Tribes: Ascend (2012)

Developer: Hi-Rez Studios
Genres: Action, Free To Play
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 8,579 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 12 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A high-speed, vertical shooter where you ski and jetpack across sci-fi arenas, chaining momentum in frenetic class-based combat.

fast-pacedcompetitivehigh-speedacrobaticteam-basedmultiplayerfree to play

What players say

Players mourn Tribes: Ascend as a fallen classic that Hi-Rez abandoned, leaving almost no official servers. The community keeps it alive through third-party launchers like TribesLauncherSharp, but most say the official game is dead.

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