Tempest 4000
Skip · Short indie · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 19, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.08/hr
- Reviews▼
- 70% of 200
- Critics
- 76 players 6 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 78% Short indie
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6.5h
- Achievements
- 21
Price and sales
- Sales
- 52 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 August 2026
- Sale every
- 44d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 24% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
21% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
52 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 76 percent. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved ($3.99, scores 82) outscores it, and so does Polygoneer ($0.49, scores 56). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Tempest 4000
Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 102 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 61 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
EAT ELECTRIC DEATH!!! This game certainly isn't for everyone (especially if you have epilepsy, lol) but as someone who's a huge fan of Tempest and has played dozens of hours of Tempest 2000, I can assure you most of the negative reviews here are either 40-year-old men who were expecting a remake of the original arcade version, or reviews made in 2018 on launch day. This game is amazing. I bought it yesterday and...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Amazing Game, amazing heritage I still play the original but this follows it's DNA perfectly. Jeff Minter is the man and Atari also need credit for allowing TxK to become T4k. Can't recommend enough. A+++
O controle é horrível, a Garra fica derrapando o tempo todo. Os gráficos são confusos demais e na zona toda é difícil pegar os power-ups, quase invisíveis. Se desinstalar o jogo os scores não serão salvos. Não há motivo para jogar isso com Tempest 2000 disponível.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4600 or higher, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Tempest 4000 scores 19/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/688140/tempest-4000Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.