Coming to the App Store · iPhone & iPad
Across 3 Kingdoms
Deploy the Three Kingdoms by deduction alone.
Each level is a real moment from a famous battle. Place six named people on a 6×6 battlefield so that every row and every column holds exactly one, using clues about areas, props and who stands beside whom. Every level has exactly one solution, proven by a solver. You never have to guess.
- iPhone & iPad
- English, 简体中文, 繁體中文
- No ads, no timers
- Plays offline
How it plays
Read, place, and see what happened.
Three rules fit on one card: one person in every row and every column; nobody stands on fire or a tree, though horses, carts and boats are fine; and every clue must come true. You need no history to solve a level. Every person carries a number as well as a name.
Read the clues
Each person has a card of clues: “Zhou Yu is at Red Cliff.” “Cao Cao is beside Cheng Yu.” Beside means any of the eight touching squares, diagonals included.
Place everyone
Tap a person, then a square. Taken rows and columns shade as you go, and each clue ticks when it comes true. A move the rules forbid is refused, with the reason.
See the scene
When everyone stands right, the seal stamps. The board stays on screen as the scene of the battle, and each person tells you why they stand there.
Fair, calm and yours to solve.
Exactly one solution
A solver proves that every level has one answer and needs no guessing, and a separately written checker proves it again. The game never marks a move wrong against a hidden answer.
Hints that teach
Open the silk pouch (锦囊) for a nudge toward the useful clue, then the next real step in one sentence. Placing a person for you is the last resort. Hints are never sold.
Undo, marks and notes
Undo and redo every move. Cross out a square where nobody can stand, or pencil in a person’s number where they still might.
Three languages
English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, switchable at any time, even in the middle of a battle.
Made for iPhone and iPad
Laid out for each screen, in portrait or landscape. Larger text, reduced motion and a left-handed layout are one switch away.
No ads, no timers
No ads, no energy, no timers and no account. Puzzle play is fully offline.
On iPhone and iPad
A battle in your hand.
The board, the people and their clues fit on a phone without zooming. On iPad there is room to read every person’s story beside the board.
A hint points at the next real step. 
Cross out squares and pencil in numbers. 
Won. Tap anyone to read why they stand there.
Three chapters
Played in the order it happened.
The campaign follows the historical timeline. Three chapters at launch, and all three are free.
200
官渡Guandu
Outnumbered, Cao Cao holds Guandu against Yuan Shao’s great army, then strikes at his grain stores at Wuchao.
Autumn 208
长坂Changban
Xiangyang surrenders and Liu Bei flees south with his people. Zhao Yun brings the infant heir out, and Zhang Fei holds the river at the broken bridge.
Winter 208
赤壁Red Cliffs
Sun Quan and Liu Bei stand together against Cao Cao’s fleet on the Yangtze, and Huang Gai’s fire ships decide it.
History and romance
History, labelled honestly.
Every battle is checked against the Records of the Three Kingdoms (三国志). Scenes from the novel, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义), stay in, because they are the stories people know. Each one says it is romance and tells you what the records say instead.
- 史History. In the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
- 演义Romance. From the novel, written over a thousand years later.
- 设计Design. Our own staging where the records are silent, never passed off as fact.
History Wulin in Flames
The south-east wind rises; fire ships ram Cao’s fleet and the flames reach the camps ashore.
Romance Straw Boats Borrow Arrows
Fog rolls over the river as twenty straw-lined boats drift toward the north bank.
In the records There was no arrow-borrowing at Red Cliffs. The closest record is Ruxu, five years later: Sun Quan turned his listing ship so its other side took arrows too.
After a win, the board stays as the scene, and every person has a line that says why they stand where they do:
⑤ Huang Gai · Led the fire ships in person, posing as a defector
Beta
Play it before launch.
The public beta for iPhone and iPad is open on TestFlight, Apple’s app for testing new apps.
- Install TestFlight from the App Store.
- Open the beta link on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap Accept, then Install.
Questions, answered.
Do I need to know the Three Kingdoms?
No. Every person carries a number, and no clue or rule needs history or names. The stories are there when you want them.
Can every level really be solved without guessing?
Yes. A solver proves each level has exactly one solution, and a separately written checker proves it again before the level ships. If you get stuck, a hint shows you the next step that follows from the clues.
What does it cost?
The three launch chapters, Guandu, Changban and Red Cliffs, are free.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad.
Does it collect my data?
No. There is no account, no analytics and no ads, and puzzle play is fully offline. Your progress stays on your device.
When does it launch?
When all three chapters are ready. There is no date yet; the beta is the way to play before then.