Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle
Launches 3 November 2026 · PC
Story
China, 1500, the Ming dynasty. Your family lives outside Suzhou on the lower Yangtze, near today's Shanghai: canals, rice paddies, silk, the richest region in China at the time. The family has an estate, land and an ancestral hall. The game runs to 1850, through the Manchu conquest and the Opium War. You can also start later: the world lives through the years before your start without you. The family The head of the family and his wife, sons and daughters-in-law, servants, stewards, retainers. People age and die, and the heir becomes the head. Thousands of households live across the county around you: they grow rice, sit the exams, go bankrupt and go to court — sometimes against you. Rice Ploughing, transplanting, watering with a treadle pump, reaping, threshing — month by month. Harvests fail. Grain spoils in the granary. Taxes are paid in grain and silver, and the county office counts the surcharge its own way. The exams A son is prepared for the exams for years. In the exam hall itself, you answer the questions: interpreting the theme, the policy essay, the eight-legged essay, the poem, the fair copy. A degree brings the family respect and a path to office. Office...
Gameplay
China, 1500, the Ming dynasty. Your family lives outside Suzhou on the lower Yangtze, near today's Shanghai: canals, rice paddies, silk, the richest region in China at the time. The family has an estate, land and an ancestral hall. The game runs to 1850, through the Manchu conquest and the Opium War. You can also start later: the world lives through the years before your start without you. The family The head of the family and his wife, sons and daughters-in-law, servants, stewards, retainers. People age and die, and the heir becomes the head. Thousands of households live across the county around you: they grow rice, sit the exams, go bankrupt and go to court — sometimes against you. Rice Ploughing, transplanting, watering with a treadle pump, reaping, threshing — month by month. Harvests fail. Grain spoils in the granary. Taxes are paid in grain and silver, and the county office counts the surcharge its own way. The exams A son is prepared for the exams for years. In the exam hall itself, you answer the questions: interpreting the theme, the policy essay, the eight-legged essay, the poem, the fair copy. A degree brings the family respect and a path to office. Office means evaluations, lawsuits, disasters and letters from the county office. Money Shops, mills, weaving workshops, brokers. Stewards skim the takings. Clerks and officials at the county office take...
Features
- Single-player
- Multi-player
- Custom Volume Controls
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Narrated Game Menus
- #category_playable_at_your_own_pace
- Playable without Timed Input
- Save Anytime
Release details
Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle is developed by Daniling. Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle launches on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 on PC. This date comes from Steam and was last checked on 2 November 2026.
Frequently asked questions
When does Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle release?
Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle launches on 3 November 2026.
Has the Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle release date changed?
Gamelude has listed 3 November 2026 for Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle since 30 October 2026, and that date has not changed.
Which platforms is Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle on?
Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle is on PC.
Who makes Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle?
Rice & Ink: Family Chronicle is developed by Daniling.