Enshrouded similar games & best alternatives

Enshrouded

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2024

Should you play it?

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

What works
  • Highly creative and flexible building system
  • Large, beautiful, and immersive world
  • Engaging co-op multiplayer experience
  • Meaningful progression and skill customization
  • Frequent developer updates and community responsiveness
Things to keep in mind
  • Combat can feel repetitive and lacks depth
  • Some grind and resource management can be tedious
  • Limited character customization options
  • Certain gameplay systems (loot, quests) feel underdeveloped
  • Performance and optimization issues on some systems

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Lost Castle 2

  • Craftopia

  • Smalland: Survive the Wilds

  • Grounded 2

  • Backrooms Society

  • Sketchy's Contract

  • Eon Altar

  • Gatewalkers (Alpha)

  • VR Dungeon Knight
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Quest Master

  • Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane

  • MetaPhysical
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How to use the graph
Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Enshrouded: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Creativity, Expression.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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