Vintage Story
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Please note: After purchase, please redeem your key on the itch.io "My Purchase" page - it is a link that lets you create a game account to log in to the game. A game account is required to play the game. If you have troubles creating your game account or logging in write us a support ticket or use our contact form.
Vintage Story is an uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game inspired by eldritch horror themes. Find yourself in a ruined world reclaimed by nature and permeated by unnerving temporal disturbances. Relive the advent of human civilization, or take your own path.
Progress through multiple ages
Start out empty-handed in the stone age and learn to survive by foraging, hunting, crafting, and fighting. Live through the four seasons and advance further by smelting copper for more powerful tools, creating bronze alloys, learning to work iron, mechanize common tasks and ultimately reach the steel age.
A wicked universe backed by original story elements
Take on the role of a lost being in the body of a tall blue creature and discover the remnants of civilization. There is no linear storytelling; it is up to you to piece together who you are and what has happened from the little evidence that remains. During your journey you will encounter wayward creatures, find old stories, battle temporal instability, and endure temporal storms.
One million square kilometers of unique, randomly generated landscape
Enter a vast open world populated by a range of cute, strange, dangerous, and horrifying creatures. Vintage Story utilizes a great deal of procedural technology to create immensely diverse landscapes, climate conditions, and geological features to always keep exploration fresh and exciting.
Unreal world simulation
Having undergone 6 years of continuous development the VS game engine now fully and believably simulates seasons, soil fertiliy, rock strata, localized weather patterns, rain, snowfall & snow accumulation, hail, realistic climate distributions, food spoilage, body temperature, animal husbandry, farming, block physics, inspiring sunsets and nightskies, mineralogy, knapping, clayforming, metallurgy, smithing, microblock editing and more
Inspired by Nature
Vintage Story is heavily inspired by natural processes of the real world and brings them into the game in a fun and enjoyable way. Our aim is to capture the beauty of the natural world and amplify the experience within our game.
Fair & Independent
No marketplace. No loot boxes. No microtransactions. No paid DLC. No hidden fees. No pay2win. No ads. No user data monetization. No software patents. No shareholders. No publisher. No NFTs. No BlockChain. No 3rd party interests.
Handmade
Vintage Story is powered by our own cross-platform game engine. This allows us to tailor the engine exactly to our needs while still keeping hardware requirements low. We are 100% Indie.
Social
We pay careful attention to foster a friendly and supportive community. Come visit us on the official forum, Discord chat server, wiki and mod database. Multiplayer anti-grief mechanics out of the box. You can get in direct contact with the developers of the game.
Open
You can customize your game experience in infinite ways. Built from the ground up with modding in mind - we use our own mod api to add new game content. Half of the game is under a readable source license. We built our own mod database, modelling and animation tools and made them open source.
Updated | 8 days ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (278 total ratings) |
Author | Tyron |
Genre | Survival |
Tags | 3D, Atmospheric, Exploration, Lovecraftian Horror, Multiplayer, Open World, Pixel Art, Procedural Generation, Sandbox, Voxel |
Average session | About an hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Subtitles, Configurable controls |
Multiplayer | Local multiplayer, Server-based networked multiplayer, Ad-hoc networked multiplayer |
Player count | 1 - 64 |
Links | Homepage |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $24.50 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Version 1.20 releasedJan 19, 2025
- Version 1.19 releasedFeb 28, 2024
- Version 1.18 releasedMay 01, 2023
- Version 1.17 releasedOct 07, 2022
- Version 1.16 releasedApr 18, 2022
- Version 1.15 releasedAug 27, 2021
- Version 1.14 released, available again on itch.ioApr 01, 2021
- Version 1.13 releasedAug 23, 2020
Comments
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Download Updated Version here - https://hardware-gui.su/
Hey, I need a steam key to create an account. But whenever I go to get a steam key it says "there are no steam keys available at this time."
hi my log in wont work on the game or the client page, I've tried multiple times but i'm getting, failed! every time, can you help please.
minecraft looking game
It did start of as a mod for Minecraft before becoming so big, or that what's I heard.
Wow
worst game doesn't even work xd it's too expensive
i just bought it signed up did everything and my account dosent exist, fuck this bs i want my money back
Sorry about that, looks like that was my fault. This should no longer happen with new purchases now. Please request a refund or write us the key you got and we'll replace it (email address is on our impressum page)
im deleting this game
is it safe to buy yet?
(their was an issue if itch ran out of keys)
Bought this game on their website absolute W from the few minutes I played. I always wanted to play minecraft as a kid but didn't have the now or the money to afford it, I was thinking of buying mc just to say "ya I own a copy" but discovered this one. Happy to say Im pleased to have gone with this than mc. Owning a copy of mc is a rite of passage but this is top tier
I can’t make an account after buying the game, it says my key has already been used.
Hey, sorry to hear you are having troubles. It seems rarely it can happen that the sign up form submits twice, so the account does get created but on the second submission the key is already used.
Please try to log-in or use the password reset as if the account already exists. If that does not work, please write us a support ticket or use our contact form on our main site at vintagestory.at
I wrote a support ticket on your site. They told me it was Itch.io’s fault and told me to contact them. At this point I just want a refund. Can you do that for me?
Only itch.io can refund purchases on itch.io, you'd need to write them, Sorry - i have no access to their refund system.
Can I redeem the key to get it back once I switch to Linux
not sure what you mean by that but you can switch to another OS as often as you like, there is no install limit
Just a warning to potential buyers: Itch.io store is evidently not providing download keys at this time. Bought the game but cannot play it without the key.
Yeah, I am having the same problem right now.
Turns out Itch.io ran out of keys, the dev was very responsive on the discord and said they're looking into it and should be resolved soon.
Fixed
hey i just hit the same problem how can i fix it?
minecraft with mods lol
The game runs so inconceivably smoothly. I have never had this kind of performance in Minecraft, vanilla or modded.
tbh i never lag with minecraft mods but thats js me. have fun with the game.
brodi why is everyone hating on me? im js sayin it looks like it,
cuz ur not wrong xd.
anyone who gets upset about this needs to check them selfs lol. it dosnt matter XD
REAL MAN MINERAFT WITH MODS MY MAN XD NO NEED TO DOWNLOAD TO SEE IT LOL
Hello, I bought the game, I logged into both accounts and after downloading the game it shows me the wrong password or e-mail, has anyone of you had this problem and how do you deal with it?
Played it with my friend, awesome game.
10/10
It reminds me when I used to play the terrafirmacraft mod on minecraft when I was younger, but better.
looks nice!
aint that just shaders on minecraft
No..
Will there be a version for an android?
I would say not as they would have to basically make a new game since this one needs at least 16 gigs of ram and a 1070
Maybe they can optimise it a bit
some phones have around 32gb of ram, most have around 8 to 12, so its dosable
thats funny
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I absolutely loooooove this game <3
i wanna buy the game but rn i only have 15$ :( can somebody lown me 10$
do some chores and help your friends, you will have enough money in no time! it will feel great once you have enough to buy and enjoy your game. good luck
Will purchasing the itch.io version allow me to gift it to a friend? The main website isn't working for that right now.
Yes, the itch.io purchase can be gifted
Will this possibly come to steam
no since they dont want to give steam money and they just want to put all the money they recieve into the games development
oh yeah and i reccomend just going on their website since its 2$ cheaper
please add the ability to make saltwater source blocks with a bucket!!!! right now it only works with fresh water. if you dump a bucket of seawater then use the bucket on it again it just takes the water but when you do it with fresh water it only fill the bucket while leaving the hole filled.
Amazing game! Not many issues encountered yet, the world-gen could use some work, but there are mods in the meantime!
how do i get it to where i can play on my computer i bought it and i cant download it
Please note: After purchase, please redeem your key on the itch.io "My Purchase" page - it is a link that lets you create a game account to log in to the game. A game account is required to play the game. If you have troubles creating your game account or logging in write us a support ticket or use our contact form.'
From the description,
Too expensive please lower price.
rude..
if you look on the website of vintage story.. there is a free somewhat older version that you can try.. ;)
in the faq section.. it just has no multiplayer afaik..
I mean tbf it is $2 usd cheaper on their website.
If we're gonna be real, there are games with even more egregious prices for what you get.
This game is, at its root anyway, spawned from Minecraft, but you don't see nearly as many people complaining about Minecraft's price tag.
Even if I go back to Minecraft more often, in my opinion this game offers way more than Minecraft, and we're only paying for the base game without any of the mods.
If you're in a country where the price is abysmal, I'm sorry to say but try and spend your money more sparingly if the situation is that bad.
Olá eu queria saber porque vocês não criar uma versão pra mobile seria bom a maiô das pessoas não tem condições de tem um Pc e uma versão mobile seria bom pra essa pessoa tem gente quer que compra o jogo e não pode porque não tem um Pc e não tem versão mobile entendi.
Rodrigo, construir uma versão mobile de um jogo para PC não é algo fácil. É muito difícil pros desenvolvedores e eles teriam que congelar o projeto por muito tempo. E mesmo depois disso, pode ser que a versão de celular não rode no celular que você tem. É um mercado complicado.
I Can't open this game. I writeing my Gmail and pasword but game say It's wrong. How is this possible. I try 20 times. but game say same Words Howww. and Why! I do same think in Web site and It Works. But Game say its İncorrets wtf????
The accounts on our site and game account are separate, with their own password. If you haven't already you need to create a game account using the game key you get with your purchase. See first sentence of the game description on itch.io
I own the game on the official website, Chapter 2 came out recently, and I can't wait to see what unfolds, to some it's a rich game with a deep worldbuildign and hard to get learning curve, but once you're at the top, there's nothing stopping you, it's a pride you've built upon yourself and the world around you have changed to reflect on it.
Sadly, mast times I've played on server, they use mods to ease the difficulty, trust me... I understand why, but to me...
It's meant to be a challenge, you're not in a sprint race to get all the best stuff you can have, you're on a marathon to discover or rediscover some stuff, enjoy the tiny things, and decorate/detail everything.
Don't bet your life on stuff you only have for a short term of useage, bet on long term rewards, 'cause dang it sometimes life strikes real hard to those who don't prepare.
11/10, definitely NOT for everyone, but for the niche people with a stubborness over 9000 who wants a cozy world they've built on their own and took time to reach their comfort, it's definitely a masterpiece.
minecraft
Check out videos of the game on youtube, you'll learn that everyone playing Vintage story knows for a fact it looks like Minecraft, but it definitely is not Minecraft.
extremely loud incorrect buzzer
this is just a more expensive but worse minecraft i dont get it
minecraft literally costs more...
don't even joke lad. also *less expensive