Enshrouded Dev reveals 'dream feature' and future plans

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  • Keen Games plans to implement more interaction options for players and NPCs in Enshrouded.

  • Some features recently introduced to the game, including Upstream, are not yet being utilized to their “full potential.”

  • Enshrouded's success, with sales exceeding 3 million units in August, significantly exceeded Keen Games' sales goals.

“Dream Feature” by Keen Games covered Expanded interaction options for players and NPCs are included, and the developers are working hard to implement these improvements in the near future. This insight was shared as part of a recent AMA, where the head of the German studio also shared new information about their future plans. covered.

PC version covered It was released on Steam Early Access in late January 2024. The survival action RPG peaked at over 160,000 concurrent players on Valve stores shortly after, and 11 months later, tens of thousands of people are still playing every day.

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With the game's one-year anniversary fast approaching, Keen Games recently hosted a Reddit AMA with some of the developers. This gave us a variety of insights into the ARPG, including what some members of the studio's level design team considered “dream features.” One developer, Maracujahaha, expressed excitement about the possibility of NPCs interacting with each other. covered The team hasn't implemented it yet, but plans to include it in the future. Maracujahaha also shared that the entire design team is eager for expanded emergent gameplay, including features such as “crazy weather” and the ability to place moving objects and traps in the world.

'More interactive possibilities' are being obscured

Reddit user TopCat, another member of the game's design team, echoed this sentiment. He said, “Water, traps, moving objects, [and] A new way to explore.” Some of these features are already available. covered Update 0.7.4.0, released in early November 2024, introduced a new mountain biome containing icy terrain materials and Upstream, an environmental phenomenon that pushes the player upward while gliding. Nonetheless, none of these are yet reaching their “full potential,” he said, adding that there are more to come. On a similar note, the same developer promised: covered In the future, it will offer “more interaction possibilities.”

Enshrouded's success exceeded Keen Games' expectations.

At the December 18th AMA, Keen Games also revealed its success: covered It exceeded my expectations. A company representative acknowledged that the studio clearly hoped the game would do well, but the developer's internal sales goals during Early Access were significantly lower than those achieved by the survival ARPG. Keen Games finally said: covered In early August 2024, six and a half months after launch, sales exceeded 3 million units. Not resting on its laurels, the developer is using this newfound success to expand its team and deliver “a greater level of sophistication,” a studio representative wrote.

The game's lifetime sales record will likely rise even higher once console ports are released. covered This version was previously confirmed for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, and is currently expected to debut sometime in 2025 after the survival RPG leaves early access.

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