If you die without an eligible heir of your dynasty, the game ends. If you have many children eligible for succession, you may see your realm fracture when your current ruler dies. It also presents you with some interesting problems. It features a lot of options for you to roleplay as the various members of the dynasty that you play as. While CK3 is a strategy game, it has a heavy focus on characters.

However, there is a $5/month subscription that gives access to all DLC if you are interested in trying it out. I have some 1300 hours in EU4, and so far 50 hours in CK3 (and 250 in CK2).ĬK3 is easier to get into, but I find it doesn't necessarily translate very well to other strategy games because you are playing a succession of characters, as opposed to a single nation-state.ĮU4 is much more of a 'finished' product, but the flip side to that is the fact that it takes DLC to really make it feel polished.