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Kenshi

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Kenshi
Kenshi cover
Developers
Lo-Fi Games
Engines
Ogre
Release dates
Windows December 6, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Continuous turn-based
Perspectives Free-roaming camera
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Action, Building, Hack and slash, RTS, Sandbox, Simulation
Art styles Realistic
Themes Japan, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Western
Kenshi on MobyGames
Kenshi on Wikipedia
Kenshi
Kenshi 2018
Kenshi 2 TBA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Provides a key to be used with the non-Steam, developer-released version
Download
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1] Provides a key to be used with the non-Steam, developer-released version
Download
Windows
A demo is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Official soundtrack Steam only.
Windows

Essential improvements

Mods

Shidan's Tweaks and Fixes - a collection of various simple bug fixes that have yet to be implemented by the devs.
CTD fix patch - fixed some crashes and alert broken save-file.
Fixing Clipping Issues - fixes clothing clipping issues.
Animation Overhaul Mod - adds missing crafting animations.
Automated Drills Build Fix - makes drills upright on slopes.
Fix_Copper - makes copper ore look like copper ore.
Raptor island fix - fixes clipping issues on Raptor island.
grassbushfix.mod - fixes broken grass texture.
Fix_unleash the hair - makes your hair correctly appear on your head when face pieces are used.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233860/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Kenshi\save
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233860/pfx/[Note 2]
Saved games were previously located at "<path-to-game>/save" and were relocated to the user profile as of update 1.0.50.[2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

External settings.
External settings.
General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use borderless fullscreen mode to avoid issues on 21:9 resolutions[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Framerate beyond 60 FPS causes physics issues with ragdoll bodies and body parts, but gameplay is otherwise unaffected[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Control settings and keybindings.
Control settings and keybindings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Can also invert X-axis.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, ambient, SFX, VO, UI
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

The developer maintains a list of common issues and fixes here.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit only.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX, Havok
Audio Wwise

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Dual-core
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 14 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
A 64-bit version of Windows is required.


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References