favor decrease with the target faction.
• Fixed an issue where an active league's target faction and its members could form an alliance with each other. Related AI advice and guide-task alliance recommendations have also been corrected.

Officer Information and Prisoners

• Fixed an issue that could disrupt the flow between the Prisoner Disposition window and Officer Information after revealing a prisoner's true name immediately after a city capture.
• Fixed an issue where a stale prisoner decision could be applied again to an officer who had already been hired, released, transferred, or died.

Population Growth and UI

• Fixed an issue where the public-order population-change tooltip could incorrectly show the public-order bonus as 0 during normal population growth. It now displays the actual public-order bonus.

We will continue improving the game based on your feedback. Thank you.

Windows 11 Smart App Control Launch Issue

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

We have identified an issue affecting some Windows 11 systems when launching the game.

“This file was blocked by an application control policy.”

Error code: 0x11C7

This is not a problem with the game's internal logic or save data. It occurs when Windows Smart App Control treats the v0.5.2 executable as a new file and blocks it before the game process starts.

This issue is not limited to Three Kingdoms: Alias. It has also been reported intermittently in some Steam and indie games recently.

We have submitted the v0.5.2 executable currently distributed through Steam to Microsoft and requested a review of its Smart App Control classification and a possible false positive.

The review may take several days or longer, and the exact completion time depends on Microsoft's processing. Once the review result is applied, the game may be able to launch normally without disabling Smart App Control.

Please Check This First

In your Steam Library, right-click Three Kingdoms: Alias and verify the game files in the following order.

Properties → Installed Files → Verify integrity of game files

After verification is complete, fully restart your PC and launch the game again.

If You Need to Launch Quickly

If you need to launch the game before the Microsoft review is complete, disabling Smart App Control through the following path may allow it to run.

Windows Security → App & browser control → Smart App Control settings → Off

Note: Turning off Smart App Control can reduce the level of security protection in Windows. In some Windows environments, resetting or reinstalling Windows may be required to turn the feature back on. Please make sure to review the Windows guidance shown on screen before changing this setting.

If you do not want to change your security settings, we recommend waiting until the Microsoft review result has been applied.

We are continuing to monitor the Microsoft review and will provide another update as soon as the result or follow-up measures are confirmed.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Developer Note #1

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

I have just released v0.5.2.

Read the v0.5.2 update notes

It has been exactly two days since Early Access opened on July 14.

Building a game around Alias, a new but uncertain idea, has been a challenge.

There was always a real risk that, only after putting in all that time and effort, I would end up thinking: "This does not work as a game." "This feels too forced." "This just is not fun at all."

After first revealing the concept, then releasing the demo and gradually updating it, the idea was refined and the game's shape became more concrete.

That work was guided by the valuable feedback from demo players. It was also a time to test whether the idea could truly be woven into the mechanics of the genre.

Thanks to that, I have come to believe that Alias can work as a game and create a fresh kind of play experience.

Now that Early Access has launched, I feel this challenge has entered a new phase.

Three Kingdoms strategy simulations are a well-established and deep genre, loved for a long time.

The standards and expectations of genre fans are equally high, and I know that anything less than a solid level of polish will only lead to disappointment.

That is why the next step is not only to weave the idea into the genre, but to focus on raising the genre-level quality of the game itself.

Over the past two days, you have shared a great deal of feedback.

Just as demo feedback helped me weave the idea into the genre, Early Access feedback will help me raise the game's level of polish.

I will fix bugs, steadily refine convenience features and balance, add depth to areas that still lack content, and carefully refine the game's greatest strength: the Alias idea.

For now, I am going to get some sleep. Once I wake up, provided the update has no serious problems, I will read through all of your feedback and begin planning the road ahead.

Thank you for your continued support.

v0.5.2 Update

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

This update improves new game setup, finance and troop management, domestic administration and personnel controls, while also refining battles and late-campaign stability.

New Game and Early Campaign

• After choosing a ruler, you can now select your starting city directly. Recommended cities and region-based lists are available, while Luoyang is marked as the Imperial Court's seat and cannot be selected as a starting city. The game mode selection screen has also been refreshed.
• The Institutions menu now unlocks by appointing a Chancellor, Personnel Minister, and Intel Minister instead of by owning two cities. This allows you to research Institutions earlier. Unlock requirements for some individual Institutions have also been adjusted.
• The Post Assignment feature now unlocks at two cities instead of three. The related guide task order has also been updated.

Finance and Troop Management

• The Monthly Finance Report has been reworked into a management screen focused on Gold and Food. You can review current stockpiles, monthly income, expenses, net change, and how many months your resources will last in detail. A new expense management panel has also been added. Related guidance has been added, and the report can be opened from the Finance Report entry in the Overview menu.
• A new Recruitment Report lets you manage troop composition, Recruitment Officers, and recruitment policies for all of your cities in one table. It can also be opened from the Overview menu.
• The Capital's monthly Gold production bonus has increased from 300 to 500.
• Base Food production has increased from 60 to 70 per 10,000 population, easing early Food management.

Domestic Administration and Personnel

• You can now batch-select Commerce, Agriculture, Order, and Recruitment positions when issuing a Domestic Boost.
• The former leave-faction action has been renamed Dismiss. A new Dismiss Position action lets you remove an officer from a specific position while keeping them in your faction.

AI and Battles

• To prevent officers from leaving or being persuaded away immediately after battle because their Loyalty fell while their unit was away, resignation and Persuasion cannot occur on the turn they return from battle or movement. Officers who participate in battle also gain Loyalty for victory, city captures, and MVPs.
• AI factions now make more assertive military decisions. Rulers with aggressive personalities prioritize enlistment and act more aggressively.
• AI factions now use more varied troop type compositions when attacking cities.
• Fixed an issue where attacking units could stop in front of an opened gate during siege battles.
• Small field battles and siege battles now begin with a closer camera view, making the opening situation easier to read.
• The troop type guide in Sortie Formation has been made more intuitive.

Information and UI

• City and officer names in finance and military reports now open their respective information popups directly.
• Officer Encyclopedia entries, duplicate-name distinctions, and favored-officer relationships have been corrected and expanded.
• The default text scale for languages other than Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese is now Small.
• Several screens have been improved so tables and popups do not clip in long-text languages such as English, German, French, and Russian.

Other Improvements

• Fixed an issue where volume could become too low after reloading settings.
• Autosaves now appear at the top of the Load list.
• Manual saves can now be deleted.
• The ending chronicle now records the correct event date and the ruler name at the time of the event.
• Turn progression stability has been improved for late campaigns with more cities and officers.

We will continue improving the game based on your feedback. Thank you.

v0.5.1 Hotfix

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

We have released the v0.5.1 hotfix today. This update focuses on battle stability, especially reducing stalls and unusual movement in siege battles.

Main Fixes

• Improved cases where units could stop or move along unintended paths during siege battles.

• Improved late-battle situations where combat could drag on or stall when only a few units remained.

• Improved some officer trait application cases and large-battle performance.

Thank you to everyone who reported battle-related issues. We will continue prioritizing battle stability in future updates.

Three Kingdoms: Alias is Now Available in Early Access!

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

Three Kingdoms: Alias is finally available on Steam Early Access.

Three Kingdoms: Alias is a turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy game where you recruit officers whose identities are unknown, uncover their abilities and relationships piece by piece, and challenge yourself to unify the realm.

Based on the feedback we received during the demo period, we added new troop types, improved the battle system, added officer traits, officer satisfaction, Anti-Hegemon / Anti-Rebel leagues, Steam achievements, and improved UI and convenience features.

Visit the Steam store page

Launch Details

• Launch price: $7.99 USD
• 10% discount for two weeks from launch
• Steam achievements supported
• Supports Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese

We Welcome Your Feedback

We will continue improving the balance, AI, UI, localization, and long-campaign experience of Three Kingdoms: Alias throughout Early Access.

If you encounter bugs or anything inconvenient while playing, please let us know through the Steam discussions or announcement comments. Reviews after playing the game are also a great help for future development.

Thank you sincerely to everyone who played the demo, wishlisted the game, waited for launch, and shared feedback during development.

Now, please begin your own campaign to unify the realm in Three Kingdoms: Alias.

Three Kingdoms: Alias Early Access FAQ

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

Ahead of the Early Access launch, here is a quick FAQ covering the unlock time, price, and what is included in the current version.

When can I play?

The game unlocks on Steam at 06:00 UTC on July 14, 2026.

The date shown on the Steam store may appear as July 13 or July 14 depending on your region. The time above is the actual unlock timing.

What is the price?

The base price is $7.99 USD. A 10% launch discount will be available for two weeks from launch.

We currently plan to raise the price when the game reaches the full 1.0 release, in line with the additional content and improvements added by then. Any meaningful price change will be announced in advance.

Why Early Access?

The core direction of Three Kingdoms: Alias is already established. Early Access is about refining the long-campaign strategy experience with players: balance, AI pressure, UI clarity, mid-to-late game pacing, localization polish, and the flow of officer identity reveals.

How long will Early Access last?

We currently plan for Early Access to last about 6 to 12 months. The exact timing may change depending on stability, balance needs, player feedback, and the improvements that prove most important after launch.

What happens to the demo?

The demo service will end when Early Access launches. After launch, the latest version will be available through the Early Access game instead of the demo.

Thank you to everyone who played the demo and shared feedback. The feedback we received during the demo period has been reflected in the Early Access version, and we will continue improving the game through the full Early Access release.

What features are being added?

Since demo version 0.3.3, the Early Access version has added the following major changes.

• Troop Types / Enhanced Battle System Infantry, archers, and cavalry have been added, and the battle system has been expanded.

• Officer Traits Added Capable officers now have combat, stratagem, and domestic traits.

• Officer Stat Suggestions Incorporated We incorporated stat suggestions that players submitted through the officer database site.

• Improved Officer Information Reveal System Through meetings and investigations, you can now discover not only stats, but also traits, liked/disliked relationships, home regions, and more.

• Officer Satisfaction System Added Officers now have satisfaction within your faction. Working with incompatible officers may cause discord, and in severe cases even illness from stress.

• Personnel Assignment Improvements A new dashboard makes officer assignments easier to manage. Ministers and local officials no longer lose their posts when deployed; instead, they enter an "Absent" state.

• Anti-Hegemon / Anti-Rebel League System Added When a powerful hegemon or rebel faction emerges, nearby factions may form a league, and the player can choose whether to join.

• Steam Achievements Added Steam achievements have been added for major goals such as unification, endings, and difficulty.

• UI and Convenience Improvements We improved resolution support, several UI screens including the turn dashboard, institutions, and city information, plus tooltips and other convenience features.

Where should I leave feedback?

We will gather feedback through Steam discussions, announcement comments, bug reports, and patch notes. We are especially interested in bugs, unclear UI, balance issues, AI behavior, localization issues, long-campaign information flow, and the pacing of identity reveals.

See you at Early Access launch. Thank you!

The 50-Turn Demo Stays Through Early Access Launch

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

For Steam Next Fest, we extended the demo's play limit from 36 turns to 50 turns. As the event wrapped up, it was originally scheduled to return to 36 turns on June 24.

But thanks to that extension, you gave us far more detailed and in-depth feedback than 36 turns ever allowed. The longer play sessions came back to us as much richer opinions.

So, to keep that feedback coming right up until launch and to ship the most stable build we can at Early Access, we've decided to keep the 50-turn demo all the way through the Early Access launch on July 14.

When Early Access launches, the demo returns to its standard 36-turn limit. In other words, the window from now until launch is the best time to experience the 50-turn demo in depth.

We'll review all the feedback you leave and use it as reference for the launch build and future updates. We'd love to hear from you.

Thank you!

v0.3.1/v0.3.2 Demo Updates

We fixed several issues reported while players tried the v0.3.0 demo, along with a handful of small quality-of-life improvements.

v0.3.1 Highlights

• Fixed flanking movement in battles. The current battlefield simulator still has rough edges, but we are continuing to focus improvements there, so we ask for your understanding where it still falls short.
• Fixed an issue where skirmish result modals did not appear.
• Fixed excessive loyalty gains when granting general ranks.
• Fixed display issues when multiple real-name reveal popups occurred at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where captured cities could keep old spy intel subscriptions, causing intel values and upkeep costs to keep applying.
• The left officer selection panel now opens expanded by default. If you collapse it manually, that collapsed state is still remembered.
• Added an info button to the reputation log popup so players can check the rules for reputation gains and losses.

v0.3.2 Highlights

• Fixed a bug where a unit that won a field battle could keep its original sortie troop count when later entering a siege battle.
• After winning an interception field battle, the player can now choose whether to advance toward the enemy's source city or return home.
• Added a Bug Report button to the options popup. It opens the Steam Community discussion board for bug reports.
• Added hover tooltips to the Commerce, Agriculture, and Order rows in the city information popup to support smoother domestic management. They show how domestic stats affect gold, food, and population in practice.

Thank you for playing. Reports and feedback continue to shape the next updates.

v0.3.0 Demo Update

Han Court and Imperial Edicts

• The Han court now acts as a separate political axis on the map. Its seat is shown with map markers and city ribbons, starting from Luoyang, making it easier to see which faction holds the emperor.
• The enthroning faction that holds the court can use edicts to offer titles to other factions, or demand resources, officer transfers, and occupation of specific cities. Edicts are not simple notifications: acceptance chance, requirements, and outcomes all matter.
• The emperor can refuse an edict proposal from the enthroning ruler. The enthroning ruler may ignore that refusal and force it through, but doing so damages Han authority and their own reputation.
• A faction that receives an edict can refuse it, but the ruler's reputation and Han authority will suffer.
• The king claim, emperor claim, and abdication systems have been added. The reputation damage and diplomatic risk from claiming kingship, proclaiming emperorship, or accepting abdication now depend on Han authority at the time.
• The enthroning ruler can use the Imperial Relocation action to move the seat of the Han court. Doing so lowers Han authority.
• Luoyang has been removed from the starting-city pool.
• You can press the reputation button on the ruler portrait on the right side to review reputation change history.

Titles and General Ranks

• The Han emperor can grant titles to rulers. Receiving a title unlocks general ranks that can be granted to subordinate officers.
• If there is an enthroning ruler, non-enthroning rulers can request a title grant from the emperor.
• General ranks used to unlock based on city count alone. They are now divided between ranks unlocked by city count and ranks unlocked by imperial title.

Battlefield Relationship Recognition and Real-Name Reveals

• Officers who like or hate each other can now recognize and call out to each other on the battlefield.
• If those officers are still using aliases when they recognize each other, their true names are revealed.

Officer Collections

• Added 24 Officer Collection events. When officers tied by historical relationships or famous groupings gather in the same faction, a collection event can trigger.
• Collections grant faction-management rewards. Depending on the collection, rewards can include gold, food, permanent AP increases, real-name certificates, command cap, siege defense, upkeep discounts, and fixed loyalty floors for officers.

Late-Game Institutions and Surrender Recommendation

• Medical Research can extend the lifespan of all officers in your faction.
• Researching the Pacification Decree unlocks faction-level surrender recommendations. Reputation and the city-count difference between the two factions affect the chance of success.

Battle and Turn-Flow Stability

• Fixed turn-flow edge cases around player battles, defense choices, messenger arrivals, traveler returns, battle waiting queues, and pending command cleanup.
• Improved siege battles so units are less likely to compress into one point or slide toward the outer wall before and after a gate breaks. Movement flow has been adjusted so gate breaches look more natural.
• Deployed, transporting, and in-battle troops now count toward monthly food consumption and upkeep. Troops in the field are now reflected as a burden on the faction economy.

Thank you for playing. Your feedback continues to shape the next updates.

To celebrate Thee Kingdoms : Alias joining Steam Next Fest, we have opened a limited special demo alongside the v0.3.0 update.

During the event, the demo play limit is extended from 36 turns to 50 turns.

This special demo will be available through June 24.

We will also host a developer livestream on Steam at 9:00 PM KST on June 17.

We hope you will check it out. Thank you for your support!

v0.2.2 Demo Update

The v0.2.2 demo update improves battle flow and siege gate bottlenecks, and adds post-demo Browse and Officer Inquiry for other-faction officers. It also fixes officer birth/death data and polishes several UI elements.

• Added the Officer Inquiry command to the Intel tab and officer detail window. If an Inspector-in-Chief is appointed, you can investigate officers in other-faction cities with Intel Level 2 or higher to reveal more precise ability information.
• Added Browse after the demo ends at turn 36, letting you inspect cities, factions, and officers. In Browse mode, all officers' real names are revealed.
• Reduced duel frequency in the battle simulator and eased bottlenecks around siege gates.
• Fixed incorrect birth years, death years, and appearance years for several officers. Guo Yi, Shi Yi, Shi Jian, Yang Qiu, Yan Yu, Wu Yan, Quan Cong, Shi Ji, Zhu Jun, Zhou Zhi, Zhou Tai, Zhu Huan, Zhongchang Tong, Qin Mi, Qin Song, Chen Shi, Chen Ying, Chen Hua, Qiao Zhou, Cui Zhou Ping, Tu An, Bao Long, He Da, He Miao, He Yan, He Yi, He Zhen, He Zong, Xiahou He, Hao Zhao, Han Zong, Xi Ni, Xu Yi, Hu Ban, Hu Zun, Hu Zhen, Hua He, Huang Chong, Huang She, Huang Zhong, Huang Hao
• Made several small UI improvements, including the Affinity display on draft cards.

Thank you!

Hello, this is the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

Today, I would finally like to share the release schedule with you.

The original plan was to open Early Access in late June, after Next Fest.

However, after opening the demo and receiving your sharp and heartfelt feedback, I decided that the game still needs a little more preparation.

Since the demo can only be played for up to three in-game years, it does not allow us to receive feedback on the mid-to-late game. Releasing Early Access without hearing your thoughts on that part could end up disappointing the players who have been waiting for the game.

So instead of opening Early Access in late June, I would like to run a playtest for 1 to 2 weeks first.

I tend to be very active about reflecting player feedback, so I believe the game can become much better if I can receive your excellent feedback during the playtest.

The detailed playtest schedule and how to participate will be shared in a separate announcement later.

The improved Early Access build is planned to launch on July 14, 2026.

Thank you for your interest and support.

v0.2.1 Demo Update

Thank you for your interest in v0.2.0, and for spending time with the demo.

We prepared v0.2.1 as a quick follow-up focused on the feedback you sent us.

Even small comments help, so please feel free to tell us about anything inconvenient, unclear, or incorrect.

Combat

• Improved the unit combat engine so battles flow more smoothly.
• Increased the impact of the main commander's Leadership on unit combat strength.
• Unit attack: main commander Leadership x 0.5 + main commander Warfare x 0.5
• Unit defense: 0.7 + main commander Leadership / 100 x 0.6
• Changed the battle result screen layout.
• During siege battles, the target city's commerce, agriculture, and public order now decrease as the siege progresses.

UX

• Right-click now works like Escape for closing or going back.
• Battles can now be paused and resumed with Spacebar.

UI

• Unified hover tooltip UI with the in-game visual style.
• Added hover explanations to various UI elements.
• Added direct encyclopedia access to several popups, including true-name reveal windows.
• Added Age to the left panel and wide officer list columns.
• Adjusted world map city name colors so player, other-faction, and Independent Cities are easier to distinguish.
• Immediate changes to reputation, gold, food, and other values are now shown with floating text.
• Changed the prisoner handling screen layout.
• Added information popups related to spies, inspections, and unit deployment.
• Added many smaller UI improvements for better usability.

Other

• When intel level rises for enemy or allied cities, spy/inspection orders now automatically switch to Maintain.
• Cities without a ruling faction are now called Independent Cities.
• Independent City troop counts are shown regardless of that city's intel level.
• Adjusted Real Name Certificate balance. Hybrid/Alias modes now start with 5 certificates instead of 10.
• Added a Suggest Stats button to the officer encyclopedia. It opens the Officer DB website, where you can send suggestions about that officer's stats. If you spot mistakes in stats or biographies, please let us know.
• Adjusted the default BGM volume and lowered the source audio volume.
• Fixed an issue where the Boost policy was incorrectly labeled as Encourage.

Thank you!

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• The combat system has been rebuilt as a particle-based battlefield simulator.

• Battles now take place on a dedicated battlefield screen, and you can deploy your units before combat begins.

• A unit's morale directly affects its combat ability. Higher morale improves combat efficiency, while lower morale reduces it.

• Single Combat and Stratagems can occur during battle; their outcomes can shift morale and the overall situation.

• The battle results screen shows the outcome, remaining troops, each officer's result, and the most distinguished officer. If that officer was still using an alias, their true name is revealed.

• Battles are fought on battlefields with terrain features such as mountains, hills, and marshes.

• On the main screen, pressing the \ button in the lower-left displays each city's troops. From there, clicking a city lets you preview that battlefield's terrain.

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• Siege battles are separate battles centered on the gate and inner keep.

• The attacking side must break through the gate and push into the castle.

• The defending side holds off the attack with troops on the walls and inside the keep.

• Gate and inner keep durability can be checked on the battle screen.

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• A harassment detachment is a defensive order that delays an enemy unit already on the move.

• If the detachment succeeds, the enemy unit's movement is delayed by 1 turn.

• The success chance is based on the troop ratio between both sides and the stat differences between their officers.

• If the detachment fails, officers may be captured or killed.

• After completing its mission, the detachment returns to its city of origin regardless of whether the delay succeeded.

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• Replaced the world map background with an ink-wash map image based on real terrain.

• All officer portraits have been overhauled.

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• Reworked the text size system into Small / Medium / Large.

• Reviewed officer stat suggestions collected through the Officer DB site and reflected them in officer data: Jiang Wei, Gongsun Yuan, Guo Tu, Guo Si, Pan Jun, Fan Chou, Sun Hao, Li Jue, Zhang Xian, Ju Shou, Cheng Yu, Zhuge Liang

• Removed the Dasinong position. Its former production bonus has been folded into Shangshu Ling.

• The minimum stat threshold for officers appearing in the starting draft now depends on difficulty. Example: in True Name / Mixed / Alias modes, only officers whose combined Leadership, War, Intelligence, Politics, and Charm total is 280 or higher can appear in the draft.

• You can now click moving units or messengers to make them wait for 1 turn.

• Various UI/UX improvements have been made.

The Official Officer Database is Now Open

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

The official officer database used by the game is now open. You can browse officer data, compare stat ranges, and leave your own suggestions.

• Stat ranges and birth/death years for 951 officers

• Name search in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese

• Records and Romance biography tabs

• Stat suggestions and comment discussions

In Three Kingdoms: Alias, officer stats are not fixed numbers. They are ranges, and each new run rolls values within those ranges. That means deciding what each officer's proper range should be is an important part of the game's balance.

Interpretations based on historical records, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, or your own reading are all welcome. I will review the suggestions and comments together and use them as reference for future updates.

Open the Officer Database

The demo is free to play. If you enjoy it, please consider wishlisting the full game as well.

• Play the free demo

• Wishlist the full game

Thank you!

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• Improved the wide-panel toggle for the left side panel.

• Hovering over the Reputation cell in the side panel now shows a reputation tooltip.

• Reduced the AP upkeep cost for all institutions from 50 → 30 per turn.

• Improved various command result modals.

• The excursion formation warning now shows the officer name and their current position.

• The numeric input popup now allows out-of-range values while typing and only validates on confirmation.

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• Fixed an issue where batch-hiring multiple officers in the same city only showed the last result in the modal.

• The diplomacy penalty (-30) for an excursion is now applied immediately at the moment of dispatch.

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• Added Gohaeng Mode. Unlocked by playing any of the three base modes (Real Name / Mixed / Alias) for 3 years (36 turns). Gohaeng Mode is roughly as challenging as the pre-patch base modes — the base modes themselves have been made easier.

• Made the Courier System optional. It is OFF by default in the three base modes and can be toggled ON/OFF in Gohaeng Mode. Turning it OFF makes all ruler commands take effect immediately.

• Added a Large Text option. Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese have it enabled by default; it can be toggled in the Settings popup.

• Improved the usability of the left-side panel, including a new back-navigation feature.

• Fixed an issue where the language could become incorrectly locked on first launch.

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• Added an AP popover. Click the AP display at the top of the screen to see the current AP breakdown and how it is calculated.

• Eased AP restrictions during ruler movement from a full block to a fixed -50 penalty. Rulers can now issue commands while on the move.

• Polished the early tutorial and advice flow so the opening progression feels more natural.

• Added an ON/OFF toggle for city troop display. Even when turned off, hovering over a city still shows troop count.

• Added a new reveal route: a Local Official serving 24 consecutive turns in a player-owned city will have their real name revealed.

• Improved the Local Official appointment screen to show both the current assignee and the incoming officer at the same time.

• Updated the affinity indicator icons: green circle (Good) / yellow square (Neutral) / red triangle (Bad) / gray diamond (Unknown — officers with intel level 0 in Gohaeng Mode).

• Added individual BGM and SFX mute toggles to the Settings popup. Volume levels are preserved while muting, and the setting persists after restarting the game.

• Improved various command result modals.

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• Fixed an issue where some officer aliases appeared in Korean after loading a save.

• Fixed an issue where closing the retreat city selection panel in a defensive battle could cancel the attack.

• Refined auto-formation logic for attack and defense separately, and prevented the ruler from being auto-assigned as commander in normal attacks.

• Fixed an issue where the movement and battle state from a previous session could remain after ending a session and loading in-game.

• Standardized the intel command failure penalty to -1 intelligence for Persuasion, Subversion, and Surrender Request.

I love the Three Kingdoms, but I wouldn't say I know it well enough to call myself a true fan. I'm just someone who loves Three Kingdoms — and also loves making games. That's why I want to build this game together with the real fans who know the Three Kingdoms far better than I do. I'd love to hear your thoughts on officer stats and historical biographies, and to correct the (no doubt countless) mistranslations left behind by AI. To start, I'm building a website where fans can easily submit suggestions for officer stats. Hopefully, I'll be able to share it sometime this April. I'm also releasing our game text data CSV through this post. The whole game was vibe-coded with AI, so the data is a bit of a mess... but I figured someone out there might want to dig into it. ▶ CSV Download Edit the CSV however you like, drop it in the folder below, and the changes apply immediately in-game. %APPDATA%\\three-kingdoms-alias\\localization (Create the folder yourself if it doesn't exist) Also, place an image named after an officer's ID number in the folder below, and it will replace that officer's portrait. %APPDATA%\\three-kingdoms-alias\\portraits This is a small game — just one game designer working alongside AI — so there's plenty that falls short. But as someone who loves Three Kingdoms and strategy games, I want to make something that stays with the fans. Thanks for your interest.

Three Kingdoms: Alias — Demo is now available!

Hello, I'm the developer of Three Kingdoms: Alias.

The demo is finally here!

What's in the demo

• Scenario: Year 200

• Factions: Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan

• Play length: 36 turns (3 years)

• Game systems: Identical to the full version (domestic affairs, diplomacy, combat, officer recruitment, messenger system — all included)

You can try all three modes: Alias Mode, Mixed Mode, and Real Name Mode.

We'd love your feedback

This demo was released to gather your feedback and improve the game. After playing, please share your thoughts, suggestions, or bug reports through the channels below. I'll work hard to make improvements.

• Bug reports: Steam Community Discussions

• Feedback / Suggestions: Feedback & Suggestions Board

👉 Play the Demo Now

Thank you!

Hello, Three Kingdoms fans.

Have you ever wondered:

If I were Liu Bei, could I have recognized Zhuge Liang's genius and made those three visits to recruit him?

That single question is where Three Kingdoms: Alias began.

If I were a warlord in the Three Kingdoms era, could I have picked out the truly capable and entrusted power to the truly loyal?

As Three Kingdoms fans, we all know Lü Bu was the greatest warrior of the age — and that he betrayed everyone he served. But Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo didn't know that, and they paid the price.

What if Lü Bu hid his name? What if his combat rating wasn't a clean 100, so you couldn't identify him by stats alone? How would you deal with an unnamed officer who boasts top-tier fighting ability? Say an unknown officer's stats read Leadership 90, Combat 97 — could you really afford not to employ him?

The Eye for Talent

The eye for talent — the ability to pick the right people from a sea of unknowns. I decided to make a game about exactly that. A ruthless, hardcore Three Kingdoms where one bad appointment can bring your kingdom crashing down through betrayal and treachery.

Deep knowledge of the Three Kingdoms, and careful, meticulous selection of personnel — that is the only way to survive in this unforgiving world.

Three Kingdoms: Alias is still very much in development. It's being made by a single game designer with the help of AI, so there are plenty of rough edges. But I plan to actively incorporate feedback from fans who know far more about the Three Kingdoms than I do, and shape the game together.

I'm aiming to release a demo around mid-April. I intend to gather feedback from the demo and use it to improve the game.

Thank you for your interest.