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Games like River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

If River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is your kind of game, the closest matches are River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next, Neon Knights and Streets of Fear — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration across ancient china, humorous wuxia style storytelling and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About River City Saga: Three Kingdoms: 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.

2022Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Arc System Works
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Steam players who put hours into River City Saga: Three Kingdoms also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Get ready for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms’ finale

    2024Action20.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Neon Knights

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Neon Knights is an action-packed, neon-drenched brawler that’s all about local & online multiplayer madness.

    2025Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Streets of Fear

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Streets of Fear is a gritty side scrolling beat 'em up where you play as Phobia, a chaotic force tearing through a corrupt city. The police aren’t heroes, they are terrified targets.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. River City: Rival Showdown

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Ranked #4 for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Shing!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Ranked #5 for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Wendigo Blue

    WHY THIS

    Shares skill tree progression and an epic mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Ranked #6 for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Action-packed 2D beat-em-up with intense boss battles and a large variety of customizable equipment and skills. Up to 4 players with local co-op.

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Mayhemers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    "Mayhemers" is a multiplayer chaos creation game for up to 8 players with a procedurally generated map. Choose your side: Will you be a Mayhemer or a Guardian? Mayhemers' task is to create chaos. Guardians' task is to stop them.

    2025ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Wonderful 101: Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Ranked #8 for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Lead an army of 100 Wonderful Ones from around the world in this Unite Action spectacular!

    2020ActionAdventure30.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. River City Girls

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!

    2019Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. River City Ransom: Underground

    WHY THIS

    Shares character customization and a retro mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Reviewers of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.

    2017ActionIndieRPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. River City: Rival Showdown

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Reviewers of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    "The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...

    2016Simulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. GUILTY GEAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Reviewers of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    The origin of the series, the abnormality of the fighting game genre, now returns... HEAVEN or HELL?LET'S Rock!

    2019Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNDERGROUND

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    You should read the description before playing.

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below River City Saga: Three Kingdoms at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under River City Saga: Three Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Arc System Works

Other recommendable Steam games by Arc System Works, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. DRAGON BALL FighterZ

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.

    2018Action59.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!

    2021Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. BlazBlue Centralfiction

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!

    2017Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Astonishing 3D cell animations and overwhelming content volume, the next-generation fighting game "GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2" is now out on Steam! Total cast of 25 unique characters, and tons of game modes, get ready to ROCK!

    2016Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Granblue Fantasy: Versus

    WHY THIS

    Shares character customization with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    A new game in the Granblue Fantasy universe, available on Steam! This fantasy game blends fighting game action and RPG-style adventure. Throw yourself into matches or enjoy powering up your characters!

    2020Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

    WHY THIS

    Shares character customization with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!

    2023Action49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Ultimate battle action, and the epitome of the GUILTY GEAR XX series now on Steam! Bonus soundtracks included!

    2015Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    A Persona 4 Smackdown!

    2022Action8.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. River City: Rival Showdown

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Shing!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Wonderful 101: Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

    Lead an army of 100 Wonderful Ones from around the world in this Unite Action spectacular!

    2020ActionAdventure30.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

Is River City Saga: Three Kingdoms verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does River City Saga: Three Kingdoms cost?
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does River City Saga: Three Kingdoms have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — River City Saga: Three Kingdoms supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to River City Saga: Three Kingdoms?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside River City Saga: Three Kingdoms are River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next, Neon Knights, Streets of Fear.
Who developed River City Saga: Three Kingdoms?
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms was developed by Arc System Works.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on River City Saga: Three Kingdoms.

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