Turnbound

Turnbound

Released May 2026

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.

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Evaluation

Turnbound launched in Early Access on January 22, 2026, and reached its full 1.0 release on May 6, 2026. The 1.0 launch added a new playable character (Kitsune), new tiles, abilities, trinkets, Offline Mode, Unranked Mode, and a leaderboard reset — a substantial content milestone. Post-launch, the developer has moved quickly with additional content. On May 11, 2026, they released a collaboration tile with Tap Tap Loot, and on June 12, 2026 — just 41 days after the 1.0 launch — they shipped a Dead by Daylight crossover bringing four exclusive hero skins. This establishes that the developer is actively expanding the game's content shortly after its full release. The game was supported by a co-publisher (Gambit Digital) announced in December 2025, and even before 1.0, the developer had already shipped multiple major feature updates during Early Access (Duels Mode, Offline Mode, Unranked Mode, collaboration content). An October 2025 developer post mentioned DLC as a future possibility, though no specific DLC beyond the already-released Founders Edition Content has been announced. The game does not appear to be designed as a live service with monetized content rotations, but it is clearly in an active post-launch content phase.
Evidence
Dead by Daylight crossover update launched, introducing exclusive hero skins for four Dead by Daylight killers.
news post · Jun 12, 2026 source content shipped
high
New Clicker Crate tile released as a collaboration with Tap Tap Loot/Irox Games, featuring Bongo Cat-inspired cosmetics.
news post · May 11, 2026 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Jan 2026

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Gambit Digital
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

Turnbound is a strategic autobattler focused on experimentation, theorycrafting, and mastery of the odds.

You are trying to outsmart your way to freedom from a haunted board game where each session pits you against the trapped souls of other players. You battle against the builds left behind by other real players in asynchronous PvP battles. It’s a game of competitive inventory management, where every tile you place in your grid has a strategic cause-and-effect loop that impacts the tiles around it. It is a game that rewards foresight, creativity and luck.

Will your design outlive your ghostly opponents… or join them?

Arrange and synergize

During the Shop Phase you pick, place or upgrade weapons, items, armour, consumables and accessories in the most optimal way. Trinkets let you unlock combos and winning battles let you upgrade your Hero through a branching set of abilities. Each round will have you making strategic decisions to execute synergies that give you an edge against your opponents!

Play at your own pace

Take all the time you want to plan your build and manage your board. Whenever you start a battle you will go against a build from the same chamber, with the same number of shop rounds as you. Whenever you exit a battle, your build is added to the matchmaking database and someone else can face it.

Whether you win the whole run or not has no influence on which builds are added to the matchmaking database. The builds you face as opponents may have lost the run or still be in the middle of it. You can face the build of someone who has played seconds before.

Become unbeatable

Every detail counts and analyzing them is the key to understanding how to make the most of the tiles you have been given. The board won't always give you what you want, you will need to adapt your strategies, try new things and rely on a little bit of luck. Combat plays out from left to right, top to down - as each asynchronous multiplayer autobattle completes, use the helpful playback tools to better understand how your choices played out so you can improve your grid.

If you keep playing your tiles right, you might just keep your soul intact - and make it to the top of the highest competitive chambers.

Once you have a winning build on your hands, you can compete directly instead of battling spirits asynchronously. Duels let you challenge a specific build by entering a simple code. Share your own builds with a unique code, test yourself against a friend’s strategy or go up against selected Feature Builds from our community!

It’s fast, chaotic, strategic and the perfect way to prove once and for all whose tile brain actually reigns supreme.

Key features

  • 4 Heroes

  • Dozens of trinkets and abilities

  • Hundreds of items

  • 6 Chambers of progress and Final Chamber Leaderboard

  • Board, profile, rug and tile customization

  • Code & build sharing 

Still not sure?

Some of our players have described it as “Backpack Battles crossed with Hearthstone Battlegrounds,” and said that it's like “if The Bazaar met Backpack Battles” or “if Inventory Tetris and Hearthstone Battlegrounds had a cursed baby”. So if any of those games interest you, you may have fun with this one too!

NO GEN AI

No Generative AI, was used to create any of the in-game art or assets. Not even the battles are AI, all of them come from saved/winning builds created by other players. Even the tutorial where you play against “the cat", or occasional "bot builds" were crafted by our game designers.

Last evaluated Jun 16, 2026
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