Kainga: Seeds of Civilization

Can't recommend until the dev addresses multiple game breaking bugs that prevent you from playing. The worst being that you can't start a level until you open and close the game a few times hoping that it decides to work. Then once you're in a map you have to keep pressing escape to open the game menu to get the game to respond to inputs again. If you manage to finish a level, you're back to restarting the game.

If you'd asked me this before June 2025, I would have wholly recommended it. However, in it's current state after the last major update, sadly, I can't today. The game is a fun rogue-like City builder-RTS hybrid, that leans more in the RTS direction. It has a compelling gameplay loop that kept you going in for more as rogue-lites should do. Sure the game had it's bugs and design flaws then too, like unit controls being imprecise and generally uncomfortable and your leader, whose the lynchpin of the game, occasional getting himself stuck in inaccessible areas; but these issues were manageable and tolerable. In about 7 months I'd clocked in 900 hours. However after the last update in June 2025, which while adding a bunch of cool additions, also introduced many gamebreaking bugs as well and while the dev did release a hotfix quickly it didn't fix the worst bugs, which persist to this day, and now the dev has seemingly abandoned and, albeit unintentionally, broke it, in favor of his next project. I want to reiterate however, the main issue is that the game is currently in a very broken state now, not that the dev has seemingly abandoned it, and this why I can't recommend it currently. And if there was a way to revert to patch 1.1 I would recommend it too, but unfortunately there isn't a way to do that currently either.

I like the idea of the game, but there are so many problems. A lot of basic gameplay is cumbersome and confusing. The buildings don't always work as expected and can be difficult to place in a way that utilizes their functions. Sometimes when you unlocked a tech there is a bug where it simply doesn't show up on your bar and you have to surrender and start over. There are also many situations where the random techs you choose from have no viable options for continuing and you are stuck trying to scramble to find more techs to complete your goals. This game seems like it's getting worse instead of better. I remember having an easier time playing when I first bought it.

sometimes my thinker got stuck on the ground, I can tolerate it if that only happen once or twice. But it happens many times and that's so annoying. I hope the dev fix this issue. Until then, I can't recommend it. But if you really want to play city builder with some roguelike element, try it. Skill issue? idk

总的来说是个不错的游戏，优点已经有太多人在说了，我来说一说现存的bug和缺点： 1，龟背鸭嘴兽的战争鞍座无法解锁。我已经买光了商店里面的所有物品，但是野兽一栏始终有一个无法解锁，看商品形状推测是那个可以改变地形的怪兽的战争鞍座。 2，房子技术里面有个神秘技术，根据描述是“通过提升城镇解锁”。经过测试，无论是加高地基还是更换建筑的墙壁/屋顶材料，均无法解锁。这种描述不清的解锁方式真的很扫兴。 3，敌人建造的竹梯无法被拆除。而这种梯子往往会卡bug导致居民上不去，然后就是一大堆人挤在一起发呆。类似的问题也出现在独木桥爬梯上面。 4，物品“穿山甲的盔甲”描述不清。什么叫做没有“后顾之忧”？翻译得莫名奇妙导致玩家只能猜哑谜，无语。 5，图书馆和掷弹兵附属建筑不工作。这种需要造在房子边上的附属训练建筑，都大概率不工作。进度条会卡死在25%的位置。

I hate play this game, i don't know why i keep playing it.

multiple game breaking bugs

This is actually a surprisingly good game. The time is a bit bloated because I left it running overnight once or twice, but I've still played it quite a lot. The rogue-lite elements are solid, and the design is really nice. It's pretty cozy, and while there is a fair amount of strategy if you're fighting something, it's pretty chill. If there was one thing I would ask for... maybe a freeplay? While the gameplay is focused on short runs, I would like the opportunity to create a huge village without anything really pressing.

Cant even start the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game i dont even remember why i bought this crap

Apparently this used to be a good game. But it currently has a lot of bugs. You can't even start the game, due to the main menu being broken, restarting the game multiple times to try and fix the problem. That should tell you everything you need to know about the current state of the game. These bugs were introduced by a patch to game in the summer of 2025 and remain unfixed. Is the game abandoned? Will the dev ever fix things? I don't know, but I am not missing out on my refund window, waiting to find out. Bear this in mind when deciding whether to buy this game or buy Shanty Town, the new game the dev has been working on, rather than fixing all the issues the patch introduced.