Steam reviews
Very Positive
88% of 11,231 reviews
Critic scores
80
Metacritic
Generally favorable
Aggregated from professional reviewers. OpenCritic and others are on the roadmap.
Strategy LiveSmall but alive
TEMPEST RISING
Tempest Rising has 505 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 505 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.
- Niche but breathing. Best chance to find others at peak hours.
- Currently at 100% of the all-time peak of 505 players.
- Last updated 4 weeks ago: Hotfix Update #11 - Matchmaking Fixes.
Playing now
505
24h peak
505
24h change
▲ 0.0%
Quick verdict
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GALLERY & TRAILERS
1 / 36
ACROSS PLATFORMS
STEAMLIVE
Current
505
24h peak
505
All-time
505
TWITCHLIVE · VIEWERS
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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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