Software:Vintage Story
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| Developer(s) | Anego Studios |
| Programmer(s) | Tyron Madlener |
| Artist(s) | Irena Madlener Anna Baldur Redram |
| Writer(s) | Luke Jeffrey |
| Composer(s) | Hayden Davenport |
| Platform(s) | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release | September 27, 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Survival |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Vintage Story is a sandbox survival game developed and published by Anego Studios.[1] The game began development on April 5, 2016,[2] by the founders of Anego Studios, Tyron and Irena Madlener. The game became available for owners of a "game key" on September 4, 2016,[3] then became publicly available for sale on September 27, 2016.[4] An old version of the game is available for free download.[5] The game is in early access and can be played in singleplayer or multiplayer modes.
Gameplay
Template:Section rewrite The player character is a tall humanoid, referred to as a seraph by the game and developers. Gameplay is generally focused on a realistic and immersive sandbox survival experience. Creating some of the items revolves around interacting with the in-game world, although many of the items are still crafted in a GUI. For an example of the former, in order to create a clay bowl, players place small voxels into the shape of a bowl, which then must be fired in a pit kiln.
Other aspects of gameplay include prospecting for minerals and ores, animal husbandry, farming, and building. Another focus of gameplay is exploration of infinite worlds with realistic biomes and randomly generated structures.
Development
Vintage Story began as a standalone version of an earlier Minecraft mod called Vintagecraft that was created by Tyron Madlener. The game is written in C# using OpenTK and a fork of the ManicDigger game engine. Most of the game's programming was done by Tyron Madlener, with contributions from several others. A majority of the game's code is under a source-available license on the Anego Studios GitHub.[6] Development on updates with additional features and story elements for the game is ongoing, with the latest stable version, 1.21.6[7] being released to the public.
A notable feature of the game is its modding API, which has been praised for its flexibility and quality.[8][9][10]
In 2025, following the cancellation (but before the revival) of Hytale, an adventure mode inspired by the cancelled game was announced to be in development, to be created by former Hypixel Studios developers hired by Anego Studios (eventually announced as a standalone game codenamed Project Glint).[11][12]
Reception
Power Up Gaming described Vintage Story as being "on a completely different level" than other block-based survival games due to its approach to crafting and inventory management, noting that the game fixes all the "nagging problems that everyone has" in other open-world survival block-based games by allowing the player to open multiple menus at the same time and interact with items more naturally.[13] A critic found the content of Vintage Story to be a more atmospheric survival experience compared to Minecraft which he considered "too tame".[10]
Rock Paper Shotgun praised the world generation, animations, and modding.[14] In another review Rock Paper Shotgun mostly focused on the much better performance of Vintage Story, compared to Minecraft.[15] A review by Sportskeeda praised the graphics, as well as the mineralogy.[9] Digital Trends heralded the unique gameplay and crafting system for their quality, as well as the flexibility of the game.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Official site" (in en-US). http://anegostudios.com/.
- ↑ "The beginnings" (in en-US). 2016-04-05. https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/news/the-beginnings-r36/.
- ↑ "Distribution has begun (v.0.9.p5)" (in en-US). 2016-09-04. https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/news/distribution-has-begun-v09p5-r44/.
- ↑ "Release! Zomg! (v1.0.0)" (in en-US). 2016-09-27. https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/news/release-zomg-v100-r48/.
- ↑ "VS Classic - Vintage Story". https://info.vintagestory.at/classic.
- ↑ "Anego Studios" (in en). https://github.com/anegostudios.
- ↑ "v1.21.6 Story Chapter 2 Redux, Maintenance patch #2" (in en-US). 2025-09-09. https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/news/v1216-story-chapter-2-redux-maintenance-patch-2-r430/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Roach, Jacob. "The best games like Minecraft". https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/best-games-like-minecraft/. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bachchan, Vasudha (19 October 2020). "4 best PC games like Minecraft but with better graphics". https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/4-best-pc-games-like-minecraft-better-graphics. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Huge, Devon. "VINTAGE STORY Review for PC". https://www.gamingcypher.com/vintage-story-review-for-pc/. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Writer, Mark Warren Senior Staff; Warren, Mark (2025-07-07). "Vintage Story's devs are trying to save some of cancelled Hytale's soul by turning it into an adventure mode" (in en). Rock, Paper, Shotgun. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vintage-storys-devs-are-trying-to-save-some-of-cancelled-hytales-soul-by-turning-it-into-an-adventure-mode.
- ↑ "Development update, September 2025" (in en-US). 2025-10-04. https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/news/development-update-september-2025-r425/.
- ↑ Sharp, Jamie (18 February 2020). "Vintage Story Is An Uncompromising Survival Sandbox Inspired By Lovecraft". http://powerupgaming.co.uk/2020/02/18/vintage-story-is-an-uncompromising-survival-sandbox-inspired-by-lovecraft/. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Toms, Ollie (26 March 2020). "Games like Minecraft - 16 best games like Minecraft from the past ten years". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/03/26/games-like-minecraft-16-best-games-like-minecraft-from-the-past-ten-years-2. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ Toms, Ollie (3 April 2020). "Have you played... Vintage Story?". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/03/have-you-played-vintage-story/. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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