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Kainga: Seeds of Civilization

Erik Rempen · Silk Softworks · 2022-12-06

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.

2
playing now
77%
positive of 766 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Kainga is ancient village builder set in a fantasy world full of surprises. Adaptation is key where weather events, massive beasts or other tribes can easily erase you from history. Every time you play, your village's culture, technology, and look will be different depending on your surroundings, environment, climate, altitude and the resources available to you. Design a unique town with every play-through. At the center of your town is your "Thinker". This slow, weak, leader guides your clan, discovers new technology and must be protected at all costs! The Thinker uses energy to come up with(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (116 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 766 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.89 at WinGameStore (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 32 observed days · $12.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420212026Week of 2021-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.892021-11-112026-08-302021-11-11 — best price $15.472021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-02-20 — best price $19.992022-04-01 — best price $17.992022-05-20 — best price $15.992022-07-08 — best price $16.792022-08-21 — best price $12.792022-10-04 — best price $12.792022-10-31 — best price $13.512022-12-02 — best price $19.992022-12-23 — best price $17.992023-02-04 — best price $16.792023-03-17 — best price $12.792023-04-10 — best price $15.972023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-08-24 — best price $12.892023-10-26 — best price $9.182023-11-28 — best price $13.992023-12-24 — best price $11.992024-02-23 — best price $9.992024-03-26 — best price $19.992024-04-26 — best price $17.992024-05-28 — best price $10.992024-07-01 — best price $9.992024-07-27 — best price $19.992024-08-21 — best price $7.992024-09-09 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $10.002024-10-22 — best price $19.992024-11-29 — best price $8.862024-12-22 — best price $8.752025-01-01 — best price $8.742025-05-14 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $19.992025-11-11 — best price $12.992026-03-02 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
46.2%
earned "Riding the Crab"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian

Player tags

2.5DIndieFantasyGod GameStrategyStylizedIsometricHand-drawnManagementOld School

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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