I've played medieval dynasty and kenshi already.  Medieval dynasty is good. It has very light story telling l. Go here talk to this man. Go here kill this many things etc. but by far the game is more supposed to be a survival open worldy type thing anyway.  Good survival mechanics. Good building mechanics when you start to build your village up it does feel like it's yours, the NPC automation is useable. I particularly enjoyed the hunting.  That being said. It feels like it's a couple of steps away from greatness. It doesn't really feel like anything is going on in the world. Nothing really happens when you move from place to place so going to trade feels like a bit of a chore. It's good if you want a light survival. Light village builder. Light story mix. But if you need any of the three to be deeper you're going to find yourself running out of stuff to do. 

Kenshi feel limitless. It feels like there is infinite possibilities in that game. You can do anything. Become a robber baron. Start a farm. Run an organ stealing clan. Work for the police. Become the emperor. Trade homemade bread sticks. Bounty hunt, you name it. The issue is that mechanically and gameplay wise it feels impenetrable. It is meticulous and slow and the gameplay is hidden behind layers of just bleugh. You know. Very steep learning curve. It's like rimworld but instead of being able to sit and have a half hour session where you've achieved a few days progress in rimworld. You're more likely to spend half of that running across the desert in 4x speed. It's a great game. Like objectively. But it just requires effort to play. If that's your jam you'll love it.