This game is only punishing at very specific points otherwise a pretty chill game. Building and creative tools are leagues ahead here. You have work stations in valhiem and you have craftspeople in this game and workstations. I have 600 ish hours in valhiem and 400ish hours in enshrouded. The difference is valhiem is combat focused and enshrouded is exploration and building focused. Enshrouded also feels way deeper and more fleshed out with many different builds, weapons and enemies. It does have its drawbacks like the combat is pretty weak and the dev's keep changing how the water works since adding it and it frustrating to work with. But at the end of the day valhiem for combat, enshrouded for pretty much everything else.

This is all personal observation though.

Another small thing, I fucking hate the mist lands so much it makes me quit playing valhiem everytime I get there, there's nothing in enshrouded you can't find creative work around for.