Choose Tribes: Ascend
Choose Tribes: Ascend if you want the Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Tribes: Ascend launched in 2012.
Tribes: Ascend vs Midair
Tribes: Ascend and Midair both land in Action, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam. Tribes: Ascend (2012) is 6 years older than Midair (2018). Midair scores higher on Steam reviews (76.7% positive) than Tribes: Ascend (54.1% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Midair
Choose Midair if you want an Indie and Massively Multiplayer game with Online PvP and PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Midair launched in 2018.
Both Tribes: Ascend and Midair sit in Action and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Tribes: Ascend |  Midair | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2012 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 54.1% positive (37 reviews) | 76.7% positive (73 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Hi-Rez Studios | Archetype Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Free To Play on Steam.
- Tribes: Ascend (2012) is 6 years older than Midair (2018).
- Midair scores higher on Steam reviews (76.7% positive) than Tribes: Ascend (54.1% positive).
- Tribes: Ascend has co-op; Midair does not.
- Steam Deck: Tribes: Ascend is Deck Playable, Midair is Deck Unsupported.
Tribes: Ascend vs Midair — FAQ
- Should I play Tribes: Ascend or Midair first?
- If you want chronology, Tribes: Ascend (2012) came out before Midair (2018). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Tribes: Ascend and Midair similar?
- They overlap on Action, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.