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Turbo Kid

Outerminds Inc. · 2024-04-09

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A nostalgic metroidvania adventure with insane weapons, skills, and pixel gore. Ride your BMX and blast your enemies as you discover the secrets of the Wasteland.

94%
positive of 578 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Turbo Kid is a gory homage to classic Metroidvanias of the ‘90s. Based on the cult post-apocalyptic film of the same name, the game serves as a bridge between the first film and the sequel which is in the works. The game is inspired by metroidvania/run-and-gun platformer classic like Super Metroid, Mega Man X, and Out of the World, with modern mechanics and storytelling techniques. The player will travel through five different zones in the order they see fit, meeting friends and foes along the way. They will have to defeat all the bosses in order to make it to the other side of the wasteland.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (168 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 13,543 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 578 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16116120242026Week of 2024-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

21
achievements tracked
41.7%
earned "Always wear a helmet"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2206%21
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

2DGoreBikesRetroActionCombatComedySci-fiNarrationNonlinear

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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