I bought Kenshi because I saw a Reddit conversation asking about games where you are not "the chosen one." Kenshi fits that description perfectly. You wake up as a poor outcast in a desert community. The world cares nothing about you and you have little to your name. I figured out that I needed to recruit some of the locals if I wanted to get anywhere. Unfortunately, I quickly ran into a bug where the population of neighboring towns would not load. Unfortunately, this is where my play stopped. The early game had a lot of grinding, and I expect the rest of the game to have grinding as well. I did not want to start over after the bug, and all internet sources said I needed to start over.
The game looks like it has a lot of potential, especially with mods to improve quality of life. I want to try again once I install some mods that make bugs like the one I encountered less common. It seems like such mods are out there.