The new cooperative survival game "Enshrouded" has been making a splash on Steam over the past few days. This survival crafting action RPG is truly impressive, not only for its rather engaging combat, but also for its rather in-depth building system. As we predicted last year, Enshrouded's impressive system of terrain modification and building makes for a really fun community piece. We've compiled some of the best we've seen in the first few days of release.

Flameborn lived in a hole in the ground. Not a dirty hole, but the exterior was done by creator Guntoucher in a nice Tudor style, and the interior was a hardwood floored hall with fine stonework on the walls.

At Enshrouded, it's important to be cozy, because as we recently discovered, sleep is one of the coolest features.

To be honest, the above would not usually get much attention. Don't get me wrong, I love huge, ramshackle wooden houses, but I don't often call them anything special. I do, however, like the little details of this house. The elevated entrance, the covered walkway that leans out from the street. And the people who live there. A little white-haired, witch-hatted weirdo. He's the perfect character for this place.

This hunter's house is perhaps one of the most impressive buildings I've seen. Built for the NPC of the same name, its creator danilodlr used a pickaxe to carve a huge stone into the head of a giant toothed dragon and peel off the doorway to the interior. The building itself is topped with the backbone and head of a giant mammoth, which was also carved by hand. This kind of construction gives one hope for the future of Enshrouded.

The video above is a truly impressive work of art, a three-person retreat built in the mountains. The terraced exterior of the mountain house is carved with a garden and space for a beehive, while the inner hall is decorated with columns and stonework, along with perfect niches for NPCs to live. It reminds one of the crazy fortresses in Indian action fantasy epics like "Baahubali.

Who among us doesn't like a big gray stone castle? An impregnable fortress protected by courtyard after courtyard. ......" Certainly not this creator.

The Enshrouded map is littered with ruined towns from fallen kingdoms, and while I have seen a few builds that take advantage of these ruins, I have yet to see one that has been completely restored and reactivated in this way. I also like the use of secret sliding doors to get to and from the underground craft area. If you think you are not very creative, this kind of build might be a good way to start down the path of restoration and re-creation, rather than starting from nothing.

I think the community of Valheim has done the world a great service by showing people how to make giant, cool pointy monuments. I'm glad to see them in the survival craft game for decades to come.

Last but not least, let me introduce you to a very impressive structure. Very nice, 10/10 house, no annotations.