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Tribes of Midgard

The Giants are coming! Form a tribe with up to 10 players and grow your Village to face deadly spirits and gigantic brutes hel-bent on bringing on the end of the world in this game with a unique blend of…

78 27 July 2021

Tribes of Midgard is an adventure developed by Norsfell, released 27 July 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Tribes of Midgard is

Tribes of Midgard is an adventure game developed by Norsfell and released in 2021. It was published by Gearbox Publishing. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Steeped in Norse mythology, Tribes of Midgard is an action role-playing survival game in which the player takes on the role of an Einherjar, a chosen Viking warrior tasked with holding back the coming of Ragnarok. At the heart of their village stands a precious seed of Yggdrasil, the great world tree, and its protection is the player's sacred duty. By day, the Einherjar ventures out across a procedurally generated wilderness, gathering resources to forge new weapons, armor, and defenses while exploring the dangers that lie beyond the settlement. But when night falls, monstrous foes emerge from the dark, the undead Helthings, dark elves, trolls, and towering giants, all marching to destroy…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Tribes of Midgard holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Tribes of Midgard launched on 27 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book and Road 96. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book, Road 96.

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When did Tribes of Midgard come out?
Tribes of Midgard was released on 27 July 2021 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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