Tempest Rising

Tempest Rising

Slipgate Ironworks™ · 2025 · RTS, Strategy, Base Building, Singleplayer, Multiplayer

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About Tempest Rising

✦ AI summary

Build bases and command armies across a modern-day alternative history battlefield in this classic RTS revival, choosing between three unique factions with distinct strategies and playstyles. Master fast-paced base building and skill-rewarding combat across solo campaigns, custom skirmishes, and ranked multiplayer while uncovering the mystery of the Tempest vines threatening Earth.

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 3 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 2 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...

Features

  • Relive classic RTS base building with fast, fluid, and hard-hitting combat
  • Command 2 unique rosters of units as either the GDF (Global Defense Force) or the Tempest Dynasty (with the third playable faction, the Veti, coming in the future.)
  • 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

DLC & expansions

🎁 Complete the collection

Base game + 1 of 3 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).

$8.29
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 16, 2026
6/10. Quick Summary: Good campaign, terrible skirmish mode. Detail: I have been looking for a good replacement for games like C&C Generals and Zero Hour which I really liked. Campaign wise I would say look no further. 2 good length campaigns, 1 for each faction and a reasonable amount of variety in the missions. Playability is very similar to Generals and there are good distinct differences between the faction units to make the campaign play interesting. I only ever played Generals on campaign and then AI skirmish so that's all I wanted from this. Unfortunately that didn't pan out. The skirmish is completely broken when you compare it to other games like the old Generals or Iron Harvest or Homeworld deserts of kharak for example. The AI balancing on those is pretty good. Tempest Rising is terrible. For example, I can play free for all against 7, Hard level, AI players on the C&C Generals Skirmish and win with some effort depending on faction. In Tempest I tried medium against 1 AI player and they will come straight at you forcing you to turtle and focus on defence. This also happens on easy level where I ended up with 6 turrets and many artillery units guarding and they we…
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Recommended Jul 17, 2026
Its a new C&C, recommended!
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
8.5/10 - Is this the best 'C&C'? Maybe...
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
Truly a love letter to Command and Conquer, and the perfect solution to scratch my RTS and Command Conquer itch.
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
this game is awesome!
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
If you liked C&C series, this one is for you. great rts game

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