Three million copies in, Kenshi gets a sequel-only website
Lo-Fi Games marked the milestone in a Steam post, while the original game still has more than 5,000 players online at once and a discount through June 1.
Kenshi has cleared 3 million copies sold, and Lo-Fi Games marked the milestone with a Steam post that thanked the people who have kept the desert sandbox alive for years. The studio wrote, “To everyone who’s ever pointed a friend toward Kenshi, posted a screenshot, or clocked more hours than they’d care to admit,” before saying thank you in the same post on Steam.
The game has come a long way from its early-access days. Kenshi left early access in 2018 after a five-year stretch, yet SteamDB currently shows more than 5,000 concurrent players, which is roughly half of the game’s all-time peak on the platform. Even the workshop still has room for the truly unhinged, including a mod that adds crucifixion and carries a 5-star rating.
Lo-Fi Games also leaned into the sequel chatter with kenshi2when.com, a site built around the community’s most common question: what about Kenshi 2? The page works like a newsletter signup, but it lets people opt out of everything except updates that are specifically about the sequel.
If you want to revisit the original, Kenshi is on sale on Steam for $8.39 until June 1.
Three million sales is a strong run for a game this brutal, and Kenshi still has plenty of people coming back for more punishment. Tell us what you think in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram.
Kenshi
Developed by Lo-Fi Games
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.
- Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Modes: Single player
- Release: 2018-12-06
- Publisher: Lo-Fi Games
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Age Rating:
CLASS_IND 18
- IGDB Rating: 83.4/100
