Turbo Overkill
Johnny Turbo needs to clean up Paradise, a cyber city overrun by augmented minions under the cult control of the world's most advanced AI, Syn, who's looking to expand to world domination if not stopped here…
Turbo Overkill is an indie developed by Trigger Happy Interactive, released 11 August 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $5.99 at GOG.
What Turbo Overkill is
Turbo Overkill is an indie game developed by Trigger Happy Interactive and released in 2023. It was published by Apogee Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Johnny Turbo needs to clean up Paradise, a cyber city overrun by augmented minions under the cult control of the world's most advanced AI, Syn, who's looking to expand to world domination if not stopped here and now. Wall-running, Hero-Time, chain saw leg augments, flying cars and lots of booms. Fight to purge Syn with five new augments, dual chainsaw arms and a second chainsaw leg in the final episode, part 1.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 67 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Turbo Overkill holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 24 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for CPU with 2+ GHz, 4 cores, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 970 or R9 390X. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at GOG, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Turbo Overkill launched on 11 August 2023, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch and Sea of Stars. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch, Sea of Stars.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Turbo Overkill yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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