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Lead a Thinker through short village-building challenges, discovering technologies and adapting your tribe to dangerous lands.
Released 06 Dec 2022
Tame Colossal Beasts
Discover Village Technologies
Build Challenge Towns
Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.
Developed by Erik Rempen · Published by Silk Softworks









You play as a Thinker, a village leader guiding a tribe through short, challenge-based runs. Each challenge asks you to grow a settlement and survive in a changing world.
Build up your village, manage its needs, and explore for sources of inspiration that reveal technologies. Choose what to develop based on your settlement, the challenge, and the surrounding environment; each Thinker brings different strengths and weaknesses.
Biomes bring different environmental pressures, rival tribes, and colossal creatures. You can learn to live alongside, tame, or fight these beasts. After a run, Karma unlocks biomes, technologies, and Thinkers for future attempts.
Some players enjoy the game’s distinctive village-building concept, hand-drawn look, and short goal-focused sessions. Discovery and gradually unlocking more of the world are also points of appeal, as is learning through challenging runs. However, many reviews report bugs and villagers failing to follow orders or find paths, while some players find the runs repetitive or the later goals limited.
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 24 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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