Tempest Rising
Base-building RTS about rival factions fighting over mysterious vines
Slipgate Ironworks™ · Published by 3D Realms, Knights Peak, Saber Interactive · Released Apr 24, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 12K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 103 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 109
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 months ago
- Jul 10, 2026
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is Tempest Rising?
An isometric base-building RTS set in an alternate-history modern war. You gather resources, construct bases, produce armies, and command real-time battles through two 11-mission campaigns, AI skirmishes, and online matches. The campaigns follow the GDF and Tempest Dynasty as they fight to understand and control the spreading Tempest vines.
For you if...
- +you miss classic Command & Conquer-style base building and combat
- +you want campaigns, AI skirmishes, and online competitive matches
- +you enjoy fast resource gathering and large real-time battles
Not for you if...
- −you prefer turn-based strategy to fast real-time combat
- −you dislike managing resources, bases, and multiple unit groups
What players say
87% of 11,993 reviews are positive · 78% of 103 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise its take on classic Command & Conquer-style base building, along with the campaigns, visuals, and soundtrack. They criticize unit balance, clunky controls, and pathfinding. Recent reviews especially object to the announcement of a paid Veti campaign expansion, arguing that the third faction was originally promised for the base game.
Screenshots and trailer
Tempest Rising system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 or 11 (64 bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8600 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or better
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB/6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 45 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- SSD is recommended
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 or 11 (64 bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-11700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Graphics
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti 8GB / AMD 7600 XT 16GB or better
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Notes
- SSD is recommended
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 144
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil.
Tags
- RTS
- Strategy
- Base Building
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Isometric
- 3D
- Real-Time
- War
- Action
- PvP
- Action RTS
- Great Soundtrack
- Military
- Wargame
- Futuristic
Recent updates
- Jul 10, 2026 · Hotfix Update #12
- Jul 7, 2026 · The Map Editor Update is Out NOW!
- May 12, 2026 · Hotfix Update #11 - Matchmaking Fixes
- Mar 16, 2026 · Hotfix Update #10
- Mar 10, 2026 · A New Quality of Life Update is Out Now!
4 DLC available.
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