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The Tribe Must Survive
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“The devs are not kidding when they describe this game as brutal. I played a few hours on "explorer" difficulty (the easier one), and really struggled to last longer than a month in-game. There's a lot to manage in this game, and a seasoned survival game enjoyer would likely…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Really fun roguelike vibes.”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fire Automation Update (v1.3.5) - Patch Notes
Hey Tribe, here is the next patch to end the year with some additional improvements! NEW Fire Automation Moved the ‘Nighthorn automation UI’ into a new tab in ’The Fire’ window Added the new ‘Fire aut
In-Shock Update (v1.2.10) - Patch Notes
Hey Tribe, Here is the first small patch in over a year. We hope you like the changes as much as we liked working on them! You might wonder why it took us so long, but that is a longer story for anoth
30% Discount in the Swedish Midsummer Sale
A long and hot summer needs it's cooldown periods. A perfect opportunity to dive into the darkness of The Tribe Must Survive. To help you guys prevail, we've joined the Swedish Midsummer Sale, where o
The Tribe Must Survive: Now 30% off
Tired of summer? We've got something that will refill your need for the sun to rise. The Tribe Must Survive, our Lovecraft-inspired colony survival is now 30% off! Just two weeks ago we launched the E
Explorer Update (v 1.1.7) - Patch Notes
Tribe Leaders, We seriously consider all the feedback we receive when planning our updates. Much of the feedback we have gotten since launch was about the game being too hard and sometimes even frustr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Immersive Sim · Building · Choices Matter · Strategy · Survival · Simulation · Colony Sim · Resource Management · Lovecraftian · Rogue-like · Atmospheric · Base-Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://thetribemustsurvive.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 Processor: 2,4 GHz Dual-Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: On-board graphic card Storage: 3 GB available space