Presskit – Kinstrife

Factsheet

Release date

📅 TBA

Platforms

🖥️ PC (Steam)

Developer

Finitude

Publisher

📯 None (yet?)

Location

🧭 Maastricht, NL

🧭 Berlin, DE

Contact

info@kinstrife.com

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Announcement Trailer

About the game

Kinstrife is a non-linear singleplayer medieval RPG with physically simulated combat – become a knight errant in tumultuous 13th-century Germany!

Journey through immersive landscapes filled with castles, monasteries, villages and forests. Travel with your sword at your side and your trusted retinue behind you, as you build up your skill, renown and wealth. Fight your way through realistic medieval battles, duels and sieges, rise up among the lords of the land and take part in tournaments to win fame and riches.

Our cutting-edge physically simulated combat system makes the impact of each swing count – weapons don’t simply clip through but instead deliver staggering blows, characters fall when losing their balance and horse charges knock down your opponents. Feel like you’re wielding a sword yourself, mastering your moves with various historical weapons: Each attack, feint or parry creates unique, interesting, natural situations – rewarding experimentation, different playstyles and replayability.

Key Features:

Nonlinear open world: Immerse yourself into an atmospheric medieval world as you freely roam between unique historical locations.

Physically simulated combat: Become a master at the sword with cutting-edge physics animations, delivering unique impacts with each strike

Squire to knight: Create and train your own knight with skills and unique traits tailored to your play style. Prepare for battle with the finest arms, armors and garments of the time.

Writing history: Gain influence through battles, chivalry and strategic finesse, while building and leading a loyal retinue of supporters

About the developer

Meet Khaya Ludidi and Christoph Rüger, the brains and grit behind Finitude. Their journey began when they met in 2010, modding the original Mount & Blade. United by a love for history and a blend of RPGs, immersive sims, and strategy games, the duo set out to create something uniquely their own. But what they had in ambition and passion, they initially lacked in gamedev skills.

While Christoph pursued degrees in mechanical and biomedical engineering and Khaya started a business, the two learned game development from scratch. As their first attempts met reality, they faced multiple setbacks and pivots. Year by year, working on Kinstrife alongside other commitments, they improved their skills with every time they started over. And building on these foundations, their passion project is finally shaping up to become what it was originally envisioned to be.

Finitude now have a decade-long story of ongoing dedication and effort while dealing with the limits of a two-person project – and not giving up. For the next step of turning their vision into reality, they are currently hard at work at a public demo.