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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, survival and relaxing 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 384 reviews of which 238 were positive and 146 were negative resulting in a rating of 6 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.60€ on Gamivo.
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- 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
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A good game, worth playing. If you played Green Hell and liked it, you will like this game too. The beginning is hard, you have to think correctly to survive, then it becomes easy once you learn to use all the resources on the map. A little short, only 27 hours to get to the last map, but there you can turn a survival game into a building game. I recommend.
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Retreat to Enen is a survival game built around a quiet, contemplative core, presenting a future in which humanity has rediscovered the value of nature after nearly destroying the planet. You play a young initiate sent to the island of Enen as part of a rite of passage, tasked with living in harmony with the land, meditating at ancient ruins, and slowly building a personal refuge. This premise sets a tone uncommon in the survival genre—one that emphasizes reflection and serenity over dominance and conquest. The world immediately reflects that tone: lush tropical beaches, towering redwoods, and icy northern plains envelop you with ambient wildlife, shifting weather, and soft environmental soundscapes. Simply walking through these biomes creates moments of genuine tranquility, and the visual design consistently reinforces the idea that this is a world worth protecting. The game blends traditional survival mechanics with its meditative philosophy, aiming to create a balance between resource gathering and spiritual restoration. You must hunt or forage for food, gather and purify water, craft tools and shelters, and maintain your health, stamina, and a unique “spirit” meter. That last mechanic is meant to anchor the game’s theme: visiting meditation domes refuels your spirit and unlocks new building recipes, encouraging regular moments of pause. In concept, it’s a refreshing twist. However, spirit functions mechanically as just another survival meter—one that drains over time and punishes you for neglecting it—so what should feel grounding can instead feel like yet another chore. Still, when taken at a slow pace, the rhythm of scavenging, crafting, exploring, and meditating begins to form a gentle loop that rewards patience. Base-building provides much of the long-term structure. As you progress through the island’s ruins, new construction options unlock, ranging from functional shelters to ornate decorations. Building becomes a way of expressing the personal retreat you are meant to create, and it’s here that the game’s quiet creativity shines. You can nestle a camp between redwoods, erect a small settlement on the shore, or craft a peaceful space overlooking the snowy North. These small acts of customization give the island character and allow the experience to feel like your own. Yet, the interface and systems behind crafting can feel underdeveloped. Many items lack clear explanations, and the game provides little guidance about how structures interact. As a result, trial and error becomes a larger part of the experience than it should be. Where Retreat to Enen struggles most is in its conflicting design philosophies. The survival mechanics often introduce pressures—rapid hunger and thirst decay, punishing status effects, limited resources—that run counter to the meditative atmosphere the game wants to foster. Instead of entering a peaceful flow, you may find yourself constantly checking meters or scrambling for basic sustenance. Moments that should feel serene, such as meditating at ancient domes or watching the sun rise over the ocean, can be interrupted by the demands of survival gameplay that seems more at home in harsher titles. The minimal tutorials and lack of clear tooltips amplify this tension; early hours can feel confusing as you are left to decipher systems without context. Despite these flaws, the game can be deeply rewarding when approached with the right mindset. Turning off hostile wildlife, slowing down, and leaning into the experience as a meditative journey rather than a traditional survival challenge reveals Retreat to Enen’s strengths. The environments are undeniably beautiful, exploration is calming, and the act of slowly building a quiet refuge can feel therapeutic. Completing the three-biome journey and unlocking the final meditation sites carries a sense of closure that fits the game’s reflective tone. Yet once that journey is complete, replay value becomes limited. Without a strong narrative or evolving systems, there is little incentive to return beyond the desire to exist in the world for its atmosphere alone. Ultimately, Retreat to Enen is an earnest and unusual entry in the survival genre—ambitious in theme, serene in tone, and occasionally conflicted in execution. For players seeking a slow-paced, nature-focused experience infused with mindfulness, it can offer something genuinely soothing. For those who want deeper mechanics, clearer systems, or a more robust survival loop, it may feel too thin or too inconsistent to satisfy. It is a game built with sincerity, and its most beautiful moments linger long after the frustrations fade. But it is also a reminder that crafting a peaceful experience within a survival framework is a delicate balance—one that Retreat to Enen reaches for bravely, even if it doesn’t always fully achieve it. Rating: 6/10
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Its a very unique game so I am not giving it a thumbs down. And it does actually have controller support. Theres an option in the games menu for it. However Steam by default will have kb+mouse emulation. If you turn that off for native gamepad support the controls actually work really well. Except for in the save menu you cannot choose an option there so need to revert back to kb+mouse emulation for controller. Anyway I gathered some sticks and stones and build my first shelter. Also was bit by a snake and drank some dirty water which got me infected. Will play again! Oh and I meditated. I love the game already just for that!
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Worth a try, give it a fair chance. If you enjoy playing survival games on creative/peaceful mode, Retreat to Enen might be for you. There is no real tutorial so my first few hours in this game were absolutely frustrating and it was tempting to rage quit. But, instead, I looked around online and found the Discord server which had plenty of new player tips and other players who answered my questions. I started a fresh new game and had a much better experience. You spawn in on an island and are tasked with finding ruins in order to level up, the map is vague and doesn't show you where you so it is all kind of a puzzle while observing your surroundings. The build system is sandbox with plenty of options to build your dream base. Once you get established with a home camp and stockpile some resources, the game is pretty easy. The most important thing in this game is save save SAVE your progress, save multiple points. Death is permanent in this game, you don't respawn, so having save points is the key for all those moments when you need to undo, redo, rethink, re plan.
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A fantastically charming game with a ton of heart. A truly special experience to relax and disconnect from the world; while still engaging you with solid survival-crafting mechanics as well as exploration. Wholeheartedly recomend this!
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Retreat To Enen is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.
Retreat To Enen is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.
Retreat To Enen received 238 positive votes out of a total of 384 achieving a rating of 6.00.
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Retreat To Enen was developed by Head West and published by indie.io.
Retreat To Enen is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Retreat To Enen is not playable on MacOS.
Retreat To Enen is not playable on Linux.
Retreat To Enen is a single-player game.
Retreat To Enen does not currently offer any DLC.
Retreat To Enen does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Retreat To Enen does not support Steam Remote Play.
Retreat To Enen is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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