Uprising: Kingdom Come

Uprising: Kingdom Come is a survival strategy game set in 1830s America. You lead a group of escaped slaves from their escape through the countryside to a revolt against their oppressors. Evade militias, former captors and bounty hunters, keep your growing group alive, and eventually challenge the nation’s forces.

Survival in Virginia

You begin with a small group of escapees, each with distinct abilities and quirks, but no weapons or supplies. Hunt game, gather berries for food and medicine, fish in rivers and lakes, and steal supplies, weapons, food and medicine from towns, farms and plantations. You can also farm food and medicinal plants, and bring pigs, chickens, cows, horses and other livestock to your base to raise.

Predators such as bears and wolves threaten your group, while plagues and diseases can spread through its ranks. Find medicine to treat them and build countryside shelters to stay warm when temperatures drop. Stealth upgrades let characters carry out more effective covert actions; you can also assassinate important regional figures and unsuspecting enemies to reduce local control and military capacity.

Lead your group

Each member has individual skills. Medics heal the injured and sick and periodically provide medicine; foragers gather food and resources from places others struggle to reach; brutes can overpower guards and defenses; and stealth experts conduct covert operations, ambushes and assassinations. You can upgrade characters and equip them with better gear as you progress.

Free other people from bondage and recruit them to your cause. You can micromanage the growing group or let the game’s AI handle its members. Your band can grow into an army of thousands, but larger groups make enemies stronger and increase the chance that your base will be discovered and besieged by government forces.

Build and manage your base

Establish a campsite away from those seeking to stop the uprising. Prepare food and distribute rations to address hunger and improve morale; shelters, buildings and other base items can also help improve morale and hope. Build medical tents, housing and other facilities to support your army and defend the base if it is discovered.

Use gathered supplies to craft weapons and essential items. Available weapons include pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, rifles, muskets, cannons and gatling guns. You can also capture towns, farms and other resources as your group grows.

Explore and fight

The game includes a long campaign and several short campaigns at different difficulty levels, set across a large open-world map of southern Virginia. Its environments include forests, mountains, rivers and diverse wildlife. Combat can involve stealth and ambushes, direct attacks using superior numbers, or raids to capture small towns, cannons, horses and livestock.

As your group expands, enemies grow more formidable, calling for careful planning. The campaign’s goal is to lead a successful revolt, build an army and change the course of history.