Steam app 361280 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:12 UTC
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.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
137 months, May 2015 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 279 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Turmoil was released on 2 Jun, 2016.
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39 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, May 2017 to Nov 2025 · times in UTC
Nominate Turmoil for “Labor of Love” 💛Turmoil has been in players’ hands for many years now, and it has continued to grow thanks to all of you — your feedback, your suggestions, and your passion for digging a little deeper.This year, we’d…
fredrikDear Oil Entrepreneurs, Today, it was exactly 10 years ago that Turmoil was first released on Steam in Early Access. It's been quite the adventure! We're happy to celebrate this special day with a juicy discount, and we're especially…
GamiousHowdy, oil afficionados! Hold on to your hats because we’ve got an update that’s going to shake things up! We’re upping the challenge frequency by introducing Daily Challenges, bringing you fresh gameplay every day. What’s New? We're…
GamiousDear Oil entrepreneurs, Today's update brings some bug fixes and updated mechanics! Many thanks to everyone who reported bugs on the Turmoil Steam Community boards. Please know that even if we do not respond to every post, we do read them…
GamiousFixed issue where it was sometimes possible to play Dice Dice Dice with too little money Fixed issue where Dice Dice Dice was not playable if the player lacked the funds for other saloon offers above 1000 dollars Fixed diamond offer in The…
Patch notesDear oil entrepreneurs, Turmoil's new DLC Deeper Underground is now available! So, without further ado, we welcome you to get back into the business of drilling for oil, and all the other things we have cooked up for you! An all-new town…
GamiousHi all! You may have heard about the upcoming new Turmoil DLC: Deeper Underground! If you're all hyped up and would like to help us playtest the final stages of development, you're welcome to sign up for a limited-time playtest on the…
GamiousWe're happy to present Turmoil - Deeper Underground! We’re bringing Turmoil into the Roaring Twenties with a completely new campaign, lots of newfangled mechanics, upgrades, new playable characters and NPC’s, and all-new areas and levels!…
GamiousDear oil entrepreneurs, Thank you for all the great feedback and support! We noticed that not every player had the time to complete a full multiplayer campaign. Because of this we are happy to add a single game mode to the multiplayer: Play…
pvdbDear oil entrepreneurs, Thank you for all the feedback! We will bring you a update today to fix some small issues in multiplayer mode: After leaving a multiplayer match where all other players left before the end, you will no longer get a…
Patch notesDear oil entrepreneurs, Thank you for all the feedback on the multiplayer update! We will bring you a small update today to fix some issues with multiplayer matches that get stuck early in the game. Unresponsive players get removed from the…
Patch notesDear oil entrepreneurs, We are happy to announce that with this update, Turmoil Multiplayer is finally here! We dig it (ha!), and hope you will too! Many thanks to all the players who helped us by playtesting, filling in questionnaires and…
paulavandenbesselaarDear oil entrepreneurs, Today's update brings some long needed bug fixes and tweaks. Many thanks to everyone who reported bugs on the Turmoil Steam Community boards. Please know that even if we do not respond to every post, we do read them…
1000 GibibitDear oil entrepreneurs, It's finally upon us: Turmoil Multiplayer has reached the playtesting phase! If all goes well, you'll all be able to play Turmoil campaigns online with friends and adversaries in the near future. But of course we…
1000 GibibitWelcome to the final pre-release development blog of the multiplayer update. We’re really thankful for the positive interest so far. In today’s post, we are going to answer some questions that appeared in the comments on previous blog…
1000 GibibitHello and welcome to the last multiplayer blog post. The topics of the day are player portrait customization and matchmaking! Multiplayer part 1: an introduction A look at what the multiplayer campaign is and what a turn of playing looks…
1000 GibibitHello all and welcome to part 3 of the multiplayer development log. We will be showcasing the match statistics available during a multiplayer campaign. Today’s screenshots are all from a real multiplayer match, played internally.…
1000 Gibibit{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8874941/bb2a6ee35fca09e793bb16793d727a8557da964b.png Dear oil entrepreneurs, It’s finally here! Leiting Games and Gamious proudly present Turmoil for Android and iOS. Turmoil for mobile contains the full experience you…
1000 GibibitHello and welcome to part 2 of the series where we reveal the contents of the soon-to-be released multiplayer gamemode. Multiplayer part 1: an introduction A look at what the multiplayer campaign is and what a turn of playing looks like.…
1000 GibibitHello everyone, this is Herman A.K.A. 1000 Gibibit, lead programmer on Turmoil. We've announced multiplayer for Turmoil a while ago, and now that we're close to finishing, we'd love to tell you a bit more about it. So, welcome to a new…
1000 GibibitDear oil magnates, Today we bring a small update that prevents your campaign from getting stuck due to bugs. Of course we always try to solve bugs before they reach you, but when one manages to slip through it is better to have a fail-safe.…
Patch notesA small hotfix to yesterday’s update to fix some minor bugs. Changelog The campaign AI will now purchase upgrades in a logical order again, which may slightly impact difficulty. Shout-out to Stuff+ for pointing this out. Yes, the AI does…
Patch notesDear oil entrepreneurs, Version 3.0.38 of Turmoil is now available. This patch brings some minor bugfixes and several changes to tune the game balance. Game speed has been lowered by 10% After the 3.0 update, we found the game was running…
1000 GibibitPatch notes for hotfix version 3.0.35e Fixed an issue where cloud save would not trigger after every campaign save, causing desynchronisation between your local and cloud save when switching between devices.
Patch notesHello all. Today we discovered an issue that prevented some players from logging in and thus from setting a nickname or submitting Weekly Challenge levels. This patch fixes the issue. If you find yourself being unable to set a nickname or…
Patch notesHello! Today we bring to you some bugfixes and minor additions. Thanks to everyone in the community for reporting the bugs and for suggesting improvements. Fixed an issue where syncing with the cloud would cause you to lose access to the…
Patch notesHowdy oil entrepreneurs, Today we present to you, Turmoil version 3.0. Turmoil is rebuilt completely from the ground up in order to facilitate all the new stuff coming your way. You already know about some of the new features if you've read…
1000 GibibitUpdate: the playtest for version 3.0 has ended. Follow Turmoil on Steam to get notified of future Playtests! Dear oil entrepreneurs, It's been quiet here for a long time, and that's about to change! We've been working hard on a complete…
Gamious{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8874941/8af810f20a603d9e96f39b6ec014695d18dcb8cc.png We're happy to announce here that Turmoil is now available for Nintendo Switch! The version for Nintendo Switch includes the base game and the DLC The Heat Is On. So if…
GamiousThis is a patch for a minor UI issue that allowed players to start campaigns as the wrong character, corrupting the campaign and crashing the game at the first stock auction. This patch includes the following changes Fixed an issue where…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/f6e483d3df9355814d972f7e153c83f846adce6b.png Dear oil entrepreneurs old and new, It's been a while since the last update, but this doesn't mean we that we've stopped…
Gamioushttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/28cd393ae02c326fb27f0affcadabe6c88a481e2.png Dear oil barons, Update 44 is not the biggest ever. It fixes a strange gas situation that we've found out about quite…
Gamioushttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/e13647d0e17f9dce0e53512ef7fdb08b9c3f7ab1.png Dear non (or sometimes) spillers of oil, We're still busy fixing bugs left and right, but we also found the time to…
Gamioushttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/990dd20815d6dd3c62c15d1fd074d5236614b749.png Dear oil entrepreneurs, After lots of hotfixes following the launch of The Heat Is On, everything’s almost oilright now.…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/990dd20815d6dd3c62c15d1fd074d5236614b749.png Dear oil entrepreneurs, After lots of hotfixes following the launch of The Heat Is On, everything’s almost oilright now.…
Gamioushttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/1762824ad419f36b00ccced6f56f1dae7188c0d1.png DLC Day has arrived! The new expansion pack: "The Heat Is On" is now live! Additionally, the Turmoil base game…
Patch noteshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/1762824ad419f36b00ccced6f56f1dae7188c0d1.png DLC Day has arrived! The new expansion pack: "The Heat Is On" is now live! Additionally, the Turmoil base game…
Gamioushttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/f7be30b3fc30c426423f5e7ed33198a14dc3e7d7.png Dear oil entrepeneurs, We have finally finished our work on the DLC campaign for Turmoil! It will be called 'The…
Gamioushttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/f7be30b3fc30c426423f5e7ed33198a14dc3e7d7.png Dear oil entrepeneurs, We have finally finished our work on the DLC campaign for Turmoil! It will be called 'The…
Gamioushttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/e96a19e09ab13e0365bf025637edd536e6c2d59d.png Howdy oil and gas people! We've just updated the game and it's a tiny one. But we're sure it will make a couple of…
GamiousDevhttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/e96a19e09ab13e0365bf025637edd536e6c2d59d.png Howdy oil and gas people! We've just updated the game and it's a tiny one. But we're sure it will make a couple of…
GamiousDevHi all, We have a small but important update for you: we were able to fix the Audio Bug that has been hounding us. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/1c56c25e4c81db1076237060e650aacfbd5b937e.png…
Patch notesHi all, We have a small but important update for you: we were able to fix the Audio Bug that has been hounding us. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8874941/1c56c25e4c81db1076237060e650aacfbd5b937e.png…
GamiousThis week marks the 25th time that a Weekly Challenge is underway. We've never really given it much attention, so this feels like a good opportunity. Personally, I've enjoyed it a lot. And I'm not the only one. Each week, at least 1500…
GamiousThis week marks the 25th time that a Weekly Challenge is underway. We've never really given it much attention, so this feels like a good opportunity. Personally, I've enjoyed it a lot. And I'm not the only one. Each week, at least 1500…
GamiousWe've updated the game today, just to announce another new game of ours: Team Racing League: http://store.steampowered.com/app/504460…
Patch notesWe've updated the game today, just to announce another new game of ours: Team Racing League: http://store.steampowered.com/app/504460…
GamiousHi all, Turmoil is now part of the Elegant Engineering bundle. For at least a month these 5 great games can be sold in a bundle against a 40% discount! Games: Simple Planes Train Valley Mini Metro Poly Bridge And Turmoil Here is the link…
GamiousHi all, Turmoil is now part of the Elegant Engineering bundle. For at least a month these 5 great games can be sold in a bundle against a 40% discount! Games: Simple Planes Train Valley Mini Metro Poly Bridge And Turmoil Here is the link…
GamiousHi all, We are up to version 1.2.6 of Turmoil. Update #37 - Audio Bully is dedicated to a number of fixes, most importantly the audio bug that repeated certain sound effects continuously. Another bigger fix is that players will now be able…
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Turmoil - Deeper Underground | WindowsmacOSLinux | 12 Sep 2024 |
| Turmoil - The Heat Is On | WindowsmacOSLinux | 21 Mar 2018 |
| Turmoil Original Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 21 Oct 2016 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | Turmoil.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Turmoil.x86_64 | linux | ||
| Launch | Turmoil.app/Contents/MacOS/Turmoil | macos | ||
| Launch | Turmoil_PC_Full.exe | windows | branch old_campaign_compatible | |
| Launch | TurmoilSteam.app | macos | branch old_campaign_compatible | |
| Launch | run.sh | linux | branch old_campaign_compatible |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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