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.
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 released46 days ago
- 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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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..
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.
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.
please try my games their bad but give them a try
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
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Will this ever come to console or is it going with to be pc only
also will this run on an intel laptop?
PC only for the time being. It can definitely run on an Intel Laptop, but it very much depends on what kind.
Alright, thx.
Before purchasing, I wanted to know if my 11th generation Intel i3, 16 GB of RAM, UHD Graphics and SSD setup can run the game at least at a constant 30 fps on the minimum graphics.
they have (supposedly) lenient refunds, you could try the game and return it if it doesn't work
My garbage ancient computer that won't even update to the new Windows can run it on minimum-medium graphics just fine :)
very expensive for an unknown game
think its very complicated and polished
Lots of people have played this. Just go on youtube and lookup vintage story playthrough.
I'd like to see this on steam with localized prices. Comming from poland, 20EUR is way to high, this is like 4x more than minimum wage here.
Bit expensive for me. I’ll see if it ever goes on sale.
It Never Goes on Sale
open a version for android
get a pc brokie.
fr get a pc you ni-
I can't talk to you, don't break my ballsI can't talk to you, don't break my balls
Vercion for android?
Will this game come out on other platforms like Steam and such?
It won't be on Steam any time soon according to their website's FAQ, and the only other platforms I've seen it on is Humble Store and their own website.
I just purchased the game and i was wondering when the keys would be restocked again so i could redeem my purchase.
did you get a key yet my friends wondering?
sorry yes I did
launched the game. cant log in at all. I made sure my email was validated and even changed my pass a couple times.
You need to go onto the forums and make a game account if you haven't already; the forum account is different to the game account
same happend to me i made an account it still doesnt work
Ojala sacaran este juego para el Play5 o para el Celular 😞 yo quiero jugarlo pero no puedo por que mi computadora no tiene mucho espacio 😞. Desde que estoy viendo la serie de mi youtuber favorito me enamore de este juego 🥹 espero que en algún momento lo saquen para otras plataformas 🙏🏻🥰
Just bought the game and went to redeem the key and was hit with the error message "There are no keys available at this time, try again later"
me to bud
Restocked now
Hello. Bought the game and - like others here - there is no key.
From what I am reading - and could be wrong - the developer "stocks" keys that can run out and need to be replenished, at least for Steam keys. So until he restocks the keys it seems we get to wait.
Sorry about that, they are restocked. I'll ask if the itch.io devs could send out a warning email and decline the purchase in the first place if that happens
Appreciate it. Son got his key so all good. Thanks.
Hi, Tyron I bought the game but its not letting me redeem the key
What was the solution?
It still hasn't been solved, once its solved ill post a reply on what the issue is
issue is resolved. they had to restock the keys refresh and retry to claim your key
I also just bought the game and its saying no key available try again later
I also have this issue
Also this issue is persistent as i bought the game a few weeks ago and i still have the issue
hello, I am asking a general question on about vintage story. My question is if you buy it in the past versions like version 20 and it’s soon turns into a version 21 or 22. Will you be able to get the next version for free or do you have to re-buy it
All updates are free forever
Honestly, if Vintage Story were on Steam (or any major platform), the game would be more expensive as itch.io takes a much smaller cut of the profits compared to Valve's 30%. Personally, I would rather have the game be cheaper and easier for the developers to work on by allowing them more access to financial assets, rather than their creativity being stifled by some major multibillion dollar cooperation. Plus, we get a higher quality experience with quicker updates. It's a win/win situation for us and the developer. You can always add non-Steam games to your library too. I love this game so much!
is the Humble store a major platform?
Kind of? However, it's similar to itch.io, they don't take a deep cut of the profits. They sell keys you can activate on other platforms like Steam and since Vintage Story has its own proprietary launcher, you can just pick up a key through Humble and activate it on the VS website like buying one here.
personally I suggest not adding to steam they already have enough of the market but I would suggest explaining to people where they can get the game I gave up a few times while looking around for it as I had no idea where it was on you guessed it steam(god we have lost a lot of critical thinking as of late)
ADD TO STEAM
Okay, awesome game, but it needs combat overhauled (luckily theres a mod for that), but reason why it isn't added to steam. Same reason as minecraft, it is its own launcher, but also Tyron likes a strict control over the price. Steam doesn't allow him to set his prices different from the steam prices, so he doesn't lowball them. Multiple do this already. 30% cut would make it more expensive for us, and same money he would normally get.
Add to steam
ADD TO STEAM
please add this to steam
It won't let me play, I created up to 2 accounts, I bought the game, it won't let me log in
I've installed the game through the Itch.io, at launch I get the little popup in the top left corner saying a new version, 1.20.3, is available. I install, and go to launch again, only for it to tell me I have an old version installed, and it forces me to reinstall 1.20.1. Any way around this?
pls add this to steam
why it 2$ and some odd cent more here then on the official website?
itch takes a cut so it's higher price here, so the devs get the same amount of money
That's not true, dev can set whatever percentage of sale they want to share with itch.io from 0% to 100% with a transaction fee charged by stripe/paypal which is $0.30 + 2.9% of the sale.
cant find oven in the RED CLAY menu for some reason so i cant make one!!! i think its a bug. also flowers not showing in planters. ores cant be seen when placed on ground. i am running version 1.20.1
You specifically need fire clay for the oven, afaik
yeah i know. i just didn't notice all i had was RED clay. i didn't notice at first that NEW clays were added
it doesnt work on chromeboob
This game scratches itches in my brain I didn't even know existed. Best $24.50 I've spent in a very long time.
Inventory Loss is the shittiest consequence for death and it boggles my mind that survival games keep putting it in. You die, then have to run for 5 min your death point just to pick up your stuff and die again to the same mob. You can't bring any real equipment or prepare because then you'll be missing inventory slots to carry everything back, and you have a limited time before your items despawn. It's an absolutely miserable experience.
There's definitely a lot of good in this game, but as it is too many tedious poorly designed mechanics ruin large parts of the fun. The handbook doesn't filter itself based on your current progression, so not only does it end up spoiling future elements of the game, but crafts and items available at your current stage are buried under the mountain of yet inaccessible content. Prospecting is one of the most important mechanics in the game and it's explained nowhere. Once you inevitably go look up a youtube tutorial about it, it's fun when it works, but half the time you'll lose hours trying to follow a vein of mineral that capped out at Poor hours ago and just didn't tell you. Wolves and Bears do not function outside of plains-type biome. In plains it's fun to sneak around or hunt them, but in a forest or brushland you'll just turn a corner and then and up face to face with a bear. It immediately aggros you, runs as fast as you (without human error) and deals half your health bar each hit. You're dead, there's just no way out. There's no way to avoid this scenario other than not going through forest (which is a third the game space) and also not moving at night (which is half the game time).
With all these issues, i can't recommend this game to anyone. Not that it's not a fun game when it works, but crucial mistakes soured my experience heavily. It's better to wait until the design is properly ironed out, imo.
Maybe SURVIVAL is the premise of the genre ????? ever think of that buddy
errm skill issue
or just turn ON the keep inventory BEFORE you make a world. you whiny baby. this game is not for the wimps. Vintage Story is an uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game inspired by eldritch horror themes. maybe READ before you play it.
Tal vez allá errores y tú experiencia no sea la mejor en este juego, pero recuerda, ES UNA BETA. Los creadores acaban de sacar el juego a la luz y ya andas tirándoles hate solo por q eres un manco q no sabe jugar un SURVIVAL
I played this game on one monitor while doing quantum mechanics on brilliant with the other monitor. All while listening to Mozart's classical renditions in my left ear, and listening to Marcus arillus's meditation in ancient Greek in my right ear.
My neurons developed so many new pathways, that my brain began expanding (similar to a tumor) i began to break through reality into the spirit realm while convulsing violently as my temporal stability went down to negative levels. I could feel my Iq raising by 300 points all while understanding the intricate ways of out universe. I began to ascend the 3rd dimension and reach the 4th, I continued to elevate my plain of consciousness until i reached the final ninth dimension. Their I recreated the universe, using my newfound intellect as an infinite bounty of energy. I then returned to the mortal to realm knowing my new mission was to help humanity find purpose and avoid its destruction.
10/10 would recommend