Key Takeaways
- Enshrouded hit 42,477 concurrent players on Steam, its highest number since launch.
- The game experienced player count fluctuations, but a recent update boosted interest.
- Keen Games continues to improve Enshrouded with new content in preparation for a console release.
Survival action RPG Enshrouded recently hit a concurrent player count of more than 42,000 users on Steam, the highest-ever figure recorded since the game’s early-access launch period. Developed by Keen Games, Enshrouded is the first title self-published by the indie studio and went live on Steam on January 24, 2024.
Earlier this year, Enshrouded attracted strong interest from players when it rolled out in early access on Steam, reaching a peak of over 160,000 concurrent players. Experiencing a remarkable surge, the Portal Knights creator’s new survival game sold over a million copies just four days after launch. However, in the following months, the game’s concurrent player count experienced a big drop, going as low as 6,000 in late October. Fortunately, this trend seems to be changing for the better at last, as confirmed by the indie developer.
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On Twitter, Keen Games announced that Enshrouded achieved the highest number of concurrent players since the time of its early access launch on leading PC platform Steam. It attracted an impressive 42,477 concurrent players on November 17, according to SteamDB stats. In the comments, several fans shared their views on the milestone, with many of them praising the developer’s string of updates over the months that improved the player experience. A comment called the recent updates “excellent,” while another congratulated Keen Games for its “excellent” job working on the game.
Enshrouded Experiences a Big Boost on the Back of New Major Update
Keeping in mind the stagnating footfall in the game over the past few months, the newly acquired boost in concurrent players looks like a major turnaround for Enshrouded. Although far from its all-time peak of 160,405 active players, this is the first time the Valheim-like survival game has breached the 40,000 mark since early March. What’s worth noting is that this bump in numbers comes right after the developer shipped a fresh new update on November 5. With the Souls of the Frozen Frontier update, Enshrouded players received an entire new region called Albaneve Summits, dynamic weather, new types of Townsfolk, and farm animals, among other things.
The reinvigorated player interest in Enshrouded is a testament to Keen Games’s commendable work with the updates. It goes to show that the recent major content drop addresses popular demand and makes the survival RPG more engaging for players. As the German studio continues working on its update pipeline for Enshrouded, fans eagerly look forward to the PC game’s imminent arrival on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in the near future, as confirmed by the devs previously.
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