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Kenshi

Lo-Fi Games · 2018-12-06

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Kenshi is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 116,713 reviews).

3,316
playing now
96%
positive of 117k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
172
twitch viewers (latest)
57.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
84/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (77 ratings)
1,704
Nexus mods (11M downloads)
137h
to beat · rushed 82h · completionist 273h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

3,316 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Kenshi is a real-time strategy action role-playing game developed and published by Lo-Fi Games for Windows. The game focuses on sandbox gameplay features that give the player freedom to do what they want in its world instead of focusing on a linear story. Kenshi's development was primarily led by a single person over the course of twelve years, and it was released on December 6, 2018.

Trailer

Kenshi trailer thumbnail

Kenshi: English Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,316 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,060 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,008/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 2.9M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 117,370 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Fanatical (2021-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 92 of 135 observed days · $25.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,060 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,814 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,850 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,122 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,602 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,384 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,110 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,475 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,008 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 991 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 864 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,629 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,108 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,193 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 872 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 996 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 904 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 821 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,569 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,275 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,049 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,241 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 871 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.9k3.0k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,891 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 4,405 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,464 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,918 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,498 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,675 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 3,457 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,697 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,678 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4,650 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,840 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,149 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,145 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4,538 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,261 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,385 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,477 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,770 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,033 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 4,691 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,116 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,474 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,316 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.3k41Mar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 363 · peak 733Aug 2013 — avg 79 · peak 190Jan 2014 — avg 169 · peak 981Jun 2014 — avg 112 · peak 319Nov 2014 — avg 53 · peak 113Apr 2015 — avg 88 · peak 361Sep 2015 — avg 43 · peak 92Feb 2016 — avg 85 · peak 165Jul 2016 — avg 214 · peak 362Dec 2016 — avg 197 · peak 355May 2017 — avg 216 · peak 385Oct 2017 — avg 347 · peak 601Mar 2018 — avg 794 · peak 1,182Aug 2018 — avg 1,102 · peak 1,685Jan 2019 — avg 5,114 · peak 8,358Jun 2019 — avg 2,753 · peak 8,008Nov 2019 — avg 3,278 · peak 5,095Apr 2020 — avg 3,240 · peak 4,630Sep 2020 — avg 2,522 · peak 3,959Feb 2021 — avg 3,989 · peak 5,341Jul 2021 — avg 3,333 · peak 4,951Dec 2021 — avg 3,258 · peak 5,245May 2022 — avg 3,776 · peak 6,625Oct 2022 — avg 4,453 · peak 7,558Mar 2023 — avg 4,619 · peak 7,439Aug 2023 — avg 6,059 · peak 9,755Jan 2024 — avg 4,369 · peak 6,416Jun 2024 — avg 4,032 · peak 6,461Nov 2024 — avg 4,252 · peak 6,245Apr 2025 — avg 3,854 · peak 5,861Sep 2025 — avg 4,812 · peak 7,614Feb 2026 — avg 4,742 · peak 7,174Jul 2026 — avg 4,826 · peak 7,774Aug 2026 — avg 5,137 · peak 7,322
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
96962026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 96 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-23: 16 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 21 new positive2026-09-26: 30 new positive2026-09-27: 34 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 16 new positive2026-09-30: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 13 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 54 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 28 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 17 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 30 new positive2026-10-08: 26 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 24 new positive2026-10-10: 17 new positive2026-10-12: 26 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 27 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 24 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$8.392015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $14.992016-12-04 — best price $15.992018-12-14 — best price $29.992019-07-17 — best price $23.992019-11-28 — best price $20.092020-03-16 — best price $20.992020-07-16 — best price $17.992020-10-16 — best price $17.992021-01-04 — best price $29.982021-04-29 — best price $29.992021-06-24 — best price $20.992021-09-11 — best price $29.992021-11-29 — best price $23.992022-02-11 — best price $14.992022-05-16 — best price $13.492022-09-01 — best price $14.992022-12-26 — best price $14.992023-03-17 — best price $14.992023-06-12 — best price $13.492023-08-22 — best price $29.992023-11-09 — best price $29.992024-01-09 — best price $13.492024-04-08 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-08-20 — best price $11.992024-10-24 — best price $11.992025-01-24 — best price $11.992025-04-24 — best price $29.992025-08-21 — best price $29.992025-10-16 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-11 — best price $29.992026-05-14 — best price $11.992026-08-07 — best price $12.002026-09-10 — best price $11.992026-09-30 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9301872026-05-28 — 930 pageviews2026-06-01 — 437 pageviews2026-06-05 — 336 pageviews2026-06-09 — 288 pageviews2026-06-13 — 211 pageviews2026-06-17 — 223 pageviews2026-06-21 — 227 pageviews2026-06-25 — 233 pageviews2026-06-29 — 289 pageviews2026-07-03 — 245 pageviews2026-07-07 — 292 pageviews2026-07-11 — 252 pageviews2026-07-15 — 239 pageviews2026-07-19 — 415 pageviews2026-07-23 — 409 pageviews2026-07-27 — 367 pageviews2026-07-31 — 256 pageviews2026-08-04 — 578 pageviews2026-08-08 — 282 pageviews2026-08-12 — 256 pageviews2026-08-16 — 250 pageviews2026-08-20 — 250 pageviews2026-08-24 — 203 pageviews2026-08-28 — 245 pageviews2026-09-01 — 266 pageviews2026-09-05 — 217 pageviews2026-09-09 — 299 pageviews2026-09-13 — 253 pageviews2026-09-17 — 251 pageviews2026-09-21 — 247 pageviews2026-09-25 — 842 pageviews2026-09-29 — 228 pageviews2026-10-03 — 414 pageviews2026-10-07 — 266 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

29502026-09-30 22:34 — 207 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 195 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 207 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 243 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 215 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 172 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, German, Russian, French, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-05-09 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureManagementOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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