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Turmoil

Gamious · 2016-06-02

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 04, 2016 (Mac), Aug 04, 2016 (Linux), Jun 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 22, 2017 (iOS), Jan 10, 2022 (Android)

Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

167
playing now
93%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

167 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Turmoil is a simulation video game by Gamious and based on the 19th century oil rush in North America. It was released through Steam Early Access in 2015, before being fully released the following year.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 167 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 599 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~75/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 403k–967k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,116 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-69%
GOG$12.99
Microsoft Store$15.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.94 at IndieGala Store (2025-06-03) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 70 of 109 observed days · $11.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42142120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3761162026-08-06 21:00 — 186 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 176 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 250 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 189 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 192 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 306 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 204 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 223 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 376 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 198 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 197 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 275 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 168 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 180 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 275 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 151 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 158 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 314 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 231 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 162 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 203 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 188 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 147 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 294 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 202 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 126 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 213 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 191 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 167 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$2.122015-06-052026-08-302015-06-05 — best price $8.992016-10-05 — best price $9.992017-07-06 — best price $9.992017-11-14 — best price $4.992018-02-21 — best price $4.992018-06-29 — best price $5.002018-09-24 — best price $8.992019-01-05 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-01-18 — best price $9.992020-03-24 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $3.392020-08-24 — best price $8.892020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-28 — best price $3.992021-02-24 — best price $9.992021-05-03 — best price $8.382021-07-01 — best price $9.992021-10-25 — best price $9.992022-01-18 — best price $8.382022-04-12 — best price $8.002022-08-17 — best price $2.492023-01-12 — best price $8.002023-05-14 — best price $2.982023-07-31 — best price $8.092023-10-25 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $11.822024-03-15 — best price $4.162024-05-21 — best price $5.412024-08-02 — best price $6.542024-10-19 — best price $10.222025-01-06 — best price $4.422025-03-24 — best price $11.562025-05-30 — best price $12.992025-08-19 — best price $11.512025-10-29 — best price $3.272026-03-16 — best price $2.502026-08-07 — best price $8.002026-08-30 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2232026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 19 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

602026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Promising"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)20,9700%39
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)1400%39
PS4 (PlayStation)1250%32
PS4 (PlayStation)580%32
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

2DMiningEconomyRelaxingStrategyCapitalismManagementSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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