- Ultra-hard survival sandbox Kenshi passes 3 million copies sold, teases fans with 'Kenshi 2 When?' website - 25 May 2026
Kenshi's whole deal is best summed up with one of its game start conditions: "rock bottom." When you start at rock bottom, you begin the game stranded in the desert, surrounded on all sides by enemies, with a 1 in all stats. Oh, and you just lost your left arm, and you're malnourished in a territory where starving is illegal . This is a game that sold three million copies... Read more.
- Community Update: 3 Million Copies Sold - 25 May 2026
Greetings Kenshi crew Since its original launch in 2018, Kenshi has found its way into the hands of more than 3 million players. In recognition of this milestone and the community that helped us achieve it, we wanted to take a moment and express our thanks. To the people who picked Kenshi up on a whim. To the modders, fan artists, storytellers, Beep enthusiasts, and content creators. To everyone who's ever pointed a friend toward Kenshi, posted a screenshot, or clocked more hours than they’d care to admit. Thank you. We wouldn’t be here without you. New Steam Points Shop ItemsTo celebrate this milestone, we've added a fresh batch of animated Avatars and Avatar Frames to the Kenshi Steam Points Shop.Avatars: Mad Cat-Lon, John Kenshi, and Hive QueenAvatar Frames: Imprisoned, Beak Thing Peekaboo, and a Kenshi UI Frame that wraps your Avatar with the in-game HUDConsider it a small thank-you…
- Community Update: Fresh Faces, New Merch, and a Halloween Recap - 24 November 2025
Greetings Kenshi crew,Work on Kenshi 2 is keeping us plenty busy, but we wanted to take a moment to share a few updates from around the studio: new faces, new merch, and a quick look back at something you might’ve missed over Halloween. Fresh Lo-Fi FacesWe’ve recently welcomed a few new members to the Lo-Fi team to support Kenshi and the ongoing development of Kenshi 2. Johnny is our new Publishing Director. As you might expect based on his title, Johnny directs all things publishing - marketing, community, partnerships, and the general business of getting our games out into the world. On the development side, Lee has joined as our Lead Level Designer. He splits his time between FCS and Unreal, building out the towns, regions, and characters of Kenshi 2. Right now, he’s focused on making our world-streaming system feel smooth and properly vast. Outside the game engine, Bryony has come a…
- Lo-Fi Games know you've spent a billion hours with Kenshi, so they're working on making the sequel's discoveries even less predictable - 9 July 2025
I'm a month late on this, but since we don't appear to have written about Kenshi for about six years, I figured this was worth highlighting. Chris Hunt and Natalie Mikkelson of Lo-Fi Games recently put out a video chatting about Kenshi 2, their approach to design and, uh, their shared hatred for fondue. It's a lovely, unadorned look at game development, with Hunt and Mikkelson talking through how they basically learned to do everything on the fly, from Kenshi's beginnings to Lo-Fi Games's current size of 30 people. Read more
- 'Too many games let their players succeed' says developer of notoriously tough survival RPG Kenshi, and 'that's mind-numbingly boring to me' - 13 May 2025
Open world survival RPG Kenshi can be cruel, especially in the early hours. As our reviewer put it back in 2018, "basic survival plans can be easily derailed by a city guard who plants drugs on you then demands money you don’t have, or by finding yourself deep in a region inhabited by vicious alien giraffes.".. Read more.
- Community Update: Kenshi - Meet the Makers (video) - 12 May 2025
Hey Kenshi crew, We’ve just released a new video: Kenshi: Meet the Makers. It's an informal look behind the scenes with Chris Hunt - creator of Kenshi and founder of Lo-Fi Games, and Nat Mikkelson - Lo-Fi’s Managing Director and Lead Writer on Kenshi 1 and Kenshi 2. Simply put: the video is a short conversation to give you a little insight on our thinking, and a glimpse into the creators’ minds while Kenshi 2’s development continues behind the scenes. You’ll find some chatter from Chris and Nat on how Lo-Fi Games began, where the ideas for Kenshi came from, and what it’ll mean for Kenshi 2 players to experience a game set 1000 years before the first one. There’s some talk on who Kenshi is really for (and why you might need a twisted sense of humour to enjoy it), why Kenshi doesn’t make you the chosen one, and why we’re still keeping our cards close to our chest when it comes to Kenshi 2…
- Community Spotlight #19 - 19 December 2024
Well then sandblown strangers, how fares your journey? Here’s to hoping you find a rare pause to down your tools and take stock; a fleeting breath between berserker screams and the gnashing of cannibal teeth to ponder another year’s end. Perhaps you’ll hunker down by the fire’s crackle, cook up a cut of gutter meat, open a can of grog and lean into the warmth of your loyal bonedog’s embrace. But don’t linger too long - out here, peace is just a mirage, danger always rides the horizon and the only thing coming down the chimney is trouble. Preposterous post-apocalyptic prose aside, we mean it - whether you’re “casual” Kenshi crew (is that a thing?), a hardcore wasteland warrior or a cherished member of the masterful modding movement, maybe it’s time to marinate in a little more delightfully difficult Kenshi-flavoured danger this December. And we would love a peek at your adventures… Commu…
- Community Spotlight #18 + Lo-Fi Pumpkins - 30 October 2024
Hey Kenshi crew, it's that time again – welcome to Community Spotlight #18! We've got a fresh showcase of our amazing community’s creative output for you once more, and as a Halloween bonus: some Kenshi pumpkins. Community Spotlight #18 Our favourite picks for mods, screenshots and fanart can be found every week on our social media before they’re added to these compilations, so do make sure to give us a follow if you’d like to see this kinda content on your feed. A huge thanks to all the creators we’ve featured this time and in previous blogs; we really do appreciate your effort. If you’re a creator and you’ve not yet been featured, do keep sending us your content to be in with a chance. Mod of the Week Comically Large Spoons from Schizophrenic Cat-Lon Support Drone (Belt slot/Backpack) from Lolulile Table figures from Lolulile GROUNDED 2: Combat Animations from Dig Leather Backpacks fr…
- Community Spotlight #17 - 16 September 2024
Welcome back, Kenshi crew! Today we’ve got an absolute monster of a Community Spotlight: check the fresh, unbridled creativity coming from the mod community, a swathe of gorgeous new fanart, and a bunch of tasty screenshots from our favourite community photographers. In case you weren’t aware, we pop all this content on our social media on a weekly basis before we compile it into these videos and blogs, so make sure you add us wherever you have an account. We’ve started posting regularly on Threads, so if you’ve made the venture over that way then give us a follow. We’d like to send a massive shout-out to all the creators listed below - thanks for being a beloved part of our wasteland! Mod of the Week Veil Hive from dfgrews Gurgler Armour Overhaul from CamelSpyd3r Concrete Block from MARH FALCON PUNCH!!! (combat animation) from rare player Buildable Resources (Cheat) - Iron and Copper f…
- Kenshi has sold 2 million copies! Plus: Animated Steam Avatars - 16 April 2024
Hey Kenshi crew, how you doin’? First up - in case you missed it, we recently posted a blog with a little Kenshi 2 news and a brand new Kenshi Free Camera mode. Check it out if you’ve not had the chance. So why are we here again so soon? Well, we’ve a pretty big milestone to celebrate: Kenshi hits two million sales milestone We’re overjoyed to announce that we’ve sold 2.3 million copies of Kenshi. Not only that - more of you folks bought yourself a copy of Kenshi in 2023 than in any other year. Wild. We celebrated with tees for the crew So here’s a massive thanks to everyone who’s helped us on this journey. You might not be aware, but we’re an entirely independent company and we don’t have the deep pockets of investors or publishers to help us spread the word at all. We’re therefore especially thankful for all the recommendations and reviews from fans, the work from content creators and…
- One of the most strange and cruel survival sandboxes I've played has sold 2.3 million copies - 10 April 2024
Kenshi is one of the most utterly strange games I've ever had the pleasure of playing, and it holds a special place in my heart. It was the impetus behind one of my first-ever published pieces of games writing, which means you can probably blame it—at least in part—for the fact you have to keep reading my yammering on this very website. Thank you, Kenshi, we'll never forgive you... Read more.
- Kenshi 1.0.68 Patch Notes - 1 April 2024
1.0.68 Added free camera mode for screenshots and videos. Toggle with ; If you experience any issues after the update, please read this post on how to report crashes or bugs and make a post in the Lo-Fi Games forum, ensuring that you’re nice to our lovely moderators. https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/I4LoiDE-pxefCcflp5AKHUXZeh2M9AthqGP3N75T7xrJ7J7IPJGpnE_joWxfQC1UjAU0DH1aQQqZn24vQDBDChH28T-8za2EiI1LqYaJy5zl_tLcvMUK0vULCg9u_tzi1kz5SFXDKWLK-X8G1-R2ps8
- Kenshi Free Camera Mode, Q&A, UE5 news, new Kenshi 2 Screenshot + photo contest - 1 April 2024
It’s 1st April again. Fancy some Kenshi hashish? Wanna find the Hive Queen a date? Kenshi Team Racing anyone? This year we’re changing things up and giving you something real: how do you feel about a cheeky little Free Camera Mode Kenshi update? How about some Kenshi 2 news, a new screenshot and a Lo-Fi Q&A? We got you fam. First up: Kenshi 2 when? Well, we’re not saying just yet. I once read that it’s bad practice from a marketing perspective to say “it’s ready when it’s ready”, but honestly, that kinda sums it up. Anything else until we’ve a release window for you is just sugar-coating, and we’d rather not do that. Besides, when have we behaved how devs are supposed to do? We reckons that “it’s ready when it’s ready” is the best approach. So bear with us because the wait will be worth it. Why so little news? It's been a long while since we updated you on Kenshi 2. We had a bit of a ch…
- Kenshi 1.0.67 - Experimental Branch - 26 March 2024
1.0.67 Added free camera mode for screenshots and videos. Toggle with ; If you experience any issues after the update, please read this post on how to report crashes or bugs and make a post in the Lo-Fi Games forum, ensuring that you’re nice to our lovely moderators. https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/I4LoiDE-pxefCcflp5AKHUXZeh2M9AthqGP3N75T7xrJ7J7IPJGpnE_joWxfQC1UjAU0DH1aQQqZn24vQDBDChH28T-8za2EiI1LqYaJy5zl_tLcvMUK0vULCg9u_tzi1kz5SFXDKWLK-X8G1-R2ps8
- Kenshi 1.0.65 + FCS 2.14.2 Hotfix - 22 February 2024
FCS 2.14.1 was causing a few issues for some users, this hotfix should address those bugs. If you experience any issues after the update, please read this post on how to report crashes or bugs and make a post in the Lo-Fi Games forum, ensuring that you’re nice to our lovely moderators. Fixed issue causing fonts to increase to 825 instead of 8.25 in regions where commas are used in place of decimal points Fixed NPCs accusing you of trespassing when committing any other type of crime outside Fix for a bug where guards wouldn't investigate alarms https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/I4LoiDE-pxefCcflp5AKHUXZeh2M9AthqGP3N75T7xrJ7J7IPJGpnE_joWxfQC1UjAU0DH1aQQqZn24vQDBDChH28T-8za2EiI1LqYaJy5zl_tLcvMUK0vULCg9u_tzi1kz5SFXDKWLK-X8G1-R2ps8
- Kenshi 1.0.65 + FCS 2.14.2 hotfix (experimental branch) - 21 February 2024
FCS 2.14.1 was causing a few issues for some users, this hotfix should address those bugs. If you experience any issues after the update, please read this post on how to report crashes or bugs and make a post in the Lo-Fi Games forum, ensuring that you’re nice to our lovely moderators. Fixed issue causing fonts to increase to 825 instead of 8.25 in regions where commas are used in place of decimal points Fixed NPCs accusing you of trespassing when committing any other type of crime outside Fix for a bug where guards wouldn't investigate alarms https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/I4LoiDE-pxefCcflp5AKHUXZeh2M9AthqGP3N75T7xrJ7J7IPJGpnE_joWxfQC1UjAU0DH1aQQqZn24vQDBDChH28T-8za2EiI1LqYaJy5zl_tLcvMUK0vULCg9u_tzi1kz5SFXDKWLK-X8G1-R2ps8
- FCS 2.14.1 Hotfix (Experimental) - 15 February 2024
FCS 2.14 was causing a few issues for some users, this hotfix should address those bugs. If you experience any issues after the update, please read this post on how to report crashes or bugs and make a post in the Lo-Fi Games forum, ensuring that you’re nice to our lovely moderators. Fixed incorrect version number in displayed in title bar Fixed not being able to add instances Fixed wordswap preview auto-capitalisation if line starts with format tag Fixed merging level data Fixed blocking merges with base mods Fixed select all mods toggle button not working when all existing mods are listed in mods.cfg Fixed translated words percentage display Updated spellcheck Spellcheck now checks for valid words either side of an apostrophe Fixed spell check not displaying changes in translation mode Updated find and replace window All open windows now freshed when replacing an existing value from t…
- Kenshi 1.0.64 / FCS 2.14 Patch Notes - 6 February 2024
Today we’re bringing Kenshi 1.0.64 and FCS 2.14 out of experimental and into the main branch. We have previously summarised some of the content of this update in this post when we launched 1.0.60, but we had a couple of issues that meant we rolled it back into the experimental branch while we fixed those bugs. We'll continue to release any potentially useful updates to the Forgotten Construction Set as we update it internally to help us build Kenshi 2. . If you experience any issues after the update, please ensure you have read through this post and tried all known fixes. If you’re still having issues then read this post on how to report crashes or bugs and make a post in the Lo-Fi Games forum, ensuring that you’re nice to our lovely moderators. Please note that we are almost exclusively focused on developing Kenshi’s prequel: Kenshi 2, so fixes to long-standing bugs in the original tit…
- Community Spotlight #15 - 22 December 2023
As the year comes to a close and we recover from our Christmas party, we’d like to thank everyone for continuing to your Kenshi love through mods, screenshots and fanart. Keep them coming, we’ll keep on posting them! Thanks again to everyone who helped us pick the Kenshi 2 localisers, your input was hugely appreciated. We'd also like to add a huge thanks to everyone who’s copped themselves some merch this year, keep an eye out for more goodies to come and let us know in the comments what you’d like to see. With thanks to all the contributors included in this video: Mods Traduzione Italiana Kenshi from Survival Games AQUARIUM from Momayo BOX MAN from AGO Rest at Campfires from RadarTruck Screenshots "Just a dip" from Bloyd "Cannibal Plains" from Alexrrazabal "I forgot how much HP leviathans have." from SirJuste "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭" from Alexrrazabal "One hell of a bad…
- Community Spotlight #14 + Italian Language Mod Released & Halloween Comp Winners - 17 November 2023
Hi Kenshi crew, we’re back! The spooky month is now over and we hope Kenshi's tricks were but a whisper, and its treats a haunting delight! Today we’re sharing a shiny new Community Spotlight video and announcing the Discord Halloween screenshot winners. Discord Spooky Screenshot Competition Winners Big thanks to everyone who submitted a spooky screenshot to our competition in the Official Kenshi Discord. So many of you shared some fantastic shots and it was great to see them all come in! The winner for our unmodded category is Dr.PyroBlazer with this shot of their crew taking on maybe one too many Fogmen. Do you think they’re walking away from this? The winner for the modded category is Alexrrazabal with this shot of their character in some pretty rad armour, we wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of this guy. Not forgetting our runner-up, Slowline! They submitted this brilliant cap…
