Soulmask

Item: Soulmask
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-10

Summary

Engaging core gameplay loop keeps players invested.
Challenging, tactical combat demands strategic thinking.
Beautiful world provides an immersive experience.
Tribe management system offers depth and control.
Excessive grind and slow progression frustrate players.
Repetitive map design lacks inspiration.

Categories

Survival Base Building Tribe Management Real-time Combat Open-World Exploration Cooperative Multiplayer Competitive Multiplayer

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 77%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 1%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3539
Negative points: 2836
Gameplay points: 720
Perf. points: 174
Rec. points: 1058
Misc points: 206

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging core gameplay loop Description The game offers engaging gameplay through exploration, combat, crafting, and base building. Players find the world immersive and rewarding, with a good balance of risk and reward. The game combines elements from well-known survival games, with many mechanics feeling fleshed out and polished. Importance 97%	The game offers engaging gameplay through exploration, combat, crafting, and base building. Players find the world immersive and rewarding, with a good balance of risk and reward. The game combines elements from well-known survival games, with many mechanics feeling fleshed out and polished.	97%
Challenging and tactical combat Description The combat system is a highlight, offering tactical and varied options with diverse weapons, skills, and customization. Enemies have resistances and weaknesses, encouraging players to learn different combat styles. The combat is challenging, requiring strategic approaches rather than simple button mashing. Importance 80%	The combat system is a highlight, offering tactical and varied options with diverse weapons, skills, and customization. Enemies have resistances and weaknesses, encouraging players to learn different combat styles. The combat is challenging, requiring strategic approaches rather than simple button mashing.	80%
Polished and enjoyable experience Description The game is generally polished, with good graphics, smooth performance, and a well-designed UI. Many reviewers indicate that the game is fun and enjoyable to play. The game is also accessible to new players in the genre, with a well-done tutorial. Importance 79%	The game is generally polished, with good graphics, smooth performance, and a well-designed UI. Many reviewers indicate that the game is fun and enjoyable to play. The game is also accessible to new players in the genre, with a well-done tutorial.	79%
Beautiful and immersive game world Description The game features a beautiful and immersive world with diverse biomes, detailed environments, and dynamic weather. The large map encourages exploration and base building in multiple locations. The visual and sound design create a dark but fascinating atmosphere. Importance 74%	The game features a beautiful and immersive world with diverse biomes, detailed environments, and dynamic weather. The large map encourages exploration and base building in multiple locations. The visual and sound design create a dark but fascinating atmosphere.	74%
Excellent tribe management system Description The tribe management system is a major positive, allowing players to recruit, manage, and automate tasks with NPCs. This reduces the grind and downtime, allowing players to focus on exploration, combat, and base upgrades. The AI is competent, making the village feel alive and self-sufficient. Importance 51%	The tribe management system is a major positive, allowing players to recruit, manage, and automate tasks with NPCs. This reduces the grind and downtime, allowing players to focus on exploration, combat, and base upgrades. The AI is competent, making the village feel alive and self-sufficient.	51%
Active and responsive developers Description The developers are actively engaged, consistently releasing updates, and listening to community feedback. They are quick to address bugs and implement suggestions, showing dedication and care for the game. This active support enhances the overall player experience. Importance 20%	The developers are actively engaged, consistently releasing updates, and listening to community feedback. They are quick to address bugs and implement suggestions, showing dedication and care for the game. This active support enhances the overall player experience.	20%
Substantial content and large map Description The game offers a substantial amount of content and a large map to explore, even in early access. There are numerous regions, bosses, dungeons, and events to discover. The game provides many hours of gameplay and a long and varied gameplay loop. Importance 14%	The game offers a substantial amount of content and a large map to explore, even in early access. There are numerous regions, bosses, dungeons, and events to discover. The game provides many hours of gameplay and a long and varied gameplay loop.	14%
Intuitive and deep building Description The game features an intuitive construction system that allows for the development of functional settlements without being overly complex. The crafting system is extensive and enjoyable, with a good balance of options for creativity and progression. The game also includes quality of life features that are not found in other crafting games. Importance 14%	The game features an intuitive construction system that allows for the development of functional settlements without being overly complex. The crafting system is extensive and enjoyable, with a good balance of options for creativity and progression. The game also includes quality of life features that are not found in other crafting games.	14%
Better than genre competitors Description Many reviewers compare the game favorably to other survival games like Conan Exiles, Ark, and Valheim. They note that this game has more stuff, complexity, and quality of life changes compared to those games. Some reviewers even consider it to be the best survival game they have played. Importance 12%	Many reviewers compare the game favorably to other survival games like Conan Exiles, Ark, and Valheim. They note that this game has more stuff, complexity, and quality of life changes compared to those games. Some reviewers even consider it to be the best survival game they have played.	12%
Great multiplayer experience Description The game is enjoyable to play with friends, offering solo, co-op, and server-based gameplay options. The community is generally positive and helpful. The game is well-suited for playing with different friends, catering to builders, fighters, and even logistics-focused players. Importance 12%	The game is enjoyable to play with friends, offering solo, co-op, and server-based gameplay options. The community is generally positive and helpful. The game is well-suited for playing with different friends, catering to builders, fighters, and even logistics-focused players.	12%
Good alternative to other games Description The game is a good alternative to Ark and Conan Exiles, offering a more stable and thought-out experience. The game combines many mechanics together and does a better job than other survival games. The game is also considered a good evolution of Conan Exiles. Importance 10%	The game is a good alternative to Ark and Conan Exiles, offering a more stable and thought-out experience. The game combines many mechanics together and does a better job than other survival games. The game is also considered a good evolution of Conan Exiles.	10%
Extensive customization and modding Description The game offers extensive customization options, allowing players to tweak almost every setting to their liking. Modding support has been added, with some mods improving NPC visuals, inventory, storage, and skill limits. The game is more enjoyable with mods. Importance 9%	The game offers extensive customization options, allowing players to tweak almost every setting to their liking. Modding support has been added, with some mods improving NPC visuals, inventory, storage, and skill limits. The game is more enjoyable with mods.	9%
Enjoyable mount and pet system Description The game features the ability to capture and tame pets and mounts. Mounts help with carrying items and moving around the map faster. The game includes a variety of mounts for players to ride. Importance 6%	The game features the ability to capture and tame pets and mounts. Mounts help with carrying items and moving around the map faster. The game includes a variety of mounts for players to ride.	6%
Unique and enjoyable survival Description The game offers a unique take on the survival crafting genre, especially for veterans. The survival aspect is well-executed. The game is enjoyable compared to other survival games. Importance 5%	The game offers a unique take on the survival crafting genre, especially for veterans. The survival aspect is well-executed. The game is enjoyable compared to other survival games.	5%