The Kindred is an indie developed by Persistent Studios, released 24 February 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Kindred is
The Kindred is an indie game developed by Persistent Studios and released in 2016. It was published by Nkidu Games Inc.. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Kindred is a city builder survival game set in a procedural voxel world. Start with only the bare essentials and a group of people known as the Kin. Explore and discover resources, plants and animals to start your village. Survive through the harsh winters, diseases, sweltering heat, starvation and other challenges.
How it plays
Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Kindred holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Kindred launched on 24 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.
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