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Tempest Rising

Tempest Rising

Released: 4/24/2025

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...

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...

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...

Critics
81
Steam
87
Metacritic
74

Score Breakdown

81.3

Critic Average

36 reviews

87

Steam User Score

11,717 reviews

74

Metacritic User Score

59 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-6.2
Metacritic Disparity
+7.3
Combined Disparity
+0.5

Average of both sources

Review Timing

26 early (72%)9 launch window (25%)1 late (3%)

Review summary

Updated Jul 26, 2026

Based on 36 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 81.3/100. Critics score this game 6.2 points lower than Steam users and 7.3 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 36)+
  1. Jake SuviaSavePoint Gaming
    Nov 25, 2025·Late review
    75/100View review
    Steam 87.4/100 · -12.4 ptsMetacritic 74/100 · +1.0 pts
  2. Göker NurbeylerviaOyungezer Online
    Jun 3, 2025·Launch window
    85/100View review
    Steam 87.4/100 · -2.4 ptsMetacritic 74/100 · +11.0 pts
  3. Alan Murilo Pereira DuqueviaGameBlast
    May 20, 2025·Launch window
    85/100View review
    Steam 87.4/100 · -2.4 ptsMetacritic 74/100 · +11.0 pts
  4. Luigi FlorisviaGamesource Italia
    May 19, 2025·Launch window
    85/100View review
    Steam 87.4/100 · -2.4 ptsMetacritic 74/100 · +11.0 pts
  5. Gareth von KallenbachviaSkewed & Reviewed
    May 10, 2025·Launch window
    90/100View review
    Steam 87.4/100 · +2.6 ptsMetacritic 74/100 · +16.0 pts