Unique skiing and jetpack movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The speed and movement was unlike any other game, titanfall was close but skiing in tribes was just too good.”
Steam review · 48.6 h played ↗
Tribes: Ascend
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 62%Mixed · 62%Hi-Rez Studios2012FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A beloved, unique ski-and-jetpack arena shooter, but it's delisted and its official servers are effectively dead. Skip it unless you're willing to use community servers and a fan launcher.
Great for
Nostalgic Tribes veterans and movement-shooter fans willing to set up community servers
Main risk
Official servers and account creation are dead, so you may be unable to play or find a match
What players love
Considered one of the best shooters ever
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The Last Great pure Arena Shooter ever to be launched.”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗
Fast, skill-based projectile combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Fast paced action and jetpacks will leave you missing almost every shot, making a frag a very rewarding experience.”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
Free to play and runs on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The game even runs smoothly on my sub-par PC.”
Steam review · 24.5 h played ↗
Great team-based capture the flag
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“I've never had more fun with a multiplayer game than 8v8 T:A matches with teammates that are actively playing alongside you.”
Steam review · 560.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Developer Hi-Rez abandoned the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Remember folks, Hi-Rez killed Tribes Ascend for a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ moba game called SMITE.”
Steam review · 82.3 h played ↗
Dead game with almost no players
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Don't install this game it is dead :) There was only one server live with 12 people in it but in NA so I had ping 150ms.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Servers down, can't log in or create account
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I literally can't play the game. It either says "Unable to connect to Server" or "Invalid Username or Password"”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Cheaters and hackers everywhere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the few servers that are populated are full of hitscan/aimbot hackers.”
Steam review · 79.8 h played ↗
Out of the Blue update removed classes
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the update removed lots of our favourite weapons and merged all the original classes into just 3.”
Steam review · 249.6 h played ↗
Pay-to-win and grindy monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Suddenly, skill was no longer necessary as long as one wanted to play to win.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory2GB (XP), 3GB (Vista, Win7)
GraphicsATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher).
Storage10 GB free
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory4GB
GraphicsATI or Nvidia graphics card with 1GB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560+ or ATI Radeon 6950+).
OSWindows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory2GB (XP), 3GB (Vista, Win7)
GraphicsATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher).
Storage10 GB free
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