Tempest Rising
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Playing now
106−40 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
9,376Apr 2025
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| Community | New Veti Mission Demo Releasing During TactiCon on July 9 STASIS FIELD COLLAPSE IMMINENT… "The humans thought us extinct." The most highly requested content since launch has been new single-player content. We're happy to announce that the Veti are getting single-player missions ! The first preview of these will be in a new Demo, launching on July 9 during the annual TactiCon event co-hosted and organized by Hooded Horse & Firesquid . Early Look We'll… | — | |
| Community | Beta Feedback Survey and Wallpaper + Avatar pack Requesting intel, Commander. Whether you are a Tempest Rising veteran or this is your first experience with the game, thank you for participating in the Veti Multiplayer Public Beta! We're thrilled to see so many people enjoying the new faction and sharing feedback in our Discord and Steam forums. Survey, Wallpapers, and Avatars We have created a survey to collect important feedback and data th… | — | |
| Community | The Veti Multiplayer Public Beta is live! Join for free and play until June 10. Fire at will, General! The Veti Multiplayer Public Beta is now available for everyone! You do not need to own the game to participate in this Beta. To join, simply head to our Steam page and click 'Play Now'. You will automatically be added to the beta and will see a new app in your Steam library called "Tempest Rising: Veti Multiplayer Public Beta". Remember to invite your friends, and good lu… | — | |
| Community | Veti Multiplayer Public Beta May 27 to June 10 |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.
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| Game update | Hotfix Update #11 - Matchmaking Fixes Bug Fixes Matchmaking · Fixed an issue where the Ranked matchmaking system was not properly accounting for player ratings when creating a match · Queue times will increase as matchmaking will prioritize matching players with a smaller Rating difference. This should improve the quality of matches overall. · Note: A small portion of players with very high ratings might not find a match at certain… | 23016497 |
| Major update | New Maps, RMB Freelook, Bot-only Matches, New Difficulty, Saved Settings, & more Got the plans right here, Commander. On Friday, we marked the one-year anniversary of our launch date. We recapped an exciting year and teased some big things we are working on for Tempest Rising, including map creation tools and new single-player content. We look forward to sharing more about this content in the future. Today, we are releasing another batch of quality-of-life improvements, new… | 22976240 |
| Community | One Year Anniversary and the Future of Tempest Rising The war rages on. Your first year of command exceeded expectations, General! Nice work, but we’re not done here yet. We are excited to share an early look at what is coming next for Tempest Rising. We will share more information as we approach each release. The Road Ahead Public Veti Multiplayer Beta An upcoming Beta for the Veti Faction will be available for all players ; you will not need to… | — |
| Game update | Hotfix Update #10 Balance Updates Global Defense Force (GDF) Harvester In the latest patch, we introduced modifications to the GDF Harvester that reduced the overall harvesting cycle time, increasing GDF economic efficiency. We are introducing some small tweaks to the Harvester as a partial correction, and will continue to monitor faction performance to determine if further changes are necessary. · Tempest Refin… | 22333143 |
| Major update | A New Quality of Life Update is Out Now! Analyzing schematics . . . Welcome back, General! Our latest update brings a variety of community-requested quality-of-life improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes. To address a question we have seen from many players, we can confirm that we are continuing to work on the Veti Faction, along with other future content for the game. Our update pace has slowed lately, but rest assured, we are… | 22114885 |
| Community | Next Update Lands March 10 - Ladder Reset, Quality of Life, and Balance Changes Closing on target. The next update for Tempest Rising lands on Tuesday, March 10 ! This update brings a new batch of quality-of-life improvements based on player feedback. Notably, this update will include: · A new option to play Campaign with all Doctrines & Equipment unlocked from the start · An option to collapse and expand the unit selection groups in the HUD · A long-awaited Ranked Multipl… | — |
| Game update | Hotfix Update #9 Greetings, Commander! The Veti Multiplayer Test has come to a close. We are thrilled with the early response to the new Faction, and we appreciate all the time you have put into playing and testing the Veti. The feedback we received has proven to be quite valuable and has been duly noted. The Veti will return in the future. Stay tuned! Balance Updates With our Superior Firepower update, we made… | 21136758 |
| Community | Thank you for the support! Great work, Commander! While Tempest Rising did not win tonight at The Game Awards, our entire team is still thrilled just to be nominated for an award on a global stage, alongside industry titans in the genre. Thank you to everyone who voted for us, and to every Commander and General who joined the battlefield. We are deeply grateful for your support and are very proud of the game we have crea… | — |
| Game update | Hotfix Update #8 Balance Updates In our Superior Firepower update, we made many balance updates for both the GDF and Dynasty factions, while also introducing the Veti into the mix in the Veti Multiplayer Test. Early data has shown that these balance changes have given the GDF faction the short end of the stick. With this hotfix, we are aiming to give them a boost in the early game against the other two factions… | 21057029 |
| Major update | The Superior Firepower update is...wait, what is that?! We’ve been ambushed, General! Superweapons have been a highly requested and anticipated feature for Tempest Rising since long before launch, though we’d rank something else even higher… Prepare to engage Veti hostiles! Veti Multiplayer Test: Dec. 2-15 Starting NOW until December 15, owners of Tempest Rising can jump into a new public test branch and experience playing with the complete roster o… | 20981488 |
| Community | Next Update drops Dec. 2 - Adds Superweapons, Global Production Queue, Codex Superweapons incoming, General! The Superior Firepower Update , the next major content update for Tempest Rising, drops TOMORROW, Tuesday, December 2 ! Superweapons Unleash devastating attacks on your foes with the new Superweapons (full breakdown in a previous post below) in Skirmish, Custom Games, and Matchmaking starting tomorrow! Global Production Queue The new Global Production Queue shows… | — |
| Community | Steam Awards 2025 - Nominate Tempest Rising for Best Soundtrack! Target locked. Reinforcements required! Show your love for the music of Tempest Rising by nominating us for Best Soundtrack in the Steam Awards 2025! 🏆 Since we began releasing tracks to the public over three years ago, we have consistently received very positive feedback about the game’s soundtrack. On behalf of the amazing team of composers behind this game (including the legendary composer… | — |
| Community | Superweapons are coming to Tempest Rising! WARNING! Superweapons detected. Orders received, Commander. By popular demand, Superweapons are coming to Tempest Rising in our next major update! Harnessing powerful war machines to produce and unload devastating payloads onto the enemy has been an integral and very impactful element of the RTS genre since its inception. We are very excited to introduce our own unique take on them for the GDF… | — |
| Community | Nominated for Best Sim/Strategy Game at The Game Awards - Vote Now! New orders, Commander! We're thrilled to share that Tempest Rising has been nominated for Best / Sim Strategy game of 2025 at The Game Awards! We owe so much to all of you. It's meant the world to the team to see so many people enjoying Tempest since launch. Whether you play Campaign or Multiplayer, GDF or Dynasty, you're the reason we've made it to this global stage. Thank you for your continu… | — |
| Game update | Ranked Leaderboards/MMR Reset on Monday, October 13 On Monday, October 13, at 7am PST / 10am EST / 4pm CEST, we'll be performing a long-awaited reset of the leaderboards and player ratings. What this entails: · MMR for all players will be reset to the default rating of 1500. · Current Leaderboards will be emptied and not preserved · Player statistics will be preserved on the Player Profile page · Brief server maintenance will occur 30 minutes pr… | 20287636 |
| Game update | Hotfix Update #7 New Features Additional reconnection options for Custom Games We’re introducing additional options for reconnection behavior in Custom Games. Players can now customize the disconnect/reconnect behavior of Custom matches after a player loses connection with these ‘Post-disconnect Behavior’ options: · Pause and Continue (Default) · When a player loses connection, the game will pause for all playe… | 20287636 |
| Major update | The Customization Update is Out NOW! Tools ready. Checking designs. . . 🔧 Welcome back, Commander! Our latest update introduces new community-requested customization features to Tempest Rising, along with new maps, balance adjustments, and bug/crash fixes. Notably, this update adds AI behavior options, a new Casual Difficulty mode, and new Custom Match settings options that will give you more freedom to experience Tempest Rising… | 20243621 |
| Community | New Update Drops Oct. 6 - Adds AI Behavior Options, 3 maps, Match Settings, QoL Incoming transmission. . . 📡 We're excited to share that the next content update for Tempest Rising drops on Monday, October 6 ! We've outlined some of the new features and improvements below. Our next batch of Skirmish and Custom maps have been built based on a few of our Campaign missions - each with their own unique layouts. The following Campaign missions have been reconstructed into multi… | — |
| Game update | Hotfix Update #6 Bug Fixes Controls Following the latest patch, players were unable to fully replicate the intended behaviour of 'Classic Controls'. To fix this, we are reintroducing the 'Classic Controls' option, which gives players the ability to control their army as in classic RTS games of this era, while still allowing them to rebind keybindings to their liking. · Re-added 'Classic Controls' option to the… | 19996433 |
| Major update | The Triple Threat Update is Out NOW! Reinforcements have arrived! ⛩️ New Features 3v3 / 6-Player Matches · By popular demand in the community, we've added the ability to play with up to six players in Custom Games and Skirmish mode. Full Spectator mode Introducing Spectator mode, which allows players to spectate Custom matches with a new HUD: · Added the ability to see all players’ stats: · Current/Total Power · Current/Total Cred… | 19846178 |
| Community | Next Major Update Launches Sept. 9 - Adds 3v3, Game Speed Adj., New Map, & More Receiving you loud and clear, Commander! We're very excited to reveal some new, highly requested features and content coming to Tempest Rising in our next major update! The most common feedback we've seen by far since launch has been players wanting to experience larger-scale matches; we're very happy to announce that 3v3 / 6-player matches are coming in next week's update! For the singleplayer… | — |
| Game update | Hotfix Update #5 Balance Updates After our last balance patch , we found some opportunities to improve on early game matchups and further adjust some overperforming units, particularly on the GDF side. This small update should increase skill expression on the side of the GDF while continuing to improve on the Dynasty’s early to midgame infantry forces. Global Defense Force (GDF) Hunter Tank We are continuing to… | 19613195 |
| In-game event | Difficulty Selector, EULA Update, Heal/Repair Auras, and Party & Multiplayer QoL Patching you through. . . Ready for new orders, Commander! This update brings a few minor community-requested features and changes, including: an update and clarification to our EULA , a new Difficulty Selector for Campaign missions, and an option to mute players during matches. We also focused on improving the general gameplay feel and the viability of more diverse strategies for both the GDF… | 19430172 |