Tempest Rising Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-30
- Best RTS since Command & Conquer
- Excellent graphics and sound
- Old-school RTS charm
- Third faction sold as DLC
- Only two factions available
- Frequent crashes and instability
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 12,045
- Positive
- 10,49287.1%
- Negative
- 1,55312.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 800,447
- Estimated revenue
- $32,009,876
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 912.73%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,047
- Estimated revenue lost
- $241,820
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 912.7% Avg playtime 0.9h | 902.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 39211.8% Avg playtime 31.9h | 2,75882.8% Avg playtime 44.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 6.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 428.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 530.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,331 total
Organic purchasers2,36170.9%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations97029.1%
Voted up: 83%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,331 total
First impression0-2h2908.71%
Voted up: 66%
Mid game2-10h1,04531.4%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h75722.7%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+1,23937.2%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 85.5%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 12,045 total.