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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

Tempest: Pirate Action RPG is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 2623 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

3
playing now
69%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 3 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 10% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 66k–158k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,625 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

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 163 of 222 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 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

1002026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
963Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 23 · peak 65Apr 2016 — avg 17 · peak 105Aug 2016 — avg 75 · peak 429Dec 2016 — avg 28 · peak 85Apr 2017 — avg 25 · peak 54Aug 2017 — avg 42 · peak 126Dec 2017 — avg 35 · peak 347Apr 2018 — avg 45 · peak 945Aug 2018 — avg 30 · peak 102Dec 2018 — avg 19 · peak 55Apr 2019 — avg 14 · peak 37Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 41Dec 2019 — avg 16 · peak 46Apr 2020 — avg 16 · peak 34Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2020 — avg 13 · peak 33Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 34Aug 2021 — avg 13 · peak 36Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2022 — avg 10 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 174Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.29$2.782015-12-052026-10-142015-12-05 — 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 $4.422026-09-30 — best price $4.492026-10-14 — best price $14.99
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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2016-09-16, latest 2019-05-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieNavalActionPiratesSailingDifficultAction RPGHistorical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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