It was developed by R.T. “Bob” Smith and John Carline and published by Iceberg Interactive in September 2017 for Windows PC.

The Chinese factions are the Shang, Zhou, Han, Shu, Qin, Chu, Wu, Min Yue, Ba.

The game's grand campaign spans a period of over 3000 years, from the Early Bronze Age to Imperial China.

[2] Oriental Empires is developed by R.T. “Bob” Smith, who previously worked on the Total War series.

[8] Brendan Caldwell of Rock, Paper, Shotgun reviewed the game when it launched in Early Access in 2016 and noted the many technical issues.