Kenshi

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App ID	233860
App Type	Game
Developer	Lo-Fi Games
Publisher	Lo-Fi Games
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	OGRE Engine
Last Changenumber	29627509
Last Record Update	18 June 2025 – 11:13:25 UTC ()
Release Date	6 December 2018 – 11:57:36 UTC ()

🤩 94.08%

99k reviews

5,143

In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer

Lo-Fi Games

gamedir

Kenshi

metacritic_name

Kenshi

icon

empty string

metacritic_score

NoServers

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/kenshi?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

state

eStateComingSoonNoPreload

VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed

Yes

community_visible_stats

Yes

sourcegame

Yes

workshop_visible

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

checkpkgstate

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Lo-Fi Games

Store Release Date

6 December 2018 – 15:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.com/invite/R6258etsHE
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialKenshi
https://space.bilibili.com/3493262618790773
https://www.twitch.tv/lofigamesofficial
https://weibo.com/u/7821354515
https://x.com/KenshiOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/@LoFiGames

Primary Genre

Action (1)

Store Genres

Action (1), Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

6 December 2018 – 11:57:36 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

18 June 2025 – 11:13:02 UTC () (1750245182)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	48
height_pct	45

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

OGRE Engine, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, OpenSSL SDK, SteamworksNET SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 19 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 5643130

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

First seen on SteamDB

20 March 2013 – 17:04:42 UTC (), in changelist #196603

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

9 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

0fbb2fc7936d9f7963e30d022805191a8f1e7dd4_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	48
logo_position/height_pct	45
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
image/english	logo.png

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	9e8fa3ef841ba1861b2b8aa1254532bb4eee954b.jpg
page_background_path	app/233860
timestamp	18 June 2025 – 11:13:22 UTC

Trailers

256737631 ↴
trailer_name	Kenshi - Launch Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256737631/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256737631/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256737631/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256737631/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	233860/199467/8051daa664072b60dba714053730977b1d6ea64c/1750491325/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	233860/199467/8051daa664072b60dba714053730977b1d6ea64c/1750491325/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256737631/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	199467
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1665146351
256736395 ↴
trailer_name	Kenshi - Gameplay Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256736395/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256736395/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	233860/197335/1799ae1c3f449fdfc8a99036c85c1fddda0959d8/1750491313/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	233860/197335/1799ae1c3f449fdfc8a99036c85c1fddda0959d8/1750491313/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256736395/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256736395/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	197335
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1542891240
256735688 ↴
trailer_name	Kenshi - v1.0 Release Date Announcement Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256735688/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256735688/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256735688/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256735688/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	233860/196167/94e2c70a95fc0e7528cd3585f10dfad63735e35a/1750491260/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	233860/196167/94e2c70a95fc0e7528cd3585f10dfad63735e35a/1750491260/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256735688/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256735688/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	196167
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1665146368
256776788 ↴
trailer_name	Kenshi: Accolades Trailer (English)
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256776788/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256776788/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256776788/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256776788/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	233860/269823/0fb8362c2f933cdd22e70f1c5c3d65a42feff4c6/1750491393/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	233860/269823/0fb8362c2f933cdd22e70f1c5c3d65a42feff4c6/1750491393/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256776788/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256776788/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	269823
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1583254998

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228983	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
229003	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.0 Client Profile Redist	No size
233861	Windows EnglishKenshi Content	11.47 GiB	5.74 GiB
468550	DLC 468550Original Soundtrack (468550) Depot	820.11 MiB	684.25 MiB

Total size on disk is 12.27 GiB and total download size is 6.40 GiB.

Total size on disk is 11.47 GiB and total download size is 5.74 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		13871665	1 April 2024 – 16:47:52 UTC
1.0.55	previous stable version	8118971	23 March 2023 – 12:04:42 UTC
experimental	Very latest Kenshi updates, prone to crashes and bugs.	13923771	2 April 2024 – 14:35:52 UTC
old_version_966	an older version 0.97.6	2205984	1 May 2018 – 15:24:38 UTC
older_version_69	an older but stable version (0.69)	306546
oldland	Old stable version 0.74, 32-bit support	1111885	5 May 2016 – 21:10:02 UTC

Other

Name	Value
overridescddb	1
workshopdepot	Kenshi (233860)
privatebranches	1

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