Action · April 24, 2025

Tempest Rising (2025)

Tempest Rising (2025) scores 89% positive on Steam from 7.0k reviews, 80 Metacritic, developed by Slipgate Ironworks™.

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Tempest Rising (2025) is a Action title from Slipgate Ironworks™ available on Windows. The title carries a 89% Steam positive rating across 7.0k reviews, a 80/100 Metacritic score, and 528 peak concurrent players — making it a measurable reference point when comparing to peers in the Action category.

Accolades Edition Breakdown Editions The Tempest Rising Deluxe Edition Contains: Tempest Rising Digital Artbook Page after page of curated artwork, concepts, and stories hand-chosen by the team behind the game!  Tempest Rising Original Soundtrack The full digital game soundtrack features 41 tracks from a swath of artists. Led by the legendary Command & Conquer composer Frank Klepacki plus community favorites like Michael Markie , Hexenkraft, Music Imaginary: Cielecki/Skorupa/Wierzynkiewic and Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen. 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 3 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 2 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 revealed… Features Relive classic RTS base building with fast, fluid, and hard-hitting combat Command 2 unique rosters of units as either the GDF (Global Defense Force) or the Tempest Dynasty (with the third playable faction, the Veti, coming in the future.) Experience 2 epic single player campaigns with voiced mission briefings Wage war alone or with friends in 3 game modes: versus AI opponents in Custom Game lobbies, in 1v1 and 2v2 Multiplayer Matchmaking, or solo in skirmish mode with up to 500 units per team and two unique superweapons to compliment each faction’s playstyle. Dominate the competition and climb the leaderboards in Ranked matchmaking, utilizing the Glicko-2 rating system

Release & Availability

Release date Apr 24, 2025
Developer Slipgate Ironworks™
Publisher 3D Realms, Knights Peak
Base price $29.99 -25%
DLC / Add-ons 2 released
Platforms Windows
Estimated owners 1M–10M
External links Official site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Release timeline

Tempest Rising launched on Apr 24, 2025.

Studio and publishing

The title was developed by Slipgate Ironworks™ and published by 3D Realms, Knights Peak.

Platform support

Playable natively on Windows.

Packages & editions

  • Buy Tempest Rising

Content notes

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

Reception & Reviews

Steam community score

Steam users rate Tempest Rising 89% positive across 7.0k reviews — categorised as Very Positive.

6.3k positive · 775 negative

Critic consensus (Metacritic)

Critics aggregated on Metacritic awarded a 80/100 score.

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Curator & community recommendations

Steam curators and players have issued 8.7k recommendations for this title.

Peak concurrent players

Peak concurrent Steam players reached 528 — a measurement of how active the playerbase got at launch or during a surge.

Press quotes

“Tempest Rising is a riveting flashback to the halcyon days of the RTS.” 85/100 – PC Gamer “This is more than an homage.” 8/10 – PCGamesN “Slipgate Ironworks delivers a love letter to classic RTS games like Red Alert, and does it brilliantly.” 8/10 – Gamereactor UK

Gameplay Profile

Genres

  • Action
  • Strategy

Community tag consensus

  • RTS · 2.3k
  • Strategy · 2.2k
  • Base-Building · 748
  • Singleplayer · 687
  • Multiplayer · 529
  • Isometric · 353
  • 3D · 330
  • Real-Time · 312
  • War · 305
  • Action · 247
  • PvP · 229
  • Action RTS · 221

Playtime profile

Community average playtime is 13 hours, with a median of 6 hours — a short (5–15 hours) commitment. Two-week average sits at 6 hours per active player.

Steam achievements

The title ships with 98 Steam achievements to unlock.

Languages supported

Interface / subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish – Latin America, Portuguese – Brazil.

Full audio: English, Portuguese – Brazil.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Tempest Rising released?

Tempest Rising was released on Apr 24, 2025 by Slipgate Ironworks™.

Is Tempest Rising worth playing?

Based on 7.0k Steam reviews, Tempest Rising holds a 89% positive rating (Very Positive) — suggesting the game resonates with most players who try it.

What platforms does Tempest Rising support?

Tempest Rising runs natively on Windows.

How much does Tempest Rising cost?

Base price on Steam is $29.99 (before seasonal discounts).

What Metacritic score did Tempest Rising receive?

Critics rated Tempest Rising 80/100 on Metacritic.