Retreat To Enen

Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.

Retreat To Enen is a exploration, relaxing and survival game developed by Head West and published by indie.io.
Released on August 01st 2022 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 366 reviews of which 229 were positive and 137 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.0 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 6.89€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Retreat To Enen into these genres:

Exploration Relaxing Survival Sandbox Fishing First-Person Base-Building Open World Action Sci-fi Atmospheric Building Crafting Nature Adventure Futuristic Resource Management Singleplayer Indie Action-Adventure

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: 3.2 GHZ quad core
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GPU 660ti
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

As a survival game, it looks easy; however, the start is far from it. Those YouTubers who recorded themselves starting were not wrong. Build one thing, get sick die, build another thing, get bitten die, and consume a pathogen that can not find plants, then die. OMG, my daughter thinks it's hilarious. I died so much. The graphics are stunning. It is annoyingly addictive so I highly recommend

Oct. 2024

The graphics are really nice and so is the scenery. It is a bit clunky though. The Map doesn't tell you where you are and it does't list any of your trail marker flags. I am a bit of a video game hoarder and the storage in this game is a bit rough. I feel like I need to keep making more storage chests. Also You only have the ability to destroy builds. It doesn't give you back all the mats, and it doesn't give you the option to move built items. I hope in the Future it will give us the ability to move things around (like campfires, rain water catchers, farming pot plots etc.). I like that the Farming planters keep the same plant planted in it once harvested. That was really nice! It will probably be nicer once you have a larger farm going... Death in this game.... I have died way too many times in this game where I am not in active combat... I die mainly to malnutrition. Even though I keep my hunger bar filled, even after getting all the food categories above 90%, I still end up dying with the malnutrition debuff. The one that keeps doing me in is the fat, meat doesn't seem to cover it sadly, you need to cook the fat into meals or just straight up eat rendered fat. For the past 3 nights a snake has bitten me while I slept and I have to make something to cure myself, its pretty annoying. I look around the area and there's no snake to be found. Its gotten to the point where I save at night before sleeping and If my health gets to about 1/2 of the health bar for whatever reason i just exit to the main menu and reload. I see all the cool stuff people have built and I cant even make it out of the first area. I die too much and I am sure that's how the game is intended... but I like games that allow me to play in an easier game mode... something that gives me a little more time to explore without having to mainly focus on making sure i get ALL the food types so I don't keep dying from malnutrition... q_q And subtitles... I miss most of the things that voice keeps trying to tell me... I will probably wait for the game to smooth out a little more before I play it again. Although I didn't like it right now it I am sure others will like the more difficult game play.

March 2024

Starting on a positive, it’s good to see that the game is still being updated and improved upon. This is a beautiful game with very detailed, hand crafted environments. Extremely dense and lush environments which gives a sense of realism. However, in this game it’s a double edged sword. Let me explain. The starter biome is an island which seems to be designed in such a way as to trap you in cul-de-sacs. I constantly got lost, turned around and blocked which on the one hand is very realistic if you were ever to find yourself stranded on an unfamiliar island but for gameplay it’s really frustrating. If the game provided a good map and navigation system then you could probably manage ... but it doesn’t. There is a map and you can craft location flags but there is no current location marker and no compass. So moving between flags you actually never know where you are making them a bit useless. You will eventually start to recognise landmarks but this is an issue in itself. As mentioned before, the environment is so densely vegetated that even the geology is mostly obscured and found that one of the best ways to orient is by sticking to the beaches where possible where features are easier to see and make use of. It’s interesting to see how the marketing has changed around this game, no longer being promoted as a kind of zen, meditative, relaxing survival game. It’s now described on their product page as a base building simulator. Building appears to be a side of the game they have given a lot of attention to in the last few updates which will please the hordes of base builders out there. For me, I’m not sure if I’ll come back to it. I’ve tried it a few times now and maybe it’s just too punishing for me. Especially as the newest Odyssey Update has broken my progress and locked me out of a biome I had already unlocked. That said, if they ever introduce a creative, sandbox mode I would probably come back to it as the builds look pretty decent. In summary, if you’re into survival games and enjoy building I would say it’s worth trying out but with the huge caveat of the horrible map system.

Feb. 2024

When I first purchased this game back in 22, I didn't really like it. I played a few minutes of it and decided to try for a refund. Since I had purchased it 2 weeks prior, Steam wouldn't let me. So I uninstalled and let it sit in my inventory. Recently, I decided to try it again and boy was I happy to find that I really enjoy it! The atmosphere is very zen and it is a really chill survival based game. The graphics and music are great. I am very happy that Steam did not give me my money back and allow this game to be forgotten by me. It is worth getting especially if you also enjoyed Among Trees.

Feb. 2024

I play a lot of survival games, and I can definitely say this is a good one. It's a little more relaxed than the ones that have combat features, and that works just perfect for me. (I'm one of those weirdos who disable humanoid enemies in The Forest, Green Hell, and such haha) There's still plenty to do, but the learning curve is pretty smooth. I actually got the game a while ago and I've definitely seen major improvements over time. The dev is very active and seems to be constantly listening to feedback and ensuring things are addressed in updates, and keeps everyone updated consistently in the discord. I understand why some reviewers said they would have rather got the game on sale, but for my part, I definitely got my money's worth (I've played it 60 hours for a reason), and I know there will be more content. Looking forward to the next update!

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