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Tempest: Pirate Action RPG cover art

Tempest: Pirate Action RPG

HeroCraft · HeroCraft PC · 2016-08-22

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 22, 2016 (Mac)

Tempest is a Pirate Open World Action RPG where you rove the seas across three continents filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests and countless ships to plunder. Customize your ship, trade, challenge fellow pirates and face mythical monsters such as the Kraken and Leviathan!

2
playing now
69%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

As you navigate the dangerous waters of the game you won’t just catch up with merchants, but you will encounter fellow pirates, creepy followers of a mysterious cult and terrible mythical monsters: Kraken, Leviathan and other infamous creatures. Your ship – the pride and joy of any freebooter – can be customized in many ways. You are free to change almost everything – from the color of your flag and sails to the ship’s hull and figurehead. Of course, there are plenty of weapons to choose from for every battle, including cannons, mortars, flame throwers and so on. Also there are special tools(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 66k–157k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,623 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.42-71%
GOG$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 148 of 203 observed days · $3.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.29$2.782015-12-052026-08-302015-12-05 — best price $10.792016-09-04 — best price $13.572017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-11-30 — best price $6.052018-03-08 — best price $6.002018-08-06 — best price $5.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-03-19 — best price $12.862019-07-10 — best price $14.992020-01-13 — best price $15.022020-04-24 — best price $14.992020-08-24 — best price $14.992020-12-14 — best price $14.992021-03-12 — best price $10.492021-05-13 — best price $14.992021-08-11 — best price $13.392021-11-16 — best price $14.992022-02-15 — best price $11.012022-08-22 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-18 — best price $13.392023-09-12 — best price $14.992024-01-06 — best price $14.992024-04-02 — best price $13.822024-06-05 — best price $5.242024-08-10 — best price $12.592024-10-09 — best price $14.992025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-03-31 — best price $5.242025-06-11 — best price $3.382025-08-12 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-12-03 — best price $14.992026-02-19 — best price $4.042026-04-28 — best price $4.152026-07-01 — best price $4.502026-08-25 — best price $4.422026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
33.2%
earned "Train Hard, Fight Easy"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieNavalActionPiratesSailingDifficultAction RPGHistorical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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