The developers of the German Steam hit Enshrouded react after players discovered the house of the “Dragon Lord” Reiner Winkler in the survival game.
What was the situation? The survival game Enshrouded from the German studio Keen Games has been in early access since January 24, 2024 and has had a strong entry on Steam: at its peak, it had 160,000 simultaneous players and 85% positive reviews.
On January 30th, players discovered a house in Enshrouded that bore an unmistakable resemblance to the former home of influencer Rainer Winkler, the “Dragon Lord.” The building was not a player creation, but was officially included in the game.
House of the “Dragon Lord” in Enshrouded (frontal)
House of the “Dragon Lord” in Enshrouded (side)
While members of the “Haider” community, which has been stalking Winkler for years, found this incredibly funny, others were horrified: This would only fuel the bullying of the Dragon Lord and no one really deserves that, wrote one user on Steam.
Now the developers have reacted and announced measures.
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What do the developers say? In a statement that was made available to MeinMMO for reporting, studio boss Jan Jöckel explains that the “Drachenschanze” was not intentionally integrated into the game.
Keen Games expressly distances itself from the incident and announces the removal of the building. They also want to take further measures to ensure that similar incidents cannot occur in the future.
It has been brought to our attention that there is a building in the game that resembles a real building that is related to real events. It was not intended to have this building in the game. We are currently working on removing this building from the game. It will take our team a few hours to roll out the update to everyone. We will take appropriate action to ensure this does not happen again. We apologize for this incident and expressly distance ourselves from it.
Jan Jöckel, CEO, Keen Games
How the building got into the game is still unclear at this point.
On MeinMMO we also clearly distance ourselves from hatred and agitation. You can find out how we contribute in our statement against hate.