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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Tempest Rising down to the 5 that fit the “PvP” category. Halo Wars, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition and Offworld Trading Company top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Tempest Rising.

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Year 2025Dev Slipgate Ironworks
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Within the “PvP” category, the closest game to Tempest Rising is Halo Wars — scoring 78/100 on our similarity scale. Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition and Offworld Trading Company follow close behind.

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Tempest Rising. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Halo Wars
Halo Wars
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerPvPTacticalSci-FiBase BuildingIsometric
IGDB70· 6
Year 2009Dev Ensemble Studios · Microsoft Game Studios

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, combat tactical and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: co op, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

It predates Tempest Rising by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Progression100Visuals100Game mode80Setting66
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerPvPTacticalBase BuildingIsometric
Steam👍 85%· 53KRAWG👍 74%· 106MC75IGDB81· 4OC83· 100
Year 2020Dev Forgotten Empires · Xbox Game StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, historical setting and setting medieval, while skipping setting scifi

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition completes the celebration of one of the most beloved real-time strategy franchises in definitive form with enhanced features and modernized gameplay.

Where it drifts furthest from Tempest Rising: setting.

Genre100Combat100Visuals84Progression77Game mode73Setting0
Offworld Trading Company
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerPvPSci-FiBase BuildingIsometric
Steam👍 77%· 5.7KRAWG👍 58%· 122MC78IGDB89· 3OC81· 21
Year 2016Dev Mohawk Games · Stardock EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping combat tactical

In the sci-fi game Offworld Trading Company, the player can lead an interplanetary corporation in a futuristic trade war for control of Mars. ###Gameplay The game mixes resource mining and construction used in real-time strategies with a stronger economic element.

Where it drifts furthest from Tempest Rising: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tempest Rising.

It predates Tempest Rising by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode70Visuals57Progression50Setting48
Total War: WARHAMMER III
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerPvPTacticalIsometric
Steam👍 70%· 143KRAWG👍 79%· 68MC85IGDB78· 3OC86· 72
Year 2022Dev Creative Assembly · SEGAPlaytime ~17hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, combat tactical and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi

Far beyond the world and its petty wars there exists a dimension of pure, malevolent magic: The Realm of Chaos. It is a terrible place, incomprehensible to the mortal mind. It whispers promises of power, but to behold it is to be seduced by it. To relinquish your soul to it. To become it.

Where it drifts furthest from Tempest Rising: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tempest Rising.

Genre100Visuals100Combat81Game mode72Setting0
Mitos.is: The Game
StrategyRTS
MultiplayerPvPSoloCo-opOnline
Steam👍 81%· 12KRAWG👍 18%· 68
Year 2015Dev Freakinware StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, multiplayer gameplay and PvP competition

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, survival mechanics and vibe casual, while skipping combat tactical

Eat cells or die trying! Warning: Incredibly addicting Multiplayer Game ! ** LAG: If you experience high latency, please open the Settings Menu and change your server location ** You are a cell, wandering around looking for smaller cells to absorb and grow.

Where it drifts furthest from Tempest Rising: visuals.

It predates Tempest Rising by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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