It seems we’re spoiled for choice at the moment when it comes to Early Access survival games inspired by other franchises. Palworld has been making more money than God, but Keen Games’ recently released Enshrouded has been doing pretty well, too.
A recent Twitter/X post from the developer is proud to announce that its title has “reached over one million players.” This is after just four days. While that may pale in comparison to Palworld‘s six million sold in a similar timeframe, it’s still a massive accomplishment.
In fact, Enshrouded is currently at the number three spot on Steam’s Top Sellers list, just behind “Pokémon-with guns” – with Steam Deck still at number one, because of course it is. Whether either of these can be toppled by the newcomer remains to be seen at this stage.
What is Enshrouded?
If you haven’t played it yet, Enshrouded is a survival and crafting game that’s taking cues from the likes of Valheim. It’s “set within a sprawling voxel-based continent” and tasks you with a journey “across the mountains and deserts of an open world.”
It’s currently only out on Steam at the moment, but Keen Games is “keen” (ha!) to release it on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, hopefully later this year.
It definitely feels like this genre is getting quite full at the moment. There’s just something about games that encapsulate survival released in alpha or beta states that’s appealing to a lot of people. Last year it was Sons of the Forest, and now we’ve got Palworld and Enshrouded.
However, given that the latter has a current player peak of 160,405, according to SteamDB, it’s probably not likely to take on the might of the former.
Published: Jan 30, 2024 07:27 am