The real-time strategy genre is getting a boost in the first half of 2025, as Saber Interactive’s 3D Realms label and Knights Peak Interactive have come together to reveal on the PC Gaming Show that Tempest Rising will officially launch on April 24, 2025, on PC via Steam.
The highly anticipated, modern real-time strategy game is set to deliver in-depth base-building, resource management, and all-out warfare between unique factions in single-player and multiplayer in a true spiritual successor to the RTS classics of the ‘90s and 2000s.
Tempest Rising transports players to 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 spread across the planet and changed the course of history, awakening an ancient race lying dormant known as the Veti, as teased in today’s new trailer. If you are getting flashbacks to the good old days of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and even Starcraft, then you know exactly what the game is going for.
Players will play their part in the gripping story of two unique factions across two campaigns with deep and rewarding gameplay that keeps the focus on strategy and skill, with built-in customisation options that let you take on challenges your own way, plus original music from legendary Command & Conquer composer Frank Klepacki. Could a modern Hell March be on the docket? We can only hope.
Lead the highly mobile, advanced peacekeeping corps of the Global Defense Forces or the hard-hitting Tempest Dynasty in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Take full command of the battlefield as you build up your base, lead your armies into combat, and execute bold strategies to emerge victorious.
Tempest Rising Key Features
Here’s everything to look forward to in a nutshell:
- Classic RTS base-building with fast, fluid, hard-hitting combat and tons of customisation
- Command two asymmetrical factions, each featuring unique harvesting models, resource systems, and distinct rosters of units for drastically different playstyles
- Two epic single-player campaigns with between-mission cutscenes to drive the story
- Skirmish, custom games, and ranked multiplayer matchmaking with a Glicko-2 rating
You can wishlist Tempest Rising on Steam, before the game launches on April 24, 2025.
