Tethered
Real-time god game with resource gathering and nightly island defense
Secret Sorcery Limited · Released Feb 27, 2017
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 80% of 205
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Apr 10, 2017
What is Tethered?
You guide Peeps across thirteen floating islands as a Spirit Guardian working to free your imprisoned kin. In this single-player real-time strategy game, you assign them to gather resources, build, and fight, while manipulating the elements and preparing for nighttime attacks. You can play on a standard screen or in VR with supported headsets.
For you if...
- +you enjoy assigning workers and planning around changing weather
- +you prefer separate strategy levels to an open world
Not for you if...
- −you dislike frequent worker micromanagement and resource collection
- −you want multiplayer competition or cooperative play
What players say
80% of 205 reviews are positive
Players praise the visual design and straightforward VR controls. Some find the resource management too basic and repeated worker assignments tedious. Recent reviews report launch failures, with mixed results from workarounds.
Screenshots and trailer
Tethered system requirements
Minimum: GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Tethered?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64 bit and later
- Processor
- Intel i5-4590 equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64 bit and later
- Processor
- Intel i7-4790 equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 980 or AMD R9 390 equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Tethered have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Tethered run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 31
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards, VR
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese.
Does Tethered use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Apr 10, 2017 · Play Tethered WITHOUT VR!
- Mar 23, 2017 · COMING SOON: Major Tethered update including non-VR support and checkpoint save system!
- Mar 23, 2017 · COMING SOON: Major Tethered update including non-VR support and checkpoint save system!
- Mar 7, 2017 · Updated version to address some known issues!
1 DLC available.
