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Tethered

Thirteen unique islands await your guiding hand in this beautiful and engrossing real-time strategy game, unlike anything you have experienced before!

Released Feb 27, 2017 Developer Secret Sorcery Limited Platforms Windows Strategy Indie VR God Game RTS

View on Steam ↗ $18.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.

81.2%positive208 reviews

Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Does not Work with Meta Quest 3. Looks Like Devs abandoned updates.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 10, 2017
Play Tethered WITHOUT VR!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27930995/db7f94bc7fda20b02a9044493629315a8ada5393.jpg We’ve been busy little sorcerers! Today's major update means you no longer

Apr 10, 2017
Play Tethered WITHOUT VR!

Mar 31, 2017
Get Collecting! Tethered Trading Cards Available NOW!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27930995/8b6e49dc5c60f502de8eb59a5bdfbf643fdb48d7.png Keep despair at bay with this gorgeous set of Tethered Trading Cards! Featuri

Mar 31, 2017
Get Collecting! Tethered Trading Cards Available NOW!

Mar 23, 2017
COMING SOON: Major Tethered update including non-VR support and checkpoint save system!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27930995/dc62ff51ab20aa8c6a592314cbacef4c26989b1b.jpg We’re excited to reveal that we’ve been working on a major update for Tethere

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

Genres	Indie, Strategy
Player tags	Strategy · Indie · VR · God Game · RTS · Cute · Puzzle · Building · Singleplayer · Stylized · Atmospheric · Lemmings (SteamSpy community voting)
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV
Languages	English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese
Controller	Full support
Achievements	31
Estimated owners	0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy)
Official site	http://www.secretsorcery.com/tethered

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64 bit and later Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC