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Tempest 4000 cover art

Tempest 4000

Llamasoft Ltd. · Atari · 2018-07-17

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Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 17, 2018 (Xbox One), Jul 17, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.

Tempest 4000 is a Casual game priced at $2.99 and released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 198 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
69%
positive of 198 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (190 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Tempest 4000 is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari, Inc. It is a modern reimagining of the classic arcade game Tempest, which was released in 1981. In Tempest 4000, players control a spaceship and navigate through a series of increasingly challenging levels while fighting off waves of enemies. Tempest 4000 was released for Atari VCS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (41 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
GamersGate$3.00-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GamersGate (2021-07-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 92 of 137 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120182026Week of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Mar 2018Apr 2023Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Apr 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.56$2.992018-07-172026-10-142018-07-17 — best price $15.992018-12-02 — best price $16.992019-08-21 — best price $16.992019-11-27 — best price $5.992020-01-30 — best price $5.682020-04-12 — best price $19.992020-06-10 — best price $16.682020-07-17 — best price $17.882020-08-29 — best price $17.882020-09-27 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $17.882020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-07 — best price $19.992021-02-07 — best price $16.882021-03-25 — best price $19.992021-04-23 — best price $16.882021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-11-30 — best price $14.692022-03-07 — best price $12.992022-09-07 — best price $9.992023-01-17 — best price $21.562023-06-10 — best price $14.692023-09-12 — best price $19.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $14.692024-06-12 — best price $14.692024-09-05 — best price $14.692024-11-07 — best price $15.892025-02-05 — best price $14.692025-05-25 — best price $19.992025-09-28 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $16.792026-03-13 — best price $19.992026-06-12 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3592026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-16 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 18 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 19 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
20.9%
earned "DouBULL TrouBULL"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Player tags

RetroActionArcadeCasualClassicPsychedelicShoot 'Em UpGreat Soundtrack

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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