It depends on what you're after.
At $6.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Story and characters: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 66 sampled reviews
Based on 4k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 66 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The game world seems huge, there are a lot of factions, unique (to Gloria Sinica) artwork, character appearances, environments and towns, and a whole new sort of "game mode" where you play as a part of a larger army, at least for a time, which is arguably a bit confusing, or even a bit of a grind, but it includes new missions and the story seems relatively interesting.
Rather than relying on fantasy tropes or streamlined gameplay systems, Gloria Sinica aims to reconstruct the geopolitical landscape of 2nd-century BCE East Asia, and in doing so, creates a complex and often unforgiving experience that rewards thoughtful engagement with both its mechanics and historical context.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $6.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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