The new survival game Enshrouded is supposed to impress with a beautiful world that you can explore with friends or alone. Danger only comes from NPC enemies; there is no PvP. However, one player has found that trolls can be annoying even without PvP—through theft. He advises caution.
What kind of game is this?
- Enshrouded is somewhat a mix between Valheim, Conan Exiles, and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game combines exploration from adventure games with combat and building systems from the survival genre.
- Although it has to compete with Palworld, Enshrouded already had over 112,000 players at peak during its first weekend after release in early access and received a “very positive” rating with 84% positive reviews. Now, there are even more players.
- Enshrouded was released on January 24 on Steam and is developed by the German studio Keen Games based in Frankfurt am Main.
This is how players can harm you: Enshrouded completely dispenses with PvP. You cannot attack or kill other players. There isn’t even an option for mutual consent, as in Valheim.
As in Valheim, Conan Exiles, and similar games, you can start private rounds or open a server to play with friends. This can accommodate up to 16 players in a round. However, there is a problem with this.
If your server is not protected by a password or otherwise secured, anyone can join. Even if you don’t know the person. This happened to a user on Reddit. He and his partner were briefly absent when a few trolls came by.
The rascals then looted their base. They plundered all the chests and left, as loot from one’s own pockets can be easily transported between worlds in Enshrouded.
“That’s some toxic Rust nonsense”
Since the thread is quite small, such break-ins seem to be rather rare, but frequent enough to warrant caution. Some other players report that similar things have happened to them.
Passwords reportedly didn’t work for a short time, but they wanted to play and ignored the problem. Soon after, trolls appeared and looted the base. Another user claims that this is exactly the crap that only happens in toxic Rust.
There are also tips for protection: backups and dedicated servers are just as important as passwords. One should not forget all this.
Enshrouded itself is getting a tremendous amount of positive feedback. Even though it has to contend with the surprise hit Palworld, the building system is especially a revelation for many fans.
The survival game is somewhat like Minecraft or Lego for adults: you have pre-made components like floor plates, but you can also build everything pixel-perfect from individual parts. Even caves are possible through terraforming in the game. You can find a detailed impression in the gameplay report: A new survival game from Germany could become the next Steam hit, but it has one big problem
