A storm-chasing simulation. Decide how close to a violent tornado you are willing to drive.
Prepare for nature's fury in Tornado Emergency, where you take on the role of a daring storm chaser. Collect vital data on severe weather events by deploying probes and manoeuvring your high-tech intercept vehicle. Play it safe at a cautious distance — or risk it all in the heart of a violent tornado.
- Status
- In development
- Genre
- Storm-chasing simulation
- Platform
- Windows
- Developer
- TIMMYG Studios
The loop
What you do out there
Six systems, and every one of them exists to answer the same question — how close are you willing to get, and what is the data worth when you get there?
Map & radar system
Read the storm off live radar
Every vehicle carries a laptop with real-time radar: reflectivity, velocity, storm-relative velocity and correlation coefficient, plus active weather warnings.
Data probes & cameras
Put a probe in its path
Photograph weather events, or place a probe in the path of a tornado to collect the data that pays for everything else.
Drones
Work the storm from the air
Get a bird's eye view of the storm and collect data from a safer distance than the road allows.
Vehicle customization
Spend the data on the vehicle
Spend money earned from data collection on upgrades and attachments for your chase vehicle.
Multiplayer
Chase with other people
Play with your friends or meet new ones. You can see other chasers' real-time locations on the in-game map, and ride along with them if you wish.
- In progress
Character customization
Pick who shows up
Choose your character's look from a set of presets. It saves between sessions and everyone else in the session sees it. Per-garment clothing and hair are still to come.
Screenshots
What it looks like
Ten in-game captures, across day, dusk, night and fog. Open one to see it full size.
On Steam
Put it on your list
Wishlisting it gets you a launch notification from Steam. It asks for nothing else, and it is the one way to be told without checking back — the Discord is the other, and it is a conversation rather than a notification.
Tornado Emergency on Steam
A storm chasing simulation/strategy based game that immerses players in the thrill of tracking and intercepting tornadoes.
Questions
Straight answers
Asked often enough to be worth writing down. The answers are the developer's own, including the two that are honestly 'I do not know yet'.
Is there a release date yet?
Currently no. I'm the only developer on this game. I graduated in August 2026 and run TIMMYG Studios full time now, so it moves at the pace one person can move it.
How realistic will the game be?
While realism is an end-goal, I am currently prioritizing the "fun" over realism for release.
What intercept vehicles will there be?
I want a range of armored intercept vehicles. For Early Access that's the heavy anchored one plus a second custom build, with more variants after that.
What will be the minimum requirements to run the game?
This question will be answered once alpha testing has finished.
What platforms will it be on?
Windows, through Steam. No other platform is announced, and nothing on this site should be read as a plan for one.
Can I play with other people?
Yes, or alone — both work. Online you see other chasers' live positions on the same in-game map you are navigating from, and you can ride along in someone else's vehicle instead of taking your own out.
Does it support controllers, or Steam Deck?
Partly stated. Every gameplay control is rebindable and some actions already have controller defaults — the Controls page lists them. Whether the whole game is playable on a controller, and whether it runs on Steam Deck, are not yet stated.
Ready to chase?
Wishlisting it gets you a launch notification from Steam. Or join the Discord and talk to the people already chasing.
Play it before it’s out. Applications for the playtest are open, and it costs nothing. Apply to playtest