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Tempest Rising

Slipgate Ironworks™ · 3D Realms · 2025-04-24

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ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 18, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Tempest Rising is an Action and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 11787 reviews).

192
playing now
87%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,163
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

192 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Tempest Rising is a 2025 real-time strategy video game developed by Slipgate Ironworks and 2B Games, and published by 3D Realms and Knights Peak.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 192 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 230 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,181 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 236k–530k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,787 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $21.00 at GamesPlanet US (2025-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 16 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20252026Week of 2025-04-17: 2,814 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 367 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 1,203 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

389992026-08-06 22:00 — 127 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 284 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 222 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 165 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 307 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 290 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 192 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 367 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 239 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 108 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 221 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 169 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 104 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 227 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 153 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 107 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 316 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 315 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 113 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 229 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 349 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 197 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 348 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 319 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 140 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 164 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 322 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 192 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$18.372023-07-242026-08-152023-07-24 — best price $99.992025-01-20 — best price $39.992025-06-19 — best price $26.242025-06-26 — best price $31.992025-07-11 — best price $39.992025-08-19 — best price $34.992025-08-27 — best price $39.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-10-27 — best price $39.992025-12-12 — best price $25.992025-12-18 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-01-22 — best price $29.992026-02-05 — best price $39.992026-03-10 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $29.992026-04-10 — best price $19.552026-04-29 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $27.992026-07-31 — best price $19.552026-08-10 — best price $34.992026-08-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

205562026-05-13 — 137 pageviews2026-05-16 — 87 pageviews2026-05-19 — 91 pageviews2026-05-22 — 80 pageviews2026-05-25 — 99 pageviews2026-05-28 — 84 pageviews2026-05-31 — 91 pageviews2026-06-03 — 64 pageviews2026-06-06 — 73 pageviews2026-06-09 — 65 pageviews2026-06-12 — 65 pageviews2026-06-15 — 88 pageviews2026-06-18 — 62 pageviews2026-06-21 — 74 pageviews2026-06-24 — 93 pageviews2026-06-27 — 77 pageviews2026-06-30 — 67 pageviews2026-07-03 — 94 pageviews2026-07-06 — 77 pageviews2026-07-09 — 106 pageviews2026-07-12 — 168 pageviews2026-07-15 — 112 pageviews2026-07-18 — 104 pageviews2026-07-21 — 78 pageviews2026-07-24 — 77 pageviews2026-07-27 — 102 pageviews2026-07-30 — 92 pageviews2026-08-02 — 98 pageviews2026-08-05 — 92 pageviews2026-08-08 — 75 pageviews2026-08-11 — 102 pageviews2026-08-14 — 93 pageviews2026-08-17 — 121 pageviews2026-08-20 — 82 pageviews2026-08-23 — 107 pageviews2026-08-24 — 101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3302026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64%
earned "Signal Lost"
21.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1221%98

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DPvPRTSWarActionWargameMilitaryStrategyIsometricReal-Time

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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