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Turmoil
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
80 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I wish they would patch the game more, the basic game loop is a nice little business sim, needs more upgrades, and different terrain etc”
“an extremely exciting oil production simulator. the game has an economy, competition, stages of development, its own history, everything is perfect. I bought it right away with DLC, 6 hours of playing only the main…”
“Its pretty decent but fr is just repetitive game mechanics that get a bit stale overtime. Would recommend for boring days though... or if you don't have a lot of time on your hands.”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“an extremely exciting oil production simulator. the game has an economy, competition, stages of development, its own history, everything is perfect. I bought it right away with DLC, 6 hours of playing only the main…”
“A pretty slwo and chill game that you accually have to think while playing. Highly recomend geting it on sale like I did. Very fun game.”
“This game is so much fun! For the sale price of less than $3, it's a no brainer if you like management type games.”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“an extremely exciting oil production simulator. the game has an economy, competition, stages of development, its own history, everything is perfect. I bought it right away with DLC, 6 hours of playing only the main…”
“Got it on sale - pretty fun for $2 and some change for sure I beat the initial campaign pretty quickly which was great; daily challenges are fun and make for a lot of replay value but there's also more challenging…”
“I really enjoyed this game and liked the challenge of beating the other enemies/challengers over the course of the gameplay. The DLC is quite similar and adds a few quality of life things. I managed to get quite a few…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“So after having this game sit on my account for years, and after stumbling across an old CallMeKevin video, I decided to stick it out for more than the hour I loosely remember. And somehow I was left feeling a little…”
“Its fun for a casual gamer like me who has bad reaction time”
“Indie gem, reminiscent of browser flash games, very fun, has challenging difficulty, well worth the time and money.”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“an extremely exciting oil production simulator. the game has an economy, competition, stages of development, its own history, everything is perfect. I bought it right away with DLC, 6 hours of playing only the main…”
“Its pretty decent but fr is just repetitive game mechanics that get a bit stale overtime. Would recommend for boring days though... or if you don't have a lot of time on your hands.”
“Got it on sale - pretty fun for $2 and some change for sure I beat the initial campaign pretty quickly which was great; daily challenges are fun and make for a lot of replay value but there's also more challenging…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I wish they would patch the game more, the basic game loop is a nice little business sim, needs more upgrades, and different terrain etc”
“Its pretty decent but fr is just repetitive game mechanics that get a bit stale overtime. Would recommend for boring days though... or if you don't have a lot of time on your hands.”
“A decent game, gets kinda repetetive after a while though, especially when doing all the achievements (all runs required twice + one for million, assuming you get no fails). The last few hours weren't really a lot of…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“A decent game, gets kinda repetetive after a while though, especially when doing all the achievements (all runs required twice + one for million, assuming you get no fails). The last few hours weren't really a lot of…”
“This is the worst game ive played. Dont waste ur money”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, but I could never really learn the ropes of the more advanced features like making gas pockets grow or petrol refineries. Somehow I always ended up losing money or not being able to multitask, so I mainly…”
“pretty good tho the singleplayer campaign is pretty ez”
“I still have no idea how to make 100k in a single level but 10/10”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The softlock the mayor put me in to tell me i can close the valve but didnt even get to build the pipeline nor could i build it because the mayor had me softlocked, forced me to quit because nothing else would work…”
“The game is fun if you are looking for a game to kill time. However, there are some flaws which can and should be improved. - You cannot fast forward to the end date even if you deplete all the oil, gas etc. You need to…”
“Controls are bad. Tutorial weirdly slow, but skipping it leads to an inequivalent setup. Just very clunky.”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The softlock the mayor put me in to tell me i can close the valve but didnt even get to build the pipeline nor could i build it because the mayor had me softlocked, forced me to quit because nothing else would work…”
“The loudest noise I have ever experienced came from opening this game, it only did it once but it made my vision blurry. I cannot recreate it. I don't know what happened.”
“My save in the campaign got ruined because it says I need to get a loan to get the 2k needed to start but then when I get the loan and try to start the level I'm told i need to pay back the loan. Spent 20 minutes trying…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I can feel the american coming inside of me. I must now send 3.2 billion dollars to isreal.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Casual mining game with some elements of strategy. Can only play an hour or two at a time then it becomes too repetitive. Beat the regular campaign in about 7-8 hours. Its fun, recommended it if it goes on sale. Rating 4/5”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“[h1]Rating: 8/10 -Good[/h1] I did not expect that extracting oil would be this much fun. I saw someone playing this on YouTube and I loved the simplicity of the game. From the art style to the gameplay, all felt simple and appealing. The goal of the game is to make as much money…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
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Steam Awards – “Labor of Love” Nomination
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 d
A Decade of Drilling: Turmoil Turned 10 Today!
Dear 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 jui
Daily Challenges!
Howdy, 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 game
Deeper Underground update
Dear 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
A few DLC bug fixes
Fixed 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
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Mining · Strategy · Time Management · Resource Management · Turn-Based Strategy · Multiplayer · Asynchronous Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Relaxing · 2D · Capitalism (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://gamious.com/portfolio/turmoil/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 64 bit Processor: 2,5 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 150 MB available space