Tribal Pass
Skip · Action · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 30, under the fair line, at $6.99.
- Length
- 0.8h 2.2h to 100%
- Value
- $8.74/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 437 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
A genre-twisting tactical runner where you maneuver, fight, think, sacrifice and evolve – all ON THE RUN.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512 MB VRAM, 399 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 76 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 85 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 49 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 60 percent of its genre. Downwell ($2.99, scores 88) outscores it, and so does I wanna be the Creator ($5.99, scores 91). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Tribal Pass
Steam's global achievement data puts about 7 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 0.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 143 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 55 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 0.8 hours. Doing everything runs 2, 2.8 times as long.
The drop-off
13% start to 7% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
A tactical runner? Oh, well.. A nice indie one! :) This game's premises are quite simple - you've got to collect food for your tribe (hence the original name of the game, simply entitled The Tribe, but that's another story) in order not to let it die, through the days. With its nice retro graphics, you'll be able of course to make many actions to get your goal. You'll be required to kill enemies in order to get...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Tribal Pass is an endless runner that feels less like a casual time killer and more like a prehistoric boot camp. From the moment you start, it pushes you to improve through repetition, learning patterns, and reacting quickly it's all about getting better with each run. It's definitely not an easy game, and that's something a lot of players point out right away. The opening moments can feel especially unforgiving...
Tribal Pass is yet another of several hundred, if not thousands of low effort endless runners plaguing Steam. Like all endless/autorunners, you're moving and you can't stop. All you can do is avoid the obstacles coming at you in this incredibly shallow shovelware game. But there's a bit of a difference here as the game features a couple of different mechanics... which, while novel, don't actually improve anything in...
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Cite this score
Tribal Pass scores 30/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/470270/tribal-passReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.