Indie · June 2, 2016
Turmoil (2016)
Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. As you make money digging up and selling oil, the town will grow along with you. Lease land at the town auction and search for oil. Build a rig, create an efficient pipe network and bring up the oil to store it in silos. Sell the oil at the best times to maximize profits. Then buy essential upgrades in town to cope with rock, gas and ice. Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor. A campaign where you build your rags-to-riches oil baron career and beat your rivals. Dozens of upgrades and new tools to improve your oil mining operations. Meet the town’s characters in the saloon and make shady business deals. Play single game mode to get one of literally millions of procedurally generated levels and earn as much as you can in one year. Steam Achievements, Badges, Trading Cards and Cloud Saving. Lease land at the town auction and search for oil using a dowser, mole or scanner. Maximize your profits by using natural gas to boost the oil price. Outbid your competitors at the stock auction. Take on computer opponents, or challenge friends or random opponents in online multiplayer matches.
Indie releases from 2016
29 Indie titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 14.9k Steam reviews | Top 20% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 93% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 37% |
| Metacritic | 73/100 | Genre average 77 — top 75% of Indie titles |
| Concurrent peak | 767 players | Top 10% in Indie by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 10 h average | Top 60% for session depth among Indie |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Management · 357
- Mining · 354
- Strategy · 346
- Time Management · 332
- Resource Management · 330
- Turn-Based Strategy · 322
- Multiplayer · 311
- Asynchronous Multiplayer · 307
- Singleplayer · 306
- Relaxing · 305
- 2D · 293
- Capitalism · 278
- Economy · 277
- Turn-Based Tactics · 270
- Simulation · 267
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Dutch
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Hungarian
- Japanese
Reception Metrics
Steam community
93%Very Positive · 14.9k reviews
13.8k positive · 1.0k negative
Metacritic
73/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
12.6k
Peak concurrent players
767
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Online PvP
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Press Quotes
“Turmoil makes for some of the best fun and strategic game-play in this oil tycoon game.” 9/10 – Fragged Nation “Turmoil is the epitome of simplicity” 4/5 – HardcoreGamer “I love it to bits.” Jacksepticeye
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
10h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
3h
Current engagement
Achievements
39
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jun 2, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Gamious |
| Base price | $3.24 -75% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 3 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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