Legend of Cina

Legend of Cina

Yunkai · March 30, 2019 · Indie, RPG, Strategy, Tactical RPG, Turn-Based Tactics

Legend of Cina is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

PC
Mostly Positive78% · 27
This game is free to play. Get it on Steam →

Screenshots

Legend of Cina price

Legend of Cina is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Legend of Cina

The game itself is based on the game Fire Emblem, game play wise it is extremely similar to Fire Emblem. Move your units along the maps and defeat the enemies, recruit new units and proceed to the next map until you beat the evil kings and marry the princess.

Legend of Cina — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Legend of Cina is a Fire Emblem-inspired tactics game that some players enjoy for its engaging story, atmospheric music, and rewarding combat system where players can break balance through clever stat-boosting. However, critics point out that it heavily borrows from Fire Emblem with notably worse execution, relies on low-quality pixel art from SRPG Builder rather than polished visuals, suffers from repetitive combat and limited player choice, and may frustrate newcomers with unbalanced difficulty spikes.

Recommended Sep 1, 2026
Legend of Cina is a compact tactical role-playing game built around the familiar pleasures of commanding a growing party across grid-based battlefields. Developed and published by Yunkai, it embraces an old-school strategy RPG structure rather than attempting to modernize the genre with elaborate secondary systems. The adventure follows a heroic campaign against an evil empire, with the player recruiting companions, fighting through hostile forces, defeating powerful rulers, and ultimately pursuing the princess at the center of the journey. Its premise is simple and immediately understandable, allowing the tactical gameplay to remain the primary attraction. Combat takes place through turn-based encounters where positioning and unit management are more important than reflexes. Characters are moved individually around battlefield maps, forcing players to consider where each fighter should stand and which enemies should be confronted first. Moving recklessly can leave vulnerable characters exposed, while sensible formations make encounters considerably more manageable. The system should feel immediately recognizable to anyone familiar with traditional Japanese strategy RPGs, particul…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 7, 2025
"Legend of Cina" предлагает увлекательную историю и глубокую фантастическую вселенную, но некоторые элементы, такие как рутина в бою или ограниченная свобода выбора, делают её немного сухой. Графика и музыка добавляют атмосферу, но сложность уровней может отпугнуть новичков. В целом, игра вызывает интерес, но требует внимания и терпения.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 10, 2026
Free alternative for fire emblem, it is slop but i like slop so its okay.
Not recommended Jul 7, 2026
not worth your time. Feels worse than a FB game ( where the soundtrack is obviously copyrighted and they had to butcher it ) and the controls should be like gba ( wasd eq ) or something like that. I might try it again if I am deathly bored in life.
Recommended May 26, 2026
scratches the Fire Emblem itch.
Not recommended Sep 15, 2025
"Legend of Cina" is as the developer admits, a potentially copyright infringing ripoff of Fire Emblem (copyright Nintendo/Intelligent Systems 1990) and is considerably worse than the game he's ripping off, being slapped together with the godawful SRPG Builder (it's even worse than RPG Maker!!!) This isn't genuinely made, it's an asset flip made using plagiarised assets from the SRPG Builder pixelcrap construction kit. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. This game is fairly dated at 6 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, b…

Community reviews

—

0 reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.

More like Legend of Cina

News

All news →
Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition: skip it, play on Game PassXbox

Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition: skip it, play on Game Pass

The Minecraft Dungeons 2 Deluxe Edition asks you to pre-order two unannounced DLC packs for a game Game Pass already gives you. What it contains, and why the upgrade can wait.

Sep 30, 2026
Is DayZ worth it? A straight answer before you buyPC

Is DayZ worth it? A straight answer before you buy

Is DayZ worth it? Twelve years on it is still the genre's least forgiving game. What you are buying, who it suits, and what our 97-day price record says about the timing.

Sep 30, 2026
Transport Fever 3 price: which edition to buy on launch dayPC

Transport Fever 3 price: which edition to buy on launch day

Transport Fever 3 is out today. The Transport Fever 3 price splits three ways, the loyalty discount has a fortnight-long fuse, and our record shows what the older game really costs.

Sep 29, 2026
No Man's Sky price: how low it gets and when to buyPC

No Man's Sky price: how low it gets and when to buy

The No Man's Sky price has come a long way down since 2016, and the game is on PC Game Pass too. Our tracked 12-month low, the regional key gap, and what to actually pay.

Sep 29, 2026
Sekiro cheap: what our price record shows, and what to avoidDeals

Sekiro cheap: what our price record shows, and what to avoid

Search Sekiro cheap and the results are keyshop listings, not a store discount. Our three-month price record explains the gap, and why so few live offers changes the advice.

Sep 28, 2026
System Shock 2 Remaster free on Epic from 1 OctoberFreebies

System Shock 2 Remaster free on Epic from 1 October

System Shock 2 Remaster free on Epic from 1 to 8 October, alongside BURIED STARS. Our price record shows why its floor has not moved in three months, and why waiting beats buying this week.

Sep 28, 2026
Dead Island 2 cheap: which edition, and what the price doesPC

Dead Island 2 cheap: which edition, and what the price does

Dead Island 2 cheap used to mean under a dollar. Our price record shows the floor has roughly doubled since September - here is which edition to buy, and the one that is a trap.

Sep 27, 2026
Steam Autumn Sale 2026: the games that cannot be discountedDeals

Steam Autumn Sale 2026: the games that cannot be discounted

The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 runs 1-8 October, but Valve's own rules bar every September release from it. Which games are locked out, and what our record says about the two biggest.

Sep 27, 2026

Top games right now

All rankings →
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Free
  2. 2Dota 2Free
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSFree
  4. 4Grand Theft Auto V Legacy—
  5. 5Terraria$2.20
  6. 6Rust$25.98
  7. 7Team Fortress 2Free
  8. 8Black Myth: Wukong$35.70
  9. 9HELLDIVERS™ 2$30.94
  10. 10ELDEN RING$52.89
  11. 11Apex Legends™Free
  12. 12Left 4 Dead 2$9.99
  13. 13Stardew Valley$14.74
  14. 14Wallpaper Engine$3.99
  15. 15Euro Truck Simulator 2$4.99
  16. 16Dead by Daylight$10.40
  17. 17Red Dead Redemption 2$10.54
  18. 18Baldur's Gate 3$41.99
  19. 19Phasmophobia$18.29
  20. 20War ThunderFree
  21. 21Call of Duty®—
  22. 22ARK: Survival Evolved$14.24
  23. 23Among Us$3.03
  24. 24The Forest$19.99