About the Game
Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. As you make money digging up and selling oil, the town will grow along with you.
Lease land at the town auction and search for oil. Build a rig, create an efficient pipe network and bring up the oil to store it in silos. Sell the oil at the best times to maximize profits. Then buy essential upgrades in town to cope with rock, gas and ice. Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor.
Lease land at the town auction and search for oil. Build a rig, create an efficient pipe network and bring up the oil to store it in silos. Sell the oil at the best times to maximize profits. Then buy essential upgrades in town to cope with rock, gas and ice. Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor.
- A campaign where you build your rags-to-riches oil baron career and beat your rivals.
- Dozens of upgrades and new tools to improve your oil mining operations.
- Meet the town’s characters in the saloon and make shady business deals.
- Play single game mode to get one of literally millions of procedurally generated levels and earn as much as you can in one year.
- Steam Achievements, Badges, Trading Cards and Cloud Saving.
- Lease land at the town auction and search for oil using a dowser, mole or scanner.
- Maximize your profits by using natural gas to boost the oil price.
- Outbid your competitors at the stock auction.
- Take on computer opponents, or challenge friends or random opponents in online multiplayer matches.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 19270738
Up to date
- 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 1000 dollars
- Fixed diamond offer in The Heat is On never appearing
- Removed line from deep mode level excerpt about diamonds found
- Fixed issue where campaign button stays selected after reopening custom multiplayer game menu
- Fixed issue where deepmode check to see if you were able to build a pipe assumed you are always drilling through rock
- Fixed issue where the game would sometimes freeze if a pipe was built directly from a refinery
Dear oil entrepreneurs,
Thank you for all the feedback! We will bring you a update today to fix some small issues in multiplayer mode:
We have been collecting your feedback and suggestions (thank you!) to further improve and expand Turmoil multiplayer!
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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 pop-up with a warning about abandoning games prematurely (this will also not count as a game leave).
- Added the option to delete custom games that are still waiting to start.
- Fixed a bug where the game gets stuck when someone reaches exactly 50% of the shares.
We have been collecting your feedback and suggestions (thank you!) to further improve and expand Turmoil multiplayer!
Dear 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 match in the first turn
When a player now leaves a match in the first turn without playing the level, they are no longer part of that running game to make room for another player. This way we want to reward participation and hopefully prevent more games from getting stuck.
Next to the issue above we fixed some problems with missing text in the localization of multiplayer.
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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 match in the first turn
When a player now leaves a match in the first turn without playing the level, they are no longer part of that running game to make room for another player. This way we want to reward participation and hopefully prevent more games from getting stuck.
Next to the issue above we fixed some problems with missing text in the localization of multiplayer.
Dear 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.
The game will now delete your level progress if it detects an error while loading the existing level. This prevents your campaign from getting stuck on a corrupted level save, instead of reloading the corrupted save every time you try to continue the campaign. Your campaign save will stay intact when this happens and you can retry the level.
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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.
Corrupted levels workaround
The game will now delete your level progress if it detects an error while loading the existing level. This prevents your campaign from getting stuck on a corrupted level save, instead of reloading the corrupted save every time you try to continue the campaign. Your campaign save will stay intact when this happens and you can retry the level.
A small hotfix to yesterday’s update to fix some minor bugs.
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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 need to purchase upgrades in order to improve their profits.
- Town upgrade scroll tooltip now appears on the correct position for resolutions other than 1920x1080
- You can now use the enter key to purchase upgrades in town when selected.
Version 3.0.35
Oct 22, 2021
Patch notes for hotfix version 3.0.35e
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- 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.
Version 3.0.35
Oct 16, 2021
Hello 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 submit a level, please check that you're running version 3.0.35d (seen in the bottom left of the main menu).
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If you find yourself being unable to set a nickname or submit a level, please check that you're running version 3.0.35d (seen in the bottom left of the main menu).
Hello! Today we bring to you some bugfixes and minor additions. Thanks to everyone in the community for reporting the bugs and for suggesting improvements.
That's all for now!
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- Fixed an issue where syncing with the cloud would cause you to lose access to the expert mode if you had not won the Heat Is On expansion campaign.
- You can no longer close valves while holding a wagon, silo, rig, dowser, scanner or mole.
- Added option to only toggle valves by holding Control, then clicking. It can be found in Settings->Game. The option is turned off by default.
- Starting a Challenge level right before the deadline and submitting it after the deadline no longer submits the level for the new Challenge. This caused players to be locked out from the new Challenge since they had now submitted a level for the new Challenge.
- Winning the campaign before the final year now awards the expert mode. Previously the expert mode would only be unlocked when playing to the end of the campaign. This applies to both classic Turmoil campaign and The Heat Is On.
- Improve text alignment for building names and player names. Mostly noticable in languages that use a non-default font. Thanks to Bokor for noticing this in the Hungarian version of the game.
- Fixed an in-level integer overflow issue related to rig spillage that would cause submitted replays to be invalidated.
- Fixed an issue where combining silos into a supersilo would play both the upgrade and the “Cannot afford” audio effect.
- The level seed is now shown in the post-level statistics screen when playing a Single Game.
- Having a bad connection to the game server no longer causes the game to take longer to start.
- Play building placement error sound when trying to build a building over another.
- Fixed issue where the floating heads above town buildings would not appear if you had exactly 50% stocks.
- When holding a scanner: the scanner price preview is now layered in front of the grass.
That's all for now!
This 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
Previous campaigns that were started using the Heat Is On characters will keep the wrong characters but will no longer crash when opening the stock auction.
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This patch includes the following changes
- Fixed an issue where the game would remember the character you selected when in the DLC character select, then allowing you to start the game as a DLC character in the regular campaign.
- Fixed an issue where the stock auction would crash when trying to load a non-existant image.
Previous campaigns that were started using the Heat Is On characters will keep the wrong characters but will no longer crash when opening the stock auction.
Version 2.0.8
Apr 5, 2018
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After lots of hotfixes following the launch of The Heat Is On, everything’s almost oilright now. We’re still working on some trickier issues, but we’ve also found time to improve the game in other areas than just fixing bugs. The most important one changes the way in which gas is received by Left and Right Inc. Oil prices will from now on react more directly to delivered gas, and it will now also make a difference if you upgrade the pipes that transport gas to Left and Right.
We’ve also increased the arrival speed of wagons (which also caused some frustration sometimes). But the best solution to spillage is still to buy enough wagons and upgrade them! For Mac users it’s important to know that we’ve disabled the end-of-game screenshots, as that seemed to be the cause of the crashes that many players were experiencing. Note that this does not affect the flashing oil/gas wells bug.
Balance
Fixes
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Dear oil entrepreneurs,
After lots of hotfixes following the launch of The Heat Is On, everything’s almost oilright now. We’re still working on some trickier issues, but we’ve also found time to improve the game in other areas than just fixing bugs. The most important one changes the way in which gas is received by Left and Right Inc. Oil prices will from now on react more directly to delivered gas, and it will now also make a difference if you upgrade the pipes that transport gas to Left and Right.
We’ve also increased the arrival speed of wagons (which also caused some frustration sometimes). But the best solution to spillage is still to buy enough wagons and upgrade them! For Mac users it’s important to know that we’ve disabled the end-of-game screenshots, as that seemed to be the cause of the crashes that many players were experiencing. Note that this does not affect the flashing oil/gas wells bug.
Changelog for version 2.0.8
Balance
- Gas grown using magma heat will now fill up the existing well before increasing
- the size of the containing well.
- Removed limit on amount of gas sold per second. Connecting multiple pipes to Left or Right Inc. will now make the price go up faster.
- Decreased gas boosting efficiency every $0.50 step from $2.50 and up.
- Increased gas boosting price drop rate at every $1 step from $4 and up. This drop rate only applies when you are no longer boosting. The higher you boost, the quicker it will fall again giving you less time to sell.
- Increased speed of oil conversion
- Decreased heat cost of oil conversion
- Increased brake speed of wagons for all upgrade levels, causing them to arrive at their goal more quickly.
- Decreased decision making interval of wagons from 1.13 seconds to 0.93 seconds, making them respond to full silos and overflowing rigs more quickly.
Fixes
- Disabled end of game screenshots for Mac OSX as it was causing segmentation and bus errors for a lot of Mac players.
Fixed that the game could crash by clicking one of the buildings during a new area introduction. - Fixed that the start button on the weekly poster would flicker endlessly in some cases of losing your internet connection.
- Fixed that some of the hotkeys would not work during the tutorial.
- Fixed that bank debt did not get saved in the campaign.
- Fixed that the text on the play button would wrap in some languages.
- Fixed that you could not get any land lease payback on a piece of land when loading a campaign with a finished land auction.
Version 2.0.4
Mar 21, 2018
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DLC Day has arrived!
The new expansion pack: "The Heat Is On" is now live! Additionally, the Turmoil base game received some juicy updates and the option for character modding!
The update contains the following:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/804760/Turmoil__The_Heat_Is_On/
New campaign, featuring:
New in-game features (Spoilers! Hover for details)
And some more
Modding
Graphics
Quality of life
Balance
Bugfixes
Happy drilling! And stay tuned, we'll soon be back with news about a new challenge game mode!
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DLC Day has arrived!
The new expansion pack: "The Heat Is On" is now live! Additionally, the Turmoil base game received some juicy updates and the option for character modding!
The update contains the following:
Expansion pack: The Heat Is On
http://store.steampowered.com/app/804760/Turmoil__The_Heat_Is_On/
New campaign, featuring:
- New characters to play. Greenhorns Isabelle and Kai join the oil business and could use your knowledge of pumping and drilling.
- A new village is being built in this area and its mayor wants you in on the spoils. Meet Maeve, Jack and Philip who will help you make the most of your land ownership.
- Three new areas to explore containing magma, a new way to control the oil and gas supplies in a level. Unlock its full potential by buying Jack’s upgrades in the village.
- A completely overhauled stock auction replacing the Dutch Auction of the original campaign. Overbid your opponents with outlandish piles of cash, or let them fight it out between each other while you bide your time.
- Anthony has started a treasure collection in the Underground. Dig up the treasures found in the land and he will help you out. Missed a spot? Buy the missing parts of your collection on the Treasures Marketplace.
- The professionals are back in the tough as nails expert version of The Heat Is On. Don’t even think about saving up money, you will be glad if you beat them by an inch!
New in-game features (Spoilers! Hover for details)
- Connecting your pipes to magma will heat up your pipe network (requires Heat Conductivity upgrade, available in area 1).
- Heated pipes have increased oil flow depending on their heat level.
- Dig up treasures for Anthony’s collection using moles. (requires Treasures upgrade, available in area 1)
- Heating up a joint connected to a gas well will grow the gas well until it hits another well or magma (requires Gas Growth upgrade, available in area 2).
- Heating up a joint connected to an oil well will convert the oil to gas (requires Oil Conversion upgrade, available in area 3).
- Strike an exclusivity deal with either Left or Right Inc. for a small cash boost.
And some more
- 9 new achievements. Can you beat them all?
- An all new soundtrack by Jan Jaap Doeven including three in-game songs, and a special track for the stock auction. Featuring the Return of the Son of the Dowser.
- The last area of the DLC campaign, Vulcanic Lands, is available as a single game level. This area includes magma and the Left/Right deals.
- A new main menu background.
Changelog for version 2.0.4
Modding
- You can now add dialog and images for your own characters. Find out how in this guide: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1306643424
- Send your creations to [email protected] and we will share the best in a news post!
Graphics
- The player now has a brighter golden portrait making it easier to distinguish your character at any time.
- The end of game statistics have been improved with a new look to better fit the game.
- All character portraits have been updated with shading.
- Updated the credits screen with a new look.
Quality of life
- Your campaign will now be saved when going back to the main menu, after a land auction and after a stock auction.
- When playing the Weekly Challenge you get a small introduction about the area that you are playing in.
- You can now buy village upgrades using enter.
- Closing a Mayor’s Tip no longer directly exits to the village, instead it brings you back to the overview.
- You can now close joints before they have finished building, to make it easier to plan ahead and not spill any gas. Re-opening a joint before it is finished will refund the costs.
- Upgrades bought by rivals are now more clearly displayed.
- Improved tooltip contrast in the land auction and upgrades scroll.
- The village shops will now display a “sold out” text when there are no more upgrades to be bought, including future unlocks.
- Several localization improvements.
Balance
- Decreased the minimum and increased the maximum amount of possible oil, gas and rock for the Weekly Challenge.
Bugfixes
- Fixed that sound and visual effects were not properly played when selling gas.
- Fixed that the game would crash if noone made a bid in the stock auction because the AI was out of money.
Happy drilling! And stay tuned, we'll soon be back with news about a new challenge game mode!
Hi all,
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When a number of sounds would overlap, problems began to arise, but not for everyone. So we couldn't reproduce it ourselves. That was the tricky part. It happened mostly when scanning while building pipes and when the spillage timer and alarm would go off. A pretty normal state for Turmoil players ;)
Anyway, we think we solved it. Let us know if it happens again and we’ll look into it further. On a side note, welcome to all the new players. A few new videos have gone up on YouTube and we’re getting new players in as a result. Thanks!
Fix
Audio Bug. Nuff said.
We've kept the reset audio button in the Pause menu, for if and when it happens again. But we hope you will never need it.
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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
When a number of sounds would overlap, problems began to arise, but not for everyone. So we couldn't reproduce it ourselves. That was the tricky part. It happened mostly when scanning while building pipes and when the spillage timer and alarm would go off. A pretty normal state for Turmoil players ;)
Anyway, we think we solved it. Let us know if it happens again and we’ll look into it further. On a side note, welcome to all the new players. A few new videos have gone up on YouTube and we’re getting new players in as a result. Thanks!
Fix
Audio Bug. Nuff said.
We've kept the reset audio button in the Pause menu, for if and when it happens again. But we hope you will never need it.
Current Release
19270738
Uploaded Feb 16, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
2,5 GHz
RAM
2 GB RAM
GPU
N/A
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .RAR file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run Turmoil.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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Size
257 MB
Build
19270738
Password: cracked-games.org or 123
CRC32
76ABDA90
SHA-256
860bac8792efdce7618cc571ef696857b5981661a7d53f2fb0c35b3ade73d897
How: Right-click the downloaded file → 7-Zip / WinRAR → CRC SHA → compare with the values above.
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