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As a first-person tribal builder, gather and craft, grow automated villages across an island, and follow a story through four lands.
Released 12 Oct 2023
Build large projects—including a bridge, a lift, and a ship—as part of reaching new lands.
Perform rituals at an altar to unlock blueprints for new tools and buildings.
Grow villages in four different lands, with the option for settlements to trade with one another.
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Developed by Space Boat Studios, Baked Games · Published by PlayWay S.A., Polyslash
You play as a builder whose standing is equal to the tribe’s elders, helping restore communities on an island. The story and elders’ tasks guide your journey through four lands and introduce new areas to explore.
Gather resources by hand, craft tools, and hunt or fish to supply food. Build and upgrade shelters and production buildings, while managing villagers’ needs and recruiting them to take on work.
Rituals unlock blueprints for new structures, and building those structures opens access to more parts of the island. Assigning villagers to gather, craft, and produce food shifts some work toward automation; settlements in different lands can also trade resources.
Players who enjoy the game often describe it as a relaxing, accessible building experience, praising the satisfaction of gathering materials, growing villages, and following a story at their own pace. Some also highlight the island’s visuals and atmosphere. Other reviews find the routine repetitive or grindy, and note that the management systems and challenge are limited.
As the builder, your voice is equal to the elders. Use your position in Tribe: Primitive Builder is to restore the glory of your tribe. Find everything that would be useful for you and your fellow villagers. Use the environment to your advantage or perish like many civilizations before. Whatever you do, always plan ahead. One wrong decision may see your civilization collapse...
Upgrade your buildings and use the materials you acquire to create a thriving village. Provide your tribe with shelter, food, and work. Unlock new blueprints by performing rituals to make more durable and grander buildings. Build new structures that will give you access to new parts of the island. Remember that while the undiscovered places hold many secrets, they may also be dangerous!
Begin your journey through the island! Follow the guidance of the elders, complete tasks, and delve into the main story. If you are to lead the tribe you must first gain their trust, so that when the difficult times come, you can be sure they will help you.
Create a set of tools for your tribe and conquer the wilds. Knives, axes, and other items will help produce the needed resources. They can prove very helpful when traversing the wilderness of the island.
The role of the builder is important, but materials are not everything! To live, you need to eat. Produce the right tools and go hunting. You will need meat to satisfy not only yours but also your villagers' hunger. Natives can help you get food. You can’t let the hunger prevail in the village!
Grow your village! In Tribe: Primitive Builder you control how fast the tribe expands as you are responsible for taking care of their needs. Expand too fast and find yourself starving, expand too slow and end up ill-prepared for what’s to come. Will you find a way to survive??
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 29 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| Metacritic | 64/100 View on Metacritic |
