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Soulmask
CampFire Studio
About This Game
Super ReviewSoulmask is a robust survival crafting game offering deep base-building and strategic tribe management with extensive creative freedom. Its cooperative play and problem-solving aspects are highlights, but parents should note the open online interactions with strangers in official servers, competitive PvP options, and mild suggestive themes combined with violence that includes some blood.
Super Review
Parent verdict
Soulmask earns a Good rating (75) for its compelling blend of survival, crafting, and strategic tribe management. It's best suited for older players who enjoy long-term projects, resource gathering, and the challenge of building a civilization from scratch. The game offers significant creative outlets and encourages cooperative play. Parents should weigh the benefits of strategic thinking against the social risks of open online environments and moderate content intensity, especially concerning interactions with strangers in public servers and competitive PvP.
What players actually do
- Players gather raw materials like wood, stone, and animal hides to craft tools, weapons, and essential survival gear, developing resource management and planning skills.
- Players construct intricate bases, from simple shelters to complex multi-story structures and even airships, exercising creativity, spatial reasoning, and engineering principles.
- Players recruit and manage AI tribesmen, assigning them roles like farming, hunting, or crafting, which teaches delegation, efficiency, and basic project management.
- Players engage in combat against wildlife and other players in PvP, utilizing various weapons and tactical approaches, improving reaction time and strategic combat thinking.
Where it shines
- The game provides exceptional creative freedom through extensive character customization, mask decoration, and robust base-building tools, including the unique ability to construct elaborate structures like airships.
- It offers strong educational value by encouraging strategic planning, resource management, and problem-solving through its complex crafting, survival, and tribe automation systems.
Parent watch-outs
- Official servers feature open online interaction with up to 70 players and include PvP options, exposing players to potential social risks and conflicts with strangers.
- The game contains violence with some blood, and while not graphically brutal, it also includes mild suggestive themes such as "jiggle physics" for female characters and customizable gear that can be somewhat exposed.
Family rules worth setting
- Limit play to private servers or LAN co-op to control who players interact with, or set clear boundaries for online communication on official servers.
- Discuss acceptable content and behavior regarding the mild suggestive themes and violence, ensuring players understand what is appropriate.
Talk about this
- How do you decide who to trust or team up with in an online game like this? What are the signs someone might not be a good person to play with?
- When you're building a base, what are the most important things to consider for defense and efficiency? How does this apply to real-life planning?
Play style
Soulmask is a sandbox survival game with a flexible session rhythm, allowing players to engage in short bursts of gathering and crafting or longer sessions dedicated to exploration, base expansion, and tribe management. The difficulty is dynamic, scaling with player progression and choice of server type (PvE vs. PvP). Players can choose to play solo, cooperate with up to 8 friends in LAN co-op, or join larger official servers (50-70 players) for a more social and competitive experience. New players may need help understanding the intricate crafting trees and tribe management systems.
Score Breakdown
Positive Aspects
Risk Factors
Why this rating
Educational Value
4/5Soulmask scores a 4 for Educational Value due to its comprehensive survival and management systems. Players must engage in strategic thinking for resource management, base building, and automating tasks with AI tribesmen, fostering practical problem-solving and planning skills.
Addictive Monetization
0/5The game earns a perfect 0 for Addictive Monetization as it is a premium, buy-to-play title without battle passes, daily login rewards, or in-game purchases designed to create FOMO or drive continuous spending. Cosmetic rewards from Twitch Drops were also accessible in-game.
Creativity
5/5Creativity receives a high score of 5, reflecting the extensive opportunities for player expression. From detailed character and mask customization to elaborate base-building, including unique structures like airships, players have robust tools to design and personalize their experience.
Social Risk
4/5Social Risk scores a 4 because the game features open online interactions on official servers with up to 70 players, including PvP. This exposes players to potential negative interactions and social risks from strangers, necessitating careful parental guidance.
Content Intensity
3/5Content Intensity is rated 3 due to the presence of violence with some blood, though it is not graphically brutal. Additionally, the game contains mild suggestive themes, noted through 'jiggle physics' for female characters and customizable gear that can be somewhat exposed.
Negatives
- •Features open online interaction, including official servers with up to 70 players and PvP options, which exposes players to potential social risks from strangers.
- •While not graphically brutal, the game contains violence with some blood.
- •Female characters exhibit "jiggle physics" and customizable gear can be somewhat exposed, leading to mild suggestive themes.
Positives
- •Offers strong educational value through strategic planning, resource management, and skill development in crafting and combat.
- •Provides exceptional creative freedom with extensive character customization, mask decoration, and robust base-building tools, including the ability to construct unique structures like airships.
- •Supports cooperative play through LAN co-op, private servers, and official servers, allowing players to form tribes and work together.
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