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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.
Turnbound is a roguelike deckbuilder, auto battler and inventory management game
developed by 1TK
and published by 1TK, Gambit Digital and Gamersky Games.
Released on May 06th 2026 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 464 reviews of which 357 were positive and 107 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.61€ on K4G.
The Steam community has classified Turnbound into these genres:
Roguelike Deckbuilder
Auto Battler
Inventory Management
Deckbuilding
Strategy
Multiplayer
Asynchronous Multiplayer
Roguelike
Replay Value
Card Battler
PvP
Turn-Based Tactics
Crafting
Management
Board Game
Turn-Based
Fantasy
Stylized
Combat
Puzzle
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Turnbound:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Korean | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Dual Core 64bit with SSE2 instructions
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 compatible (Nvidia Geforce 600 series, AMD Radeon HD7000 series)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Internet connection required
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.11
- Processor: Intel Dual Core 64bit with SSE2 instructions
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 compatible (Nvidia Geforce 600 series, AMD Radeon HD7000 series)
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Internet connection required
Linux
- OS: Fedora 25, Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS, Mint 18
- Processor: Dual Core 64bit with SSE2 instructions
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 compatible (Nvidia Geforce 600 series, AMD Radeon HD7000 series)
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Internet connection required
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Very decent, addicting, and pretty-looking autobattler. I'm not a hardcore autobattler player, but I really like this one. The concept is simple, but there's room to get creative with your builds. I haven't played the early access, so I can't vouch for the state of the game back then, but I certainly didn't feel like it was beginner-unfriendly. It didn't take me much time to get into it at all. It's a solid game. It should get more attention.
Game is fun, looks great, and the noise the tiles make when you hover over them is ridiculously satisfying. I spent 30 seconds just doing circles with my cursor on the board lol. These types of games are all about synergies and thoughtful tile placement, and it's clear that the depth is there even after only playing 3 runs. Saw another review complain that the game is "beginner unfriendly" and it really got me scratching my head. That's really not the case. The tutorial tells you everything you need to know, the tooltips are great, and there's a question mark icon in the top right corner that explains every keyword. I really don't see the issue. My only gripe so far is that you can lose a battle, hit replay and then win it. It doesn't feel right to me that the person with the better build doesn't always win, and I say that knowing that I would probably end up losing more if that were the case anyways lol. Maybe this is actually a player friendly design choice despite it not seeming that way at first glance? I don't know how big of an issue it is within the current playerbase, if some other elegant solution exists or even if the devs consider this rng aspect an important part of what makes it fun, but as of right now, with only about 4 hours of playtime, I see it as a small detriment to the overall experience. I guess I'll edit this if my thoughts change after playing it some more. I really don't want to leave the review on a negative note though, game is great, would recommend!
This game has huge potential, but isn't there yet. Pros - quick gameplay loop - since addition of unranked, less punishing to try different things - UI is very clean and mostly intuitive - tooltips are improving with each patch - since EA release there have been multiple patches Cons - Currently there isn't much in the way of balance - UI does have some issues - There is no "undo" for unlocking tiles or anything really - trying out new formations is punishing if you need to unlock spots - you can't preview what would work - similar to above, some times you will spend more time arranging things than feels worthwhile - You will match with randoms in your current "Rank", regardless of their win / loss or what battle they are on I am a big fan of the game and want it to succeed but the steam charts for it do not make me optimistic
Anyone coming about RNG ruining their runs, sounds like a skill issue. Yes, RNG plays a factor, but it doesnt last long and if youre competent at the game, you will get item combinations to turn the tide. Had one run where I was down to 1 life at round 4 because of bad item rolls. (Didnt get my first armor piece until round 6!) But I ended up turning it around and winning the run. If youre a good strategist, you can make just about any combination of items work. Highly reccomend this game.
This game has the frame to be one of the best Auto Battlers on the market. To be clear on my biases, I am a huge fan of Backpack Battles (BPB) and think The Bazaar is hot garbage. BPB focuses on managing buffs, debuffs, and a global health pool. Item adjacencies are complicated and can extend in unusual ways. There can be dozens of activations and triggers happening at the same time leaving you confused as to what is happening. If you really want to know what happened, you need to open a report to study activations and triggers or have over a hundred hours of time to already understand the interactions. BPB is a great game, and in my opinion is still the best in the genre. This game takes the bones of BPB and makes some changes I really like. I love how the board is more about the individual items than some global health total. You are buffing the individual pieces on the board to try to build a strategy to kill a specific object on the enemy's board. It is a strategy game where you figure out how to protect your king while coming up with a strategy to assault theirs. By comparison to BPB, the interactions on the board are more clear and easier to follow. At time of writing, 95% of adjacencies are simple and only work with things that they are touching. This is neither good or bad, and I expect it will become more complicated with development. You start runs with 2 reroll tokens that allow you to replay a fight than you got unlucky in. This is a great touch and it challenges you to understand when you had a close fight that just didn't go your way versus a poor plan. Have really enjoyed this feature. Overall - if you have little experience with auto-battlers I'd encourage you to go play BPB and get your fill. Come back here and get this when you want more of the experience. I look forward to watching this one and if they keep their promises this one will be an excellent title.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Turnbound is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
No, Turnbound is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Turnbound received 357 positive votes out of a total of 464 achieving a rating of 7.27.
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Turnbound was developed by 1TK and published by 1TK, Gambit Digital and Gamersky Games.
Yes, Turnbound is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Turnbound is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Turnbound is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Turnbound is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Turnbound is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Turnbound does not support VR.
Turnbound offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Turnbound offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Turnbound. Explore additional content available for Turnbound on Steam.
No, Turnbound does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Turnbound does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Turnbound is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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| Steam price | 08 November 2026 04:35 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 22 October 2026 08:12 UTC |
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
13
Developer
1TK
Publisher
1TK,
Gambit Digital,
Gamersky Games
Release
06 May 2026
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