Fit check
Is Tempest Citadel worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to manage a sci-fi settlement and its crew
- Players who enjoy preparing squads before automated combat
- Fans of research-heavy base building with faction storylines
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct control during battles rather than automated squad resolution
- Players looking for a small-scale game without crew, research, production, and city management
- Players who prefer historical or contemporary settings over sci-fi and fantasy worlds
Our take on Tempest Citadel
The defining structure is the split between airborne city management and surface expeditions: squads are configured around terrain, weather, and enemies, then their battles resolve automatically.
What is Tempest Citadel?
Build a city in the clouds above a storm-ruled planet and manage 100 crew members across roles such as Soldiers, Scavengers, Workers, Researchers, and Medical Experts.
Assign training, equipment, perks, augmentations, and psionic abilities. Scan the surface, choose expedition sites, and select squads according to terrain, weather, and opposing forces before automated battles begin. Missions provide research data, scrap, and technology for advancing through more than 200 research nodes and constructing over 170 modules, items, and weapons. Five enemy factions have their own troops, technology specialties, strengths, weaknesses, and storylines. Tactical and social dilemmas interrupt city management, while fallen soldiers can be restored through technology at a possible cost to their humanity.
How Tempest Citadel plays
- 01Cloud City Construction
- Expand the airborne settlement module by module and construct equipment for the city and its squads.
- 02Crew Role Management
- Assign 100 crew members to roles including Soldier, Scavenger, Worker, Researcher, and Medical Expert.
- 03Automated Squad Battles
- Choose an expedition squad using information about terrain, weather, and opposing forces before each battle resolves automatically.
- 04Research Progression
- Use mission rewards to advance through research trees containing more than 200 nodes.
- 05Crew Customization
- Develop crew members with role-based training, equipment, perks, augmentations, and psionic abilities.
Tempest Citadel compared to similar games
Xenonauts also centers on military squads and alien technology, but its description specifies turn-based combat, while Tempest Citadel uses automated battles alongside city construction and crew management. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation focuses on managing vast armies across a world, whereas Tempest Citadel centers on a 100-member crew, expedition squads, and an airborne city. Old World follows empires across multiple generations, while Tempest Citadel uses research, production, and conflicts with five enemy factions on a storm-bound planet.
Tempest Citadel: platforms & release
Is Tempest Citadel worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to manage a sci-fi settlement and its crew. Skip it if: players seeking direct control during battles rather than automated squad resolution.
Where can I download Tempest Citadel?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tempest Citadel's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tempest Citadel on?
Windows only.
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