Tempest Citadel

Tempest Citadel is a base-building game set on a planet imprisoned beneath a planet-wide storm. You play an enigmatic Captain from Terra, waking from cryostasis to discover that your mission was a lie and that those who sent you knew what they were doing. To find your true mission and a way home, you must explore the dangerous world and seek the secrets of the ancient race that once ruled it.

Build your city

You build a city in the clouds, module by module, and manage 100 unique crew members. Assign them roles as Soldiers, Scavengers, Workers, Researchers or Medical Experts, then choose their training and equipment. You can also use role-based auto-equipping options such as Assault Runner, Skirmisher and Sniper; when new weapons and armour arrive, crew members select the equipment best suited to their roles.

Gather resources to expand your base and outfit your squad. A research tree with over 200 items lets you develop Perks, Augs and Psionic abilities, while successful missions can provide research data, blueprints, schematics, scrap and tech items. These support research and the construction of more than 170 modules, items and weapons.

Plan expeditions

Your main objective is to explore the planet’s surface. Scan for sites and choose where to send expeditions, using available intelligence to select a squad suited to the terrain, weather and opposing forces. Preparation matters: after your squad lands, battles play out automatically.

Missions cost both materials and lives. Technology can bring fallen soldiers back, but they may lose their humanity in the process. Research and production also support your attack squads and city defences, with sci-fi weapons, armour and augmentations for designs ranging from Bio-Enhanced Super Soldiers and Exosuit-Wearing Assault Troopers to Psychic Stormweavers. Choosing the right squad for a mission can overcome superior numbers.

Face rival factions

Five enemy factions oppose your progress across the planet. Each has its own troops, technological specialities, strengths, weaknesses and storyline. The city’s day-to-day running also brings tactical and social dilemmas that carry risks as well as opportunities.