A survival game with an incredible atmosphere. True already at the time of release the project looked outdated. If you want modern analogs of Kenshi - I have already prepared them, read below.

13 Games Like Kenshi For PC (Steam, EGS, GOG)

13. Palworld

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Open World
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Collect amazing creatures - the Pals - across a vast world, send them to fight and work in factories, build buildings with them and grow plantations in this all-new open-world survival simulation game with co-op mode.

Palworld screenshot

12. Valheim

similar games to Valheim
  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

A survival game in which you will explore a vast fantasy world steeped in Scandinavian mythology and Viking culture.

Valheim screenshot

11. Against the Storm

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 91
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2022
  • Game play time: 20 hours
  • Genre: Strategy
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Revive civilization and save it from the deadly rains in a city-building simulator in a dark fantasy world. As Viceroy Queen, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes and harpies and subjugate nature.

Against the Storm screenshot

10. Medieval Dynasty

similar games to Medieval Dynasty
  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 73
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Crafting
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Hunt, build, lead and simply survive in the harsh Middle Ages! It's up to you to establish a dynasty and ensure its prosperity for years to come - or die trying! Play alone or with friends: immersion in the medieval atmosphere is guaranteed.

Medieval Dynasty screenshot

9. Project Zomboid

similar games to Project Zomboid
  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Project Zomboid screenshot

8. Conan Exiles

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2015
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Network multiplayer game in the universe of “Conan the Barbarian” with warriors and dark sorcery. Survive in a huge open world sandbox by building a house and then a kingdom. Crush your enemies in single or multiplayer modes.

Conan Exiles screenshot

7. Going Medieval


Build a settlement within the walls of a fortress in the middle of the wilderness and lead it to prosperity. Build the most powerful colony this side of the apocalypse in Going Medieval: a survival strategy game with detailed controls and a sandbox world that supports mods.

Going Medieval screenshot

6. Crusader Kings (series)

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 91
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2004 - 2020
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Strategy
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Love, war, intrigue and greatness. Define the legacy of your noble family in the limitless global strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning of your journey through the history of your chosen dynasty in this full of surprises and glory simulation of the Middle Ages.

Crusader Kings screenshot

5. Myth of Empires

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Construction
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Myth of Empires is a multiplayer sandbox war game with a high degree of freedom of action. In a world with many civilizations, survive and create, lead your troops, capture PVE and PVP territories and create your own empire! DLC Helladic Civilization is online now!

Myth of Empires screenshot

4. Solace Crafting

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2022
  • Game play time: 40 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

An open-world fantasy survival role-playing game. Unlimited distance-based difficulty with player-built fast travel, modular construction and city management.

Solace Crafting screenshot

3. Wartales

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2023
  • Game play time: 40 hours
  • Genre: Role Playing
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Wartales is an open-world role-playing game in which you must lead a band of mercenaries to riches in a vast medieval universe. Explore the world, hire companions, get rewards and uncover the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Wartales screenshot

2. Dwarf Fortress

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 93
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2006
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created. The legendary Dwarf Fortress is now on Steam. Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world.

Dwarf Fortress screenshot

1. RimWorld

similar games to RimWorld
  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

RimWorld controls three human survivors of a crashed space liner in building a colony on a frontier world at the edge of explored space. The inspiration for this game comes from the spirit of the space western Firefly, the deep exploration of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

RimWorld screenshot

5 Games Like Kenshi On PlayStation 5

5. Palworld

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Open World
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Collect amazing creatures - the Pals - across a vast world, send them to fight and work in factories, build buildings with them and grow plantations in this all-new open-world survival simulation game with co-op mode.

Palworld screenshot

4. Medieval Dynasty

similar games to Medieval Dynasty
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 73
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Crafting
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Hunt, build, lead and simply survive in the harsh Middle Ages! It's up to you to establish a dynasty and ensure its prosperity for years to come - or die trying! Play alone or with friends: immersion in the medieval atmosphere is guaranteed.

Medieval Dynasty screenshot

3. Conan Exiles

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2015
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Network multiplayer game in the universe of “Conan the Barbarian” with warriors and dark sorcery. Survive in a huge open world sandbox by building a house and then a kingdom. Crush your enemies in single or multiplayer modes.

Conan Exiles screenshot

2. Mount & Blade (series)

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 77
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2008 - 2022
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Role Playing
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The horns sound, the ravens gather. An empire is torn by civil war. Beyond its borders, new kingdoms rise. Gird on your sword, don your armour, summon your followers and ride forth to win glory on the battlefields of Calradia.

Mount & Blade screenshot

1. RimWorld

similar games to RimWorld
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

RimWorld controls three human survivors of a crashed space liner in building a colony on a frontier world at the edge of explored space. The inspiration for this game comes from the spirit of the space western Firefly, the deep exploration of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

RimWorld screenshot

4 Games Like Kenshi On Xbox Series X|S

4. Palworld

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Open World
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Collect amazing creatures - the Pals - across a vast world, send them to fight and work in factories, build buildings with them and grow plantations in this all-new open-world survival simulation game with co-op mode.

Palworld screenshot

3. Valheim

similar games to Valheim
  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

A survival game in which you will explore a vast fantasy world steeped in Scandinavian mythology and Viking culture.

Valheim screenshot

2. Medieval Dynasty

similar games to Medieval Dynasty
  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 73
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Crafting
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Hunt, build, lead and simply survive in the harsh Middle Ages! It's up to you to establish a dynasty and ensure its prosperity for years to come - or die trying! Play alone or with friends: immersion in the medieval atmosphere is guaranteed.

Medieval Dynasty screenshot

1. Mount & Blade (series)

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 77
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2008 - 2022
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Role Playing
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The horns sound, the ravens gather. An empire is torn by civil war. Beyond its borders, new kingdoms rise. Gird on your sword, don your armour, summon your followers and ride forth to win glory on the battlefields of Calradia.

Mount & Blade screenshot

1 Games Like Kenshi For Switch

1. Wartales

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2023
  • Game play time: 40 hours
  • Genre: Role Playing
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Wartales is an open-world role-playing game in which you must lead a band of mercenaries to riches in a vast medieval universe. Explore the world, hire companions, get rewards and uncover the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Wartales screenshot