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The Turing Test

BULKHEAD · 2016-08-30

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 24, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2016 (Xbox One), Aug 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 2020 (Google Stadia), Feb 07, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

The Turing Test is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 8032 reviews).

1
playing now
88%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (35 downloads)
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (740 ratings)
7.6h
to beat · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Turing Test is a first-person puzzle video game developed by Bulkhead Interactive and published by Square Enix Collective. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One in August 2016, for PlayStation 4 in January 2017, for Nintendo Switch in February 2020, and for Stadia in May 2020.

Trailer

The Turing Test trailer thumbnail

The Turing Test (TRAILER)

≈658,874 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 95 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (289 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 28,752 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 201k–483k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,045 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.22 at GreenManGaming (2021-07-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 12 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25525520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1102Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 110 · peak 449Dec 2016 — avg 24 · peak 121Mar 2017 — avg 22 · peak 87Jun 2017 — avg 49 · peak 199Sep 2017 — avg 18 · peak 54Dec 2017 — avg 29 · peak 84Mar 2018 — avg 45 · peak 235Jun 2018 — avg 16 · peak 67Sep 2018 — avg 23 · peak 85Dec 2018 — avg 21 · peak 59Mar 2019 — avg 30 · peak 94Jun 2019 — avg 17 · peak 77Sep 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Dec 2019 — avg 21 · peak 60Mar 2020 — avg 57 · peak 249Jun 2020 — avg 32 · peak 105Sep 2020 — avg 16 · peak 44Dec 2020 — avg 23 · peak 72Mar 2021 — avg 22 · peak 95Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 48Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2022 — avg 12 · peak 60Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 46Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 21Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.402016-07-292026-10-082016-07-29 — best price $17.992016-11-06 — best price $19.992017-01-12 — best price $13.992017-05-18 — best price $9.992017-09-14 — best price $7.992017-11-24 — best price $5.992018-02-16 — best price $6.002018-05-17 — best price $5.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-10-18 — best price $5.072018-12-21 — best price $3.992019-02-18 — best price $19.992019-03-13 — best price $19.992019-05-09 — best price $3.992019-07-18 — best price $19.992019-10-21 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $3.992020-04-23 — best price $3.002020-07-16 — best price $2.552020-11-28 — best price $2.992021-01-21 — best price $2.552021-03-14 — best price $2.462021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-07-30 — best price $3.002021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-12-02 — best price $19.992022-02-04 — best price $2.992022-04-15 — best price $19.992022-06-30 — best price $2.992023-05-01 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

102122026-05-29 — 17 pageviews2026-06-02 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-14 — 20 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-26 — 27 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 26 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 29 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 30 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 46 pageviews2026-09-14 — 32 pageviews2026-09-18 — 100 pageviews2026-09-22 — 102 pageviews2026-09-26 — 82 pageviews2026-09-30 — 60 pageviews2026-10-04 — 65 pageviews2026-10-07 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
72.7%
earned "Chapter One"
43.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)28,28942%15
Steam (Steam)13,81049%15
PS4 (PlayStation)2,96450%15
PS4 (PlayStation)1,67749%15
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ShortSpacePuzzleRobotsSci-fiAdventureStory RichAtmosphericFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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