The game began development on April 5, 2016[1] by the founders of Anego Studios, Tyron and Irena Madlener.

Vintage Story is a standalone version of an earlier mod for Minecraft called Vintagecraft that was created by Tyron Madlener.

Infinite worlds with realistic biomes and randomly generated structures provide an engaging player experience.

[9] A critic found the content of Vintage Story to be a more atmospheric survival experience compared to Minecraft which he considered it "too tame".

[10] In another review Rock Paper Shotgun mostly focused on the much better performance of Vintage Story, compared to Minecraft.