Tempest Rising overview

Overview

Tempest Rising comes from Slipgate Ironworks™ and is published by 3D Realms, Knights Peak, Saber Interactive. It arrived on Steam on Apr 24, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Tempest Rising's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1,171 players at 4 October 2026 - 10:57:08 UTC, with a tracked peak near 6,692. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 87% positive across 11,993 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Tempest Rising is available in 10 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Tempest Rising has sold up to 431,000 units and has 9,933 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $13,000,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Tempest Rising overview details

Tempest Rising combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Editions Gold Edition Tempest Rising: Gold Edition Contains: Tempest Rising - Base Game The 2025 RTS hit Tempest Rising. Experience the story of the struggle between the Global Defense Force and the Tempest Dynasty in a desperate struggle for resources in the fallout of a nuclear war. Tempest Rising: The Veti’s Wrath The third chapter in the Tempest Rising saga features a brand new 11-mission campaign for the Veti, a mysterious, alien race of Godlike beings on a quest for reclamation. Accolades About the Game Classic RTS action meets modern production and performance in Tempest Rising. Inspired by RTS greats of the 90s and 2000s, Tempest Rising is a classic, base-building real time strategy game set in a modern day alternative history war scenario. It features three unique factions, each with its own approach to combat and economy and offering a variety of strategies for players of all stripes, deep and rewarding gameplay that keeps a focus on strategy while rewarding skill, and built-in customization options that allow players to approach the game their way in both single player and multiplayer game modes. Take on the role of Commander in the highly mobile and advanced peacekeeping corps of the Global Defense Forces or the hard-hitting and desperate Tempest Dynasty in two 11-mission campaigns that allow the player to customize their army for each mission, as both armies seek to understand and control the mysterious but beneficial Tempest vines that grow unchecked across the war-torn planet Earth. Other dangers wait in the shadows, as the origin of the Tempest is…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Tempest Rising is listed as a game with $39.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Action and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1,171 players at 4 October 2026 - 10:57:08 UTC, a tracked peak of 6,692, and 87% positive reviews.

Overview tags

RTSStrategyBase-BuildingSingleplayerMultiplayerIsometric3DReal-TimeWarActionPvPAction RTSGreat SoundtrackMilitaryWargame

Content descriptors

Contains soldiers getting shot, burned, blown up, or crushed under tanks.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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