Jake Su
SavePoint GamingTempest Rising Review - Bold Return to Base-Building Warfare
Published 11/25/2025
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PC - 4/24/2025
Tempest Rising
Tempest Rising seamlessly merges the classic action of real-time strategy (RTS) games from the ‘90s and 2000s with modern production and performance standards. Encounter a battle-scarred 1997 in an alternate timeline where the Cuban Missile Crisis went nuclear. In the fallout from the war, a strange red electrical vine known as Tempest started spreading across the planet and changed the course of history. Tempest Rising gives players full command as they build up their bases, lead armies into battle, and execute bold strategies to emerge victorious. Experience the story of two different factions across two campaigns with deep and rewarding gameplay that keeps the focus on strategy and skill, with built-in customization options that let players approach the game their own way in both single-player and multiplayer.
- Developer
- Slipgate Ironworks
- Publisher
- 3D Realms, Knights Peak, Saber Interactive
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77
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Josh Broadwell
ShacknewsTempest Rising review: A safe war
Published 5/4/2025
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70
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Read originalTaoshi
GameSpaceTempest Rising – PC
Published 4/28/2025
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80
+3 vs critic avg
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Read originalJoelle Daniels
GamingBoltTempest Rising Review – Tempest Wars
Published 4/21/2025
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80
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Read originalEd Smith
PCGamesNTempest Rising review - like a new Command and Conquer, but with its own ideas
Published 4/17/2025
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80
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Read originalCory Wells
Hardcore GamerReview: Tempest Rising
Published 4/17/2025
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70
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Read originalMark Steighner
COGconnectedTempest Rising Review – Nostalgia, Nukes, and New Beginnings
Published 4/17/2025
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84
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Read originalTempest Rising Review - Single-Player Campaign
Published 4/17/2025
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70
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Read originalRick Lane
PC GamerTempest Rising review
Published 4/17/2025
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85
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