Patch Notes
Most recent first. Kenshi released in 2018; Kenshi 2 is in active development at Lo-Fi Games.
- Kenshi 2 is the announced prequel/sequel from Lo-Fi Games, set roughly a thousand years before the original.
- Built on Unreal Engine, a major shift from the original Kenshi engine, targeting better performance and visuals.
- Promises a more vibrant, less collapsed world that players will see fall toward the wasteland of Kenshi 1.
- No confirmed release date — treat all Kenshi 2 details as subject to change until Lo-Fi Games confirms them.
- Kenshi left early access and released as version 1.0 in December 2018 after years of development.
- Post-release 1.0.x patches focused on stability, performance, balance and bug fixes rather than major new content.
- Optimisation passes improved large-battle and big-town performance, long a pain point for the engine.
- Balance adjustments to factions, economy and combat refined the late-game experience.
- The world map was expanded and populated with the factions, regions and cities present at release.
- The base-building, research and production systems were deepened toward their final form.
- Combat, squad AI and the dynamic world systems received repeated iteration.
- Performance and modding support were strengthened ahead of the 1.0 launch.