Tempest Rising

Tempest Rising

Released Apr 2025

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

87% positive · 12K reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Tempest Rising launched on April 24, 2025 and has received consistent post-launch support. Two major free updates shipped in 2025: the Rally & Recon Update on June 19, 2025 (adding maps, spectator mode, and ranked 2v2), and the Triple Threat Update on September 9, 2025 (adding 6-player matches, full spectator mode, and active pause). A third major update, the Superior Firepower Update, shipped on December 2, 2025, adding superweapons, a global production queue, and an in-game codex. The Map Editor was released as a free DLC on July 7, 2026. The previously announced paid campaign expansion, "The Veti's Wrath," launched on September 29, 2026 — the same date as today. It adds an 11-mission single-player campaign for the third faction, the Veti, along with the full Veti faction roster available for free to all base game owners in multiplayer and skirmish. The developer confirmed in the launch announcement that work on this expansion began after the base game shipped in April 2025 and has been ongoing for approximately a year and a half. With all four listed DLCs now released and no further content announced by the developer beyond the Veti's Wrath expansion — which has now shipped — the game's content appears complete as of September 29, 2026. The developer has not announced any additional expansions, DLC, or named future updates at this time.
Evidence
Tempest Rising: The Veti's Wrath launched on September 29, 2026, adding an 11-mission single-player campaign for the Veti faction as paid DLC.
dlc listing · Sep 29, 2026 source content shipped
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Developer announced The Veti's Wrath Campaign Expansion launching September 29, 2026, describing it as 'a whole new Tempest Rising experience' with the full Veti faction roster included free for all base game owners in multiplayer and skirmish.
news post · Sep 14, 2026 source content shipped
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Content

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Details

Publisher
3D Realms
Achievements
148
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

About this 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 three 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 two 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...

  • Relive classic RTS base building with fast, fluid, and hard-hitting combat

  • Command 3 unique rosters of units as either the GDF (Global Defense Force), the Tempest Dynasty or the ancient Veti* (*included for multiplayer and skirmish, campaign sold separately)

  • 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

Last evaluated Sep 29, 2026
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