Enshrouded

Item: Enshrouded
Rating: 84
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-08

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Summary

Exceptional gameplay depth and polish
Best-in-class building and crafting mechanics
Highly customizable difficulty and playstyles
Severe performance and optimization issues
Frustrating progression and grind mechanics
Repetitive and uninspired world design

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Excitement23%Frustration20%Joy18%Satisfaction18%Disappointment9%

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75%

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84%

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Sample precision
Helpful reviews: 72%
Unhelpful reviews: 28%
Protest reviews: 0%

84%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
16%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 6275
Negative points: 3704
Gameplay points: 1283
Perf. points: 281
Rec. points: 956
Misc points: 571

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional gameplay depth and polish Description The game is praised for its well-crafted gameplay mechanics, including combat, progression, and exploration. Players highlight the depth of combat (e.g., parrying, dodging, varied weapon types), flexible skill trees, and responsive controls. The gameplay is described as polished, engaging, and comparable to AAA titles, even in early access. Importance 99%	The game is praised for its well-crafted gameplay mechanics, including combat, progression, and exploration. Players highlight the depth of combat (e.g., parrying, dodging, varied weapon types), flexible skill trees, and responsive controls. The gameplay is described as polished, engaging, and comparable to AAA titles, even in early access.	99%
Best-in-class building and crafting Description The building system is frequently highlighted as the best in the survival genre, offering unparalleled creative freedom, intuitive mechanics, and a vast array of materials and decorations. Players appreciate the voxel-based construction, lack of structural integrity constraints, and the ability to terraform and decorate bases. Crafting is deep and rewarding, with meaningful progression tied to exploration. Importance 76%	The building system is frequently highlighted as the best in the survival genre, offering unparalleled creative freedom, intuitive mechanics, and a vast array of materials and decorations. Players appreciate the voxel-based construction, lack of structural integrity constraints, and the ability to terraform and decorate bases. Crafting is deep and rewarding, with meaningful progression tied to exploration.	76%
Highly customizable difficulty and playstyles Description The game caters to a wide range of players through adjustable difficulty settings, customizable world parameters, and flexible playstyles (e.g., solo, co-op, casual, or hardcore). Players can tailor the experience to their preferences, such as adjusting enemy strength, resource yields, or survival mechanics like hunger and thirst. Importance 45%	The game caters to a wide range of players through adjustable difficulty settings, customizable world parameters, and flexible playstyles (e.g., solo, co-op, casual, or hardcore). Players can tailor the experience to their preferences, such as adjusting enemy strength, resource yields, or survival mechanics like hunger and thirst.	45%
Stunning visuals and immersive atmosphere Description The game’s visuals are consistently described as breathtaking, with detailed environments, dynamic lighting, and a cohesive art style. The atmosphere is enhanced by immersive sound design, music, and weather effects, creating a world that feels alive and emotionally resonant. The handcrafted world design avoids procedural generation, adding to its charm and depth. Importance 38%	The game’s visuals are consistently described as breathtaking, with detailed environments, dynamic lighting, and a cohesive art style. The atmosphere is enhanced by immersive sound design, music, and weather effects, creating a world that feels alive and emotionally resonant. The handcrafted world design avoids procedural generation, adding to its charm and depth.	38%
Strong co-op and multiplayer experience Description The game excels in co-op and multiplayer, supporting up to 16 players with seamless progression, shared loot, and role specialization. Players highlight the fun of exploring, building, and fighting together, with mechanics that encourage teamwork without forcing it. The multiplayer is stable, well-optimized, and enhances replayability. Importance 34%	The game excels in co-op and multiplayer, supporting up to 16 players with seamless progression, shared loot, and role specialization. Players highlight the fun of exploring, building, and fighting together, with mechanics that encourage teamwork without forcing it. The multiplayer is stable, well-optimized, and enhances replayability.	34%
Rich and rewarding exploration Description Exploration is a standout feature, with players emphasizing the handcrafted world, verticality, and rewarding discoveries (e.g., hidden lore, dungeons, and resources). The glider, grappling hook, and terrain manipulation tools enhance traversal and make exploration feel dynamic and immersive. The world is described as vast, atmospheric, and filled with secrets. Importance 22%	Exploration is a standout feature, with players emphasizing the handcrafted world, verticality, and rewarding discoveries (e.g., hidden lore, dungeons, and resources). The glider, grappling hook, and terrain manipulation tools enhance traversal and make exploration feel dynamic and immersive. The world is described as vast, atmospheric, and filled with secrets.	22%
Engaging and frequent content updates Description The developers are praised for their commitment to regular, high-quality updates that expand the game with new biomes, enemies, gear, and mechanics. Players appreciate the active communication, responsiveness to feedback, and the sense of continuous improvement, which keeps the game fresh and engaging over time. Importance 17%	The developers are praised for their commitment to regular, high-quality updates that expand the game with new biomes, enemies, gear, and mechanics. Players appreciate the active communication, responsiveness to feedback, and the sense of continuous improvement, which keeps the game fresh and engaging over time.	17%
Meaningful progression and rewarding gameplay loop Description Progression feels earned and impactful, with a well-paced skill tree, gear upgrades, and quests that guide players without hand-holding. The gameplay loop of gathering, crafting, building, and exploring is described as addictive and satisfying, with a constant sense of growth and discovery. Players appreciate the lack of excessive grind and the balance between challenge and reward. Importance 13%	Progression feels earned and impactful, with a well-paced skill tree, gear upgrades, and quests that guide players without hand-holding. The gameplay loop of gathering, crafting, building, and exploring is described as addictive and satisfying, with a constant sense of growth and discovery. Players appreciate the lack of excessive grind and the balance between challenge and reward.	13%
Deep lore and immersive world-building Description The game features a rich backstory and lore, revealed through environmental storytelling, NPC interactions, and hidden notes. The world feels cohesive and lived-in, with unique biomes, ruins, and quests that encourage exploration and immersion. Players appreciate the depth of the narrative and the way it ties into gameplay mechanics. Importance 13%	The game features a rich backstory and lore, revealed through environmental storytelling, NPC interactions, and hidden notes. The world feels cohesive and lived-in, with unique biomes, ruins, and quests that encourage exploration and immersion. Players appreciate the depth of the narrative and the way it ties into gameplay mechanics.	13%
Resource gathering and loot feel rewarding Description Gathering resources and looting are designed to be enjoyable and meaningful, with a variety of materials, hidden treasures, and randomized loot that incentivize exploration. Players appreciate the balance between resource availability and the need to venture into new areas, as well as the way loot ties into progression and crafting. Importance 12%	Gathering resources and looting are designed to be enjoyable and meaningful, with a variety of materials, hidden treasures, and randomized loot that incentivize exploration. Players appreciate the balance between resource availability and the need to venture into new areas, as well as the way loot ties into progression and crafting.	12%
Passionate and responsive development team Description The developers are highly praised for their dedication, transparency, and responsiveness to player feedback. They actively engage with the community, address bugs quickly, and deliver frequent updates that align with player expectations. This commitment fosters a strong sense of trust and excitement for the game’s future. Importance 12%	The developers are highly praised for their dedication, transparency, and responsiveness to player feedback. They actively engage with the community, address bugs quickly, and deliver frequent updates that align with player expectations. This commitment fosters a strong sense of trust and excitement for the game’s future.	12%
Immersive sound design and music Description The game’s sound design and music are highlighted as key contributors to its atmosphere. The soundtrack is described as serene, fitting, and evocative, while ambient sounds (e.g., rain, enemy growls) enhance immersion. The audio design is subtle but effective, creating a tense or relaxing mood depending on the situation. Importance 11%	The game’s sound design and music are highlighted as key contributors to its atmosphere. The soundtrack is described as serene, fitting, and evocative, while ambient sounds (e.g., rain, enemy growls) enhance immersion. The audio design is subtle but effective, creating a tense or relaxing mood depending on the situation.	11%
Fun and accessible combat mechanics Description Combat is praised for being fluid, responsive, and satisfying, with a mix of melee, ranged, and magic options. While not overly complex, it offers depth through parrying, dodging, and weapon variety. Players appreciate the balance between challenge and accessibility, as well as the way combat ties into progression and skill trees. Importance 11%	Combat is praised for being fluid, responsive, and satisfying, with a mix of melee, ranged, and magic options. While not overly complex, it offers depth through parrying, dodging, and weapon variety. Players appreciate the balance between challenge and accessibility, as well as the way combat ties into progression and skill trees.	11%
Strong initial exploration and discovery Description The early-game exploration is described as fresh, engaging, and full of wonder, with players highlighting the joy of discovering new areas, resources, and secrets. The verticality of the world, gliding mechanics, and handcrafted locations make the initial hours feel immersive and rewarding, setting a strong foundation for long-term engagement. Importance 10%	The early-game exploration is described as fresh, engaging, and full of wonder, with players highlighting the joy of discovering new areas, resources, and secrets. The verticality of the world, gliding mechanics, and handcrafted locations make the initial hours feel immersive and rewarding, setting a strong foundation for long-term engagement.	10%

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