Enshrouded

Enshrouded is a survival action RPG developed and published by Keen Games, released into Steam Early Access on January 24, 2024, with a full 1.0 release targeted for Autumn 2026. Players explore and rebuild the ruins of Embervale, a world shrouded by a deadly fog called the Shroud, which limits how long players can survive inside it. The game supports co-op play for up to 16 players on a single world, combining open-world exploration, voxel-based building, survival crafting, and action combat against enemies.

Enshrouded is built on Keen Games' proprietary voxel engine, sometimes referred to internally as the 'Holistic' engine, specifically designed for the game's destructible and editable world. Multiplayer supports both peer-to-peer sessions (one player hosts, up to 3 friends join) and dedicated servers (up to 16 players, persistent world). The default dedicated server ports are 15636 (game, TCP/UDP) and 15637 (query, UDP). GPORTAL is the official server hosting partner, with direct integration available from within the game.

The game launched to a peak of 160,405 concurrent players in January 2024, one of the strongest survival game launches in recent memory. By early 2026, the game had surpassed 5 million total players with around 8,000 average concurrent players on Steam, reflecting the typical post-launch decline common to survival co-op titles. The 1.0 full release is expected to bring a new wave of players in late 2026.

Because one player acts as the host in peer-to-peer mode — with all other players' game state computed server-side relative to the host — the quality of the host's internet connection directly determines the multiplayer experience. Rubber-banding, rubber-banding enemies, and desync in combat are well-documented issues in community forums, particularly when the host has unstable or high-latency connectivity.