Engine Eternal

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Engine Eternal is a single player and multiplayer action adventure game. It was developed by Absolutely Cookage and was released on July 18, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

You are a survivor living in the remnants of humanity. In an attempt to escape to a better life, you board the Engine Eternal, a train that has the potential to take you to Paradise. During your journey across the Old World, you and up to 3 fellow survivors will stop at several locations and disembark to search old abandoned locations to look for fuel and upgrades to keep the Engine running. …

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music5 positive mentions

Engine Eternal features gorgeous environments, beautiful music, and a unique twist on the co-op horror genre, making it a fun experience, especially with friends.
The game runs smoothly with minimal bugs and offers a variety of difficulty settings, allowing players to choose their preferred experience.
Developers are actively updating the game and listening to community feedback, which bodes well for future content and improvements.

Some players noted a need for mouse sensitivity adjustments and mentioned minor bugs, such as characters floating instead of walking.
While the core gameplay is enjoyable, some reviewers felt the game lacks unique mechanics that would set it apart from similar titles in the genre.
Certain environments were described as feeling empty or generic, with a desire for more interactive elements and lore to enhance the experience.

music
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The music in the game is consistently praised for its beauty and ability to enhance the overall experience, contributing to the game's gorgeous environments and immersive atmosphere. Reviewers highlight the combination of beautiful melodies and unsettling audio design, which together create a captivating and thrilling ambiance that elevates gameplay. Overall, the soundtrack is seen as a significant factor in the game's appeal, making it enjoyable both solo and with friends.
- “With creative monsters, interesting level design, and a gorgeous music score, Engine Eternal is already shaping up to become a hit.”
- “Incredibly pretty environments, amazing ambience, beautiful music, and great fun, especially with friends!”
- “Gorgeous environments, beautiful music, and a viscerally unsettling audio design combined with the fear that something far bigger, quicker, and hungrier than you wants to turn you inside out make each journey an absolute joyful terror to play.”
gameplay
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Gameplay is generally smooth, with minor adjustments needed for mouse sensitivity. The fuel mechanic adds urgency, but players desire more interactive elements with monsters, such as unique ways to disable or distract them. The aggressive nature of certain monsters requires players to adapt, creating a challenging yet engaging experience reminiscent of other popular titles.
- “The mechanics are smooth, with very little issue aside from a slight bit of mouse sensitivity adjustment needed in later updates (for people like me who tend to have unsteady hands, anyway).”
- “The monsters do take a bit of getting used to with their unique mechanics and some of them can be very aggressive; also, don't push a certain monster too much or you could 'accidentally' wipe out most of your team.”
- “Reminiscent of Pilgrim in gameplay and aesthetic with a sprinkling of Lethal Company in all the right ways.”
- “The fuel mechanic turning the game into a ticking clock is a great start, but I feel it needs more.”
- “The monsters do take a bit of getting used to with their unique mechanics, and some of them can be very aggressive. Also, don't push a certain monster too much, or you could 'accidentally' wipe out most of your team.”
- “Perhaps more interaction with the monsters, some mechanic for each that would disable or eliminate them. For example, a button on the red-light-green-light bot that makes it dance or disables it for a bit, or giving a particular item to a hag to keep her quiet, or doing something within the levels themselves to mitigate a particular mob.”
graphics
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The graphics of the game are praised for their captivating vibe and aesthetic, drawing comparisons to other titles like Pilgrim and Lethal Company, which enhances the overall experience of the dungeon looter extraction survival horror genre.
- “Love the vibe and aesthetic of this new dungeon looter extraction survival coop horror game!”
- “Reminiscent of Pilgrim in gameplay and aesthetic with a sprinkling of Lethal Company in all the right ways.”
atmosphere
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The atmosphere is enhanced by excellent sound design that effectively immerses players in unsettling environments, creating a tense experience as they scramble for resources to keep the train running.
- “The sound design is well made and really helps set the atmosphere, implemented very well overall.”
- “A scramble for resources to keep the train running through atmospheric and unsettling environments.”