Kenshi
BANGER · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 60% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$29.99BANGER
Typical seasonal cut
$11.9960% offBANGER
- Cost per hourS
- $0.37/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 117,749
- Critics
- 75 players 21 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% RPG
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 81.4h
- To 100%
- 273.7h 3.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 82 on record
- Typical cut
- 55% off
- Steam low
- $8.39 May 2026
- Sale every
- 37d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 3,724 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 5% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
82 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 55 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. The nearest things to it, Force of Nature ($7.99, scores 44) and Dig or Die ($11.99, scores 79), are both worse buys on this math.
More about Kenshi
75 from critics against 96 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 25 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2025 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 3,054 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 81.4 hours. Doing everything runs 274, 3.4 times as long.
The rating rests on 117,749 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 16 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Kenshi is the only game, where getting your arms and legs chopped off, ends up making you stronger. 10/10, would get raided by the black dragon Ninja's for my last slice of dried meat again.
2 more reviews
if you like base building with NPCs that you control then this game is for you. It's not fancy or flashy but it is really fun. And, you need to check out the 700+ mods for this game.
Kenshi is an amazing game, I have a strong connection to this game and a big part of it is because ever since i was little i always wanted a game that felt like this, a world where you are plopped into and are left to make your own choices And the brutality and harshness is such a great part of it. I havent felt such a strong bond towards a game for a really long time and being excited to play it everytime i launch...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the 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.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Kenshi scores 95/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/233860/kenshiReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.