Kenshi

Kenshi

Kenshi is an open world, squad-based RPG with base building and management elements. You explore a vast seamless world, recruit followers, trade, farm, build settlements, and battle against various factions.
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Kenshi: Open World RPG

Open world, squad-based RPG with base building and management elements, exploring a vast seamless world, recruiting followers, trading, farming, building settlements, and battling factions.

What is Kenshi?

Kenshi is an open world, squad-based RPG developed and published by Lo-Fi Games. The game features a vast seamless open world with no loading screens and total freedom for the player to explore.

In Kenshi, you take control of a customized character that can recruit followers to create a squad or faction. Gameplay is focused on exploration, base building, resource management, crafting, combat, and interacting with other factions and unique characters found throughout the world.

Some key features include:

  • Huge open world map with variety of biomes like lush green valleys, arid deserts, swamps and more.
  • Reactive world where factions wage war, trade, build, explore - even without your involvement.
  • Real-time combat with martial arts inspired mechanics, allowing for unique battle tactics.
  • Base building and management mechanics that allow you to construct your own settlements.
  • In-depth recruitment system where you can rescue characters, hire wandering squads or capture enemies.
  • Distinct factions like the United Cities, Holy Nation, Skeleton Bandits with their own economies, politics and ideologies that shape the world.

With its mix of squad-based combat, resource management, and emergent open world gameplay, Kenshi provides a huge amount of freedom and replayability for RPG fans looking for something off the beaten track.

Kenshi Features

Features

  1. Open world sandbox gameplay
  2. Squad-based combat
  3. Base building and management
  4. Recruit followers and build settlements
  5. Faction warfare
  6. Crafting and trading
  7. Character progression and skills
  8. Survival mechanics like hunger, injuries, and illnesses
  9. Day/night cycle and dynamic weather
  10. Mod support

Pricing

  • One-time Purchase

Pros

Massive open world to explore

Tons of gameplay freedom

Base building is very customizable

Challenging and unforgiving gameplay

Great worldbuilding and lore

Active modding community

Cons

Steep learning curve

Graphics are dated

Performance issues

Bugs and glitches

Gameplay can become repetitive

Lacks structured narrative


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