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About Turmoil
Turmoil delivers a light‑hearted simulation of the 19th‑century North American oil rush. Players lease land at town auctions, drill rigs, and build pipe networks to extract oil while the town expands around them. Strategic bidding, resource handling and timing sales shape the race to become mayor.
A single‑player campaign generates millions of procedurally generated levels, and online multiplayer pits you against AI, friends or random opponents. Steam integration adds achievements, trading cards, cloud saving and family sharing across Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Campaign Progression
The campaign follows a rags‑to‑rich oil baron story where you earn money by digging and selling oil. As profits rise, the town grows and you can acquire more shares, aiming to become mayor.
Progress is marked by purchasing upgrades, expanding rig networks and managing obstacles such as rock, gas and ice. Timing sales to high‑price periods and expanding land holdings are essential to outpace rivals.
- Observe how town growth aligns with earnings to plan upgrades.
- Watch the in‑game calendar for price peaks.
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Land Auction and Drilling Tools
At the town auction you lease parcels of land, then search for oil using a dowser, mole or scanner. Once oil is located, you construct a rig and connect it with pipes to transport the resource to storage silos.
Each tool influences discovery speed, affecting early cash flow. The auction creates competition with other players or AI opponents, making bid size a strategic decision.
- Test each tool on early plots to see which yields faster discoveries.
- Bid conservatively at first to keep funds for later upgrades.
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Upgrades and Resource Types
The town shop sells essential upgrades that help you cope with rock, gas and ice encountered while drilling. Upgrades improve efficiency and let you exploit natural gas to boost oil prices.
Rock can block drilling, while gas offers a profit opportunity when the appropriate upgrades are installed, and ice presents an additional challenge.
- Prioritize upgrades that mitigate rock early to keep drilling uninterrupted.
- Leverage gas upgrades to increase sale prices when possible.
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Multiplayer Modes
Turmoil supports online PvP where you can outbid rivals at the stock auction or compete directly in matches. You may face computer opponents, friends or random players in these sessions.
Multiplayer adds a competitive layer to the oil rush, requiring strategic bidding and timing to outperform other oil barons.
- Watch opponent bidding patterns to anticipate their moves.
- Balance aggression with resource management to stay profitable.
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Steam Integration Features
Turmoil includes Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. The game runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and Steam Cloud allows progress to be stored online.
Family Sharing lets multiple accounts access the game.
- Enable Cloud Saving to keep your campaign data safe across devices.
- Collect achievements to track milestones in your oil empire.
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