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Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.
332 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
9 months, January 2026 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, 207 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, 125 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Turnbound was released on 6 May, 2026.
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Greetings Spirits!Now we know it is a bit too early for spooky season, but we couldn't resist the opportunity to bring a touch of The Fog to our world of tactical battles and legendary heroes...Introducing four new hero skins in…
CeebsGreetings Spirits! Welcome and thank you to all of our players old a new! And thank you to everyone who took the time to leave us feedback or log a bug in game! Just a quick one from us, we have our first patch post-1.0 Fixed salt bomb and…
Patch notesGreetings Spirits! We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has followed us along the way! Whether you joined us last year or today, played the demo, or bought the game, we're glad you have given us the chance to make our…
SeraxiaGreetings Spirits, this is it....Turnbound 1.0 is now live.After months of Early Access, updates, late nights, and countless pieces of feedback from all of you, the full game is finally here. What’s new in 1.0This version brings everything…
CeebsGreetings Spirits!Did you see our fine friends over at Bocary Studio's launched Oaken Tower Last week? To Celebrate their launch and our upcoming 1.0 tomorrow we have cooked up an item exchange!💌 Please welcome The Turnbound Ring to Oaken…
CeebsHello Spirits! It's time for another community challenge for you all! As always, no reward, just bragging rights and an extra level of challenge. This time around, we're challenging you all to win a run as Alice, but you are not allowed to…
SeraxiaGreetings Spirits,We’re getting close.Turnbound will officially launch 1.0 on May 6.To mark the moment, we’ve released a new trailer showing how far the game has come, after months of updates, iteration, and feedback from all of you!What to…
BuldauHello Spirits! We've been hard at work preparing for a big announcement! But we still wanted to make sure those who didn't catch our Dev Hour Sessions on Discord didn't miss out on the chats! In this session our Designers deep dive into the…
SeraxiaHello Spirits! We occasionally run community challenges within our Discord server as a bit of additional fun, and people seem to enjoy them, so we're bringing it to you all here on Steam as well!! No reward, just bragging rights and an…
SeraxiaGreetings Spirits! Just a quick news post to remind you that the best way to support us is by picking up the game for yourself, friends, and family, whilst telling people about our little game! The game is currently 20% off during the…
SeraxiaFixed a crash when triggering Robin Hood's Ultimate in the shop (e.g. by placing a Level 2 Tactical Tallystick while using the Adrenaline Rush trinket). Fixed a desync bug where server and client disagree about what happened, leading to you…
Patch notesOffline Mode is Now AvailableGreetings Spirits,Today’s update introduces one of the most requested features from the community: Offline Mode.Whether you're traveling, dealing with an unstable connection, or simply want to experiment with…
CeebsGreetings Spirits,Things have been a bit quiet on our side and that is because we have been cooking up some tasty updates. A major update is arriving next week, bringing several new features and improvements to the game, Offline Mode…
CeebsGreetings! To celebrate the Lunar New Year and seeing in the year of the Horse the cat has decided to redecorate the parlor 🏮🧧🐎🔥🎆Anyone who plays during this period will unlock these cosmetics: You can also find us in the Steam China Lunar…
CeebsGreetings Spirits,We’re introducing Unranked Mode, a new way to play Turnbound that removes ranking pressure and puts experimentation front and center. Unranked Mode is designed for players who want to test ideas, explore builds, or simply…
SeraxiaHi Spirits, we released a mini-patch today to fix a couple of things, namely:Fixes a bug where Monkey King would get 2/4/8 power bonus from his passive instead of 1/2/3Fixes the following Steam achievements:Alice Wins IIWukong Wins IIRobin…
Patch notesGreetings spirits! Happy second week of Turnbound being out… Why does it feel like it has been longer? We have a small update for you this week as we are focusing on a larger update for next week which will include Unranked Mode and some…
Patch notesGreetings spirits! Thank you for taking the cat's deal and being among the first souls to join us in the board - it has been a wild few days with so many new players. We are humbled by everyone who took the chance on our Early Access game…
Patch notesHi Spirits, Just a quick patch that we just released, here are the patch notes quickly for you all! Thank you all for the support since early access has begun! Improvements / Changes:Added new featured buildsThe game now remembers the last…
Patch notesGreetings Spirits,Turnbound is officially live in Early Access. Today marks a big milestone for the team and the community we’ve been building this game with.Over the past months, you’ve explored the demo, pushed Duels Mode to its limits…
CeebsAs Turnbound enters Early Access tomorrow, we’re excited to launch something meaningful alongside a game we deeply admire: Backpack Battles.Together, we’re introducing the Backpack Battles + Turnbound bundle on Steam.Backpack Battles has…
SeraxiaTurnbound is Steam Deck ready and Launching with Discounts!Hey Spirits,As we get closer to Early Access, we wanted to confirm two things many of you have been asking about.First, yes, Turnbound fully supports Steam Deck at launch.Whether…
SeraxiaGreetings Spirits,We’re one week away from Turnbound entering Early Access on January 22, and we wanted to take a moment to walk you through what that actually means for the game, what’s already live, what’s coming at launch, and what we’re…
SeraxiaHey Spirits and Slayers,Yes, that Slay the Spire.While exploring the chambers, we stumbled upon something many of you might already recognize. A familiar relic has found its way into Turnbound, crossing over from the world of the Spire.It’s…
BuldauHappy New Year and welcome to 2026 spirits! The 1TK team is officially back and working hard, preparing and getting ready for the early access release on January 22nd! We have several things to discuss and update over the next few weeks as…
SeraxiaHappy Holidays, Everyone!As we approach the end of the year and the start of the holidays for many around the world, we want to thank everyone who has supported 1TK throughout the year. We truly appreciate every comment, review, piece of…
SeraxiaA new chapter begins for TurnboundHey Spirits,We wanted to share a quick update with you all and then hand the mic back to the community.Co-publishing partnershipWe’re excited to officially say it: Gambit Digital is now co-publishing…
BuldauDuels Mode is live, challenge your friends' builds!Hello Spirits,Today’s update brings one of the most requested features to Turnbound: Duels Mode is officially live!Duels let you challenge a specific build by entering a simple code.You can…
BuldauHello spirits, new and old! We have another Explain The Build article coming fresh off the press, ready for you all! But, what is “Explain The Build”? You may be asking yourself. It's a series of articles showcasing combinations and…
SeraxiaTurnbound enters Early Access on January 22 and Duels Mode arrives next weekHello Spirits,Women-Led Games starts today, and as a women-led team, we’re incredibly proud to be part of this year’s celebration with a new trailer!To mark the…
BuldauWelcome, spirits, new and old, to the third of our dev logs. This time, we are going back and talking about Wukong and his gameplay design.Prefer to watch?Join the team as they talk about Wukong and his gameplay design in the video below:As…
SeraxiaGreetings Spirits! Just a small patch this week where we address some of the smaller issues encountered from our larger update last week. In one hour, the servers will be going down for the update. >> A reminder servers will be going down…
CeebsHello spirits, new and old! This is a different “Explain the Build” this time around, combining a challenge with our thought process as we go. The challenge is to complete a run with the fewest clicks possible, mainly to celebrate our…
SeraxiaWelcome Spirits, old and new, we have some shiny new things for you!To start off we are unlocking some Customization for our Demo players! As you level up your profile and Heroes, you can now unlock and equip custom boards, frames, tile…
SeraxiaHello Spirits, new and old, as well as any cats that have made their way over here!We’re happy to announce a small collaboration between ourselves and Bongo Cat, where you can get our delightful (and mischievous) cat in Bongo Cat as a skin…
SeraxiaHello spirits, new and old, to another Explain The Build article where we highlight a variety of potential combinations and builds that you can achieve within our game! Hopefully, this will give you some inspiration for what you could…
SeraxiaWelcome, spirits, new and old, to the second of our dev logs, this time diving into Alice and the choices that we made surrounding the character.Prefer to watch?Join Anisa and Matthew from the team as they talk about Alice and her character…
SeraxiaDelay Announcement + Patch NotesWell, this is awkward… have you ever announced a release date but then a cat holds your soul hostage unless you delay your game because he likes to make you question your sanity? In all seriousness, we are…
SeraxiaHello Spirits, welcome and happy Halloween!Alongside our Dev Logs, we also wanted to highlight the variety of potential combinations and builds you can achieve in our game, which, in turn, will hopefully give you all some inspiration for…
SeraxiaHello everyone! Just a small patch this week where we address some of the more urgent issues with the demo while the team is focusing hard on the Early Access launch. In one hour, the servers will be going down for the update for roughly…
SeraxiaYou heard that right, spirits! We just announced that we will be coming to Early Access during the Galaxies Showcase!We do want to forewarn you that this means that the demo will be coming down after Early Access is released so that we can…
SeraxiaHello everyone! If you see this as this goes live, the servers will be down for 15-30 minutes while we update the demo. Thank you to everyone who sends over their feedback, bug reports and suggestions, we do listen and take on board, and…
SeraxiaWelcome, spirits, new and old, to the first of our dev logs. In this series, we’ll be lifting the game-box lid on exclusive behind the scenes topics. If you’re intrigued about the heroes, the lore of the game and more, be sure to read…
SeraxiaAs you probably could tell by the title of this post, we’re in Steam Next Fest! To all the new spirits haunting our board game who found us through the event, welcome! We hope you have fun and tell your friends! We encourage you all to get…
SeraxiaHi Everyone! It has been so much fun watching folks play our new game this last week, but we have had a few of our most dedicated players pop up and ask “ hey, what about Total Loadout?” For those of you who are new, Total Loadout was the…
SeraxiaHello everyone! It has been an exciting few days for us watching people find and play our game! It is always terrifying whenever you put something out there, but seeing the reactions from players and creators has been so reaffirming!(Btw…
SeraxiaHello and welcome to our humble caravan. Just now, during the PC Gamer Show, we revealed Turnbound, and you can check out the announcement trailer here:Turnbound is an asynchronous, PvP, inventory management autobattler - now say that ten…
SeraxiaEverything 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.
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| Founders Edition Content | WindowsmacOSLinux | 22 Jan 2026 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | Turnbound.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Turnbound.x86_64 | linux | ||
| Launch | Turnbound.app | macos |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
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SteamCloudDocuments | /offline/{64BitSteamID} | * and below |
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