A fantastic sequel to an already top notch game

Fun and balanced.

It's what you want in a deckbuilder - easy to understand, hard to master. There are some set strategies you tend to get streamlined in, but it still leaves a lot of room for creativity and randomness.

Pretty good.

Idle game with lots of fun facts!

A simple and well made roguelite with a mini village cult-building sim and pretty fun graphics. The ironic contrast between cutesy art against a backdrop of evil gods and eldritch abominations is kinda funny too.

The combat mechanics are pretty simple, which I appreciated (no calculations needed!). Every upgrade is just does "more damage", even things like attack speed are only modified by per-run buffs along the way (Tarot Cards). Different weapons have different movesets, pretty standard.

The sim/management part is also not too deep, so you don't have to worry too much about everything going to hell while you're fighting away. The devs also included a friendly mode where you can stop time during crusades just to address that, which I felt made the game really accessible to people who wouldn't appreciate micromanaging that.

Overall it's pretty fun without requiring a lot of commitment.

For the same price, I feel like Valheim is a better game in almost all areas. Combat, exploration, resource management, inventory management, and crafting.

Tribes is certainly more colourful, and has a better leveling / RPG-like system, with the classes. It's also not as tedious to stay alive. Valheim is a lot more punishing.

Overall, it's a different appeal, and definitely a better fit for more casual players.