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Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Release DateSep 1, 2020
Price$ 49.99  Top 1%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.8%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.5% Top 3% / 90.5%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)65.7K  Top 1% / 100.7K  Top 1%
Curators489 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time177.6 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar3.6 hours  Top 3%
Followers244.7K  Top 1%
Owners± 3.6M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.3M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 82.7M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Crusader Kings III steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Crusader Kings III's Steam rating and reviews between September 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 94.1% (November 2020) and 91.7% (December 2023), with relatively small variations.

With 100.7K reviews Top 1%, Crusader Kings III is an undeniable major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Crusader Kings III and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Crusader Kings III's reviewers. The most popular language is English (49%), followed by Simplified Chinese (16%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Crusader Kings III percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Crusader Kings III, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 456 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.5 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Crusader Kings III players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 372 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Character traits
  • Dynasty mechanics
  • Addicting gameplay
  • Mod support
  • RPG elements
  • Events variety
  • Learning curve
  • Religion creation cost
  • Poor war design
  • Over-expansion difficulty
  • Repetitive events
  • Big religion vs small religion mechanics
  • Poorly designed war mechanics
  • Over-expansion difficulty
  • Learning curve

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 92%  Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Crusader Kings III's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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