This ambitious open-world survival game is like Valheim meets Skyrim, and you can try it free soon

There's nothing quite like setting off into a new wide-open world full of secrets to discover, resources to mine, and cool gear to craft. But that survival game stuff is only one of the reasons we're excited for Enshrouded.

Enshrouded takes the survival/crafting gameplay of a game like Valheim or Minecraft and adds some deeper dark-fantasy RPG elements. It's set in a massive, epic voxel-based world where up to sixteen players can team up for co-op, and players are given the freedom to build massive bases and otherwise reshape the world however they see fit. It also has huge dungeons, tons of fantastical creatures to fight, and some awesome-looking traversal abilities, such as hang gliding and grappling.

Oh, we haven't mentioned the best part, though. While Enshrouded's early access launch is still some time off in the future, a demo version of the game will be available for anyone to try beginning Monday, October 9, as part of the latest Steam Next Fest. TapTap editor Ian Boudreau got to spend a little early time with the demo; check out his first impressions here:

Enshrouded is a fantastical spin on Valheim with some dazzling new ideas

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Who else is going to join us in checking out Enshrouded during the Steam Next Fest next week?