Kenshi is one of those games I cannot comfortably recommend to most people, but for the right person it is unlike anything else. Your squad of characters levels through doing, the world has no mercy, and the stories you accumulate are entirely emergent. The isometric view and harsh onboarding will send many players away in the first two hours. If you stay, and if that kind of oppressive freedom appeals to you, it earns its place on any honest open-world RPG list.

Overview
About Kenshi
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. Research new equipment and craft new gear. Purchase and upgrade your own buildings to use as safe fortified havens when things go bad, or use them to start up a business. Aid or oppose the various factions in the world while striving for the strength and wealth necessary to simply survive in the harsh desert. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors. Carry your wounded squad mates to safety and get them all home alive.
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At a glance
- Released
- December 6, 2018
- Platforms
- PC
- Genres
- Strategy, RPG, Adventure, Indie, Action
- Play modes
- Single Player
- Age rating
- CLASS_IND 18
Media
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Playing together
Multiplayer & game modes
Kenshi offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.
Play Modes
Single Player
Content
Age ratings
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CLASS_IND18
- Violência (Violence)
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