Tribe management and automation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“No Grind! If you manage your tribe and workstations, the tribe does it all!”
Steam review · 838.7 h played ↗
Soulmask
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%CampFire Studio2026Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Base Building
−40%$29.99$17.99
US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
The verdict
Deep survival-crafter built around managing a tribe of NPCs and automating your base, with flexible difficulty sliders. Skip it if you dislike clunky UI, jank or steep learning curves.
Great for
Patient players who like Conan Exiles-style survival plus colony-sim automation, solo or co-op PvE
Main risk
Clunky UI, weak tutorial and janky NPC AI make tribe management feel like work
What changed in the last 30 days
45 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite broken controller support, confusing tribe menus, DLC content gating, and a lack of motivation. Cause is unclear; no single patch stands out.
45 recent reviews
What players love
Huge depth and lots to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Lots to do. So much, in fact, you'll probably never complete the game.”
Steam review · 378.6 h played ↗
Shifting Sands DLC and flying ship bases
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The Shifting Sands DLC is easily worth picking up for the mobile ship bases alone”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and world
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Cool survival sandbox, huge potential, beautiful graphics.”
Steam review · translated · 66.8 h played ↗
Highly customizable difficulty and settings
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“There are like a hundred sliders that you can use to adjust your game experience in different ways”
Steam review · 280.1 h played ↗
Mask system and playing as any tribesman
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“you are the mask and you can control practically every character!”
Steam review · 2150.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, confusing UI and tribe menus
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it's just hard to manage your tribesmen because the menus are so confusing and lacks some QoL elements that would be useful”
Steam review · 40.8 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and bad translation
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“terrible tutorial. with a crafting system this big, a decent tutorial THAT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU WHERE ♥♥♥♥ IS, is a must.”
Steam review · 13.4 h played ↗
Clunky combat and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the biggest killer is the combat”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Dumb tribesman AI and pathfinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“NPC pathfinding algorithm makes me want to scream”
Steam review · 240.7 h played ↗
Brutal grind, durability and repetitive content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Even expensive mid to late game gear breaks way too fast”
Steam review · 151 h played ↗
Poor controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“no controller support despite previously on roadmap and promised for two years”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support25 GB
Minimum
OS64bit -win10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 970 4GB / AMD RX 580 4GB
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit version) / Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Memory24 GB RAM
GraphicsRTX 3060 / AMD 6700XT
Storage25 GB available space
OS64bit -win10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 970 4GB / AMD RX 580 4GB
Storage25 GB available space
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