Steam reviews
Very Positive
88% of 11,231 reviews
Critic scores
80
Metacritic
Generally favorable
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Strategy Live▲Surging
TEMPEST RISING
Tempest Rising has 303 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 433 and its all-time peak is 505. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.
DEV · Slipgate Ironworks™PUB · 3D Realms, Knights Peak, Saber Interactive2025
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
- Up 87% in the last 24h. Something brought players back.
- Currently at 60% of the all-time peak of 505 players.
- Last updated 6 months ago: Hotfix Update #11 - Matchmaking Fixes.
Playing now
303
24h peak
433
24h change
▲ 87.0%
Quick verdict
Is Tempest Rising still alive in 2026?
PREVIOUS 24 HOURS
GALLERY & TRAILERS
1 / 36
ACROSS PLATFORMS
STEAMLIVE
Current
303
24h peak
433
All-time
505
TWITCHLIVE · VIEWERS
Watching now
No live streams
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Xbox · PlayStation · Nintendo
No public concurrent-player API exists for these platforms. Other sites guess by scraping achievement timestamps or leaderboards. We won’t make up numbers. If the platforms ever ship a real API, real numbers will show up here.
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