Tempest Rising Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-09
- Good graphics and visuals
- Excellent soundtrack by Frank Klepacki
- Scratches RTS itch
- Missing third faction
- Weak story and characters
- Overly difficult AI
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows <8GB 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
- 11,394
- Positive
- 10,00087.8%
- Negative
- 1,39412.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 773,327
- Estimated revenue
- $30,925,347
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1313.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,891
- Estimated revenue lost
- $355,551
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1313% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1102.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 50211.5% Avg playtime 36.4h | 3,63083% Avg playtime 44.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 10.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 6.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 969.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 418 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,373 total
Organic purchasers3,31075.7%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations1,06324.3%
Voted up: 84%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,373 total
First impression0-2h3778.62%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h1,38731.7%
Voted up: 83%
Late game10-20h1,02123.3%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+1,58836.3%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
75.0%
Global baseline 85.5%
12 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 11,394 total.