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TurnOn
"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
73 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“TurnOn is a side-scrolling platformer game where you get a chance take control of one alien, who is a little electric ball. The story is simple, the town fall to the dark, nowhere is an electric, your goal goes to the…”
“This game is the great platformer for kids, not very easy, not very hard, colorful with nice OST and pretty time-consuming: +Visuals: it looks great, various levels have each has different effects. +Great OST: I like…”
“While TurnOn is short, it is still a load of fun. It is host to amazing music, a wonderful art style and a challenging yet fun style of platforming. As you travel around the different locations of the city, turning…”
53 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“TurnOn is a side-scrolling platformer game where you get a chance take control of one alien, who is a little electric ball. The story is simple, the town fall to the dark, nowhere is an electric, your goal goes to the…”
“This game is the great platformer for kids, not very easy, not very hard, colorful with nice OST and pretty time-consuming: +Visuals: it looks great, various levels have each has different effects. +Great OST: I like…”
“While TurnOn is short, it is still a load of fun. It is host to amazing music, a wonderful art style and a challenging yet fun style of platforming. As you travel around the different locations of the city, turning…”
38 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“This game is the great platformer for kids, not very easy, not very hard, colorful with nice OST and pretty time-consuming: +Visuals: it looks great, various levels have each has different effects. +Great OST: I like…”
“While TurnOn is short, it is still a load of fun. It is host to amazing music, a wonderful art style and a challenging yet fun style of platforming. As you travel around the different locations of the city, turning…”
“The gaming market is dominated by fast paced, action packed games, which are fun, but sometimes it's nice to slow things down. Which is where TurnOn comes in. A casual platformer developed by the four man team of Brainy…”
17 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“This game is the great platformer for kids, not very easy, not very hard, colorful with nice OST and pretty time-consuming: +Visuals: it looks great, various levels have each has different effects. +Great OST: I like…”
“Portable Description TurnOn is an extremely adorable platformer without platforms. Following a blackout event, an “alien creature” traverses through electrical lines in an effort to bring light to those who need it…”
“Это один из самых светлых и замечательных платформеров, в которые только мне только доводилось играть! В игре очень красочная графика, шикарная и очень приятная музыка, и что немаловажно - игра чертовски увлекательна.…”
16 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“TurnOn is a side-scrolling platformer game where you get a chance take control of one alien, who is a little electric ball. The story is simple, the town fall to the dark, nowhere is an electric, your goal goes to the…”
“While TurnOn is short, it is still a load of fun. It is host to amazing music, a wonderful art style and a challenging yet fun style of platforming. As you travel around the different locations of the city, turning…”
“TurnOn lights up the platforming action with a delightfully fun mixture of puzzles & side-scrolling gameplay. Taking visual maze-work to a new level, Brainy Studio has created a unique platforming action comic book that…”
24 of the 100 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game at 70% off for $4.49 USD. At that price, it is perhaps barely worth it. This game tries to do too many things, and is consequently mediocre at everything it does. It's mostly a platformer with the…”
“I really want to like this game. The exploring is really fun. But during the timed levels there just are not enough save points. I'm not good at precision platforming. I've been on this level for about an hour, and I…”
“This game has some "obviously not made for PC" issues, like the "Press A to Continue" on menus, and an extremely mobile-friendly feel, but if you're someone who likes hyper casual relaxing games then this will be…”
14 of the 100 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game at 70% off for $4.49 USD. At that price, it is perhaps barely worth it. This game tries to do too many things, and is consequently mediocre at everything it does. It's mostly a platformer with the…”
“played this game today has a nice addictivness to it ..had to use the keyboard that sucked but i really liked the art design in the game the sounds were great scientist sounde strange when he cheered lol music as you…”
“Unplayable on Windows 10 with Xbox controller. The controls constantly get stuck to the left which causes you to die almost every minute. At first I was an idiot and thought that was the intended gameplay, and disliked…”
14 of the 100 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game at 70% off for $4.49 USD. At that price, it is perhaps barely worth it. This game tries to do too many things, and is consequently mediocre at everything it does. It's mostly a platformer with the…”
“This game has some "obviously not made for PC" issues, like the "Press A to Continue" on menus, and an extremely mobile-friendly feel, but if you're someone who likes hyper casual relaxing games then this will be…”
“Found this game mostly relaxing platformer, not overly difficult and save/checkpoints are reasonably spaced. But, the levels racing against the clock/music based levels can get tedious/fustrating. Great music tracks,…”
9 of the 100 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“While TurnOn is short, it is still a load of fun. It is host to amazing music, a wonderful art style and a challenging yet fun style of platforming. As you travel around the different locations of the city, turning…”
“TurnOn: A Charmingly Electric Journey TurnOn is a charming platformer/runner where you play an alien ball of electricity who has crash landed in a city causing a blackout, and must then restore both the power and help…”
“Don't let the short play time fool you, I've actualy finished the game in offline mode. TurnOn is one of these games that don't focus specificly on gameplay alone, but rather on the atmosphere. You are a spark which can…”
7 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really want to like this game. The exploring is really fun. But during the timed levels there just are not enough save points. I'm not good at precision platforming. I've been on this level for about an hour, and I…”
“As an alien creature, you make your way through a world cloaked in darkness, lighting it up as you go through this incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms. Gameplay You play as an alien lifeform…”
“A cute, rather unique puzzle platformer. The game would be absolutely great, if not for the occasional runner levels, which fall flat for several reasons. For one thing, the runner sections don't fit the pace of the…”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“nice casual game to play if you dont want something too challenging and just want to relax. I like the art style and the music is nice. My only real complaint about the game, even though its a pretty small one more of a pet peeve really. The world is rendered as a sidescroller…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Need a breather on heavy, mind-pressuring games? This visually captivating, auditorily pleasing, side-scrolling platformer is what you're looking for! Game Overview TurnOn is a casual, side-scrolling platformer that conveys a story through stellar audio and visual presentation…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“I wanted to like this game. A lot. I loved the art style a lot. The animations had a little bit of jank to them, but that just added to the charm for me. The gameplay held me back though. Making a fun platformer is about good level design, good camera control and the controls…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Casual · Action · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Side Scroller · Colorful · Cute · Family Friendly · Cartoon · Music (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Finnish, Czech, Japanese, Dutch, Korean |
| Achievements | 82 |
| Official site | http://brainystudio.ru/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Xbox 360 gamepad are supported