Tornado: Research and Rescue
Steam News 1 February 20263mo ago

Career Mode + Wall Clouds + Power Flashes + More!

A lot of new additions, most importantly there is now a career mode with the ability to upgrade your equipment, progress is automatically saved (and can be reset by pressing 'esc' in the settings menu). There are four d…

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Full Tornado: Research and Rescue update

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addedA lot of new additions, most importantly there is now a career mode with the ability to upgrade your equipment, progress is automatically saved (and can be reset by pressing 'esc' in the settings menu).
changedAs your academic ranking increases, the game difficulty will also increase: at first tornadoes will spawn near you, and move slowly. As you move up the rankings, tornadoes will start to move faster and spawn further away from you.
addedAlso added:
changedChanged:
changedDebris flight has been tweaked more, the tornado will carry objects quite far across the map now, and you will see more visible debris orbiting the funnel

A lot of new additions, most importantly there is now a career mode with the ability to upgrade your equipment, progress is automatically saved (and can be reset by pressing 'esc' in the settings menu).

There are four data types:

  1. Wind speed (cheapest)

  2. Pressure

  3. Temperature

  4. Dew Point (most expensive)

As you collect data, you will also discover anomalies - these are unique discoveries in the data that push your academic career forward. For certain upgrades, you will need both the required amount of money and a minimum academic ranking.

As your academic ranking increases, the game difficulty will also increase: at first tornadoes will spawn near you, and move slowly. As you move up the rankings, tornadoes will start to move faster and spawn further away from you.

Also added:

  • Wall clouds

  • Power flashes

Changed:

  • Velocity couplet shows before tornado formation

  • Wind turbines now spin according to the wind speed they are experiencing

  • Debris flight has been tweaked more, the tornado will carry objects quite far across the map now, and you will see more visible debris orbiting the funnel

Some screenshots below :)

Source

Steam News / 1 February 2026

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