Turbo Kid

About

Turbo Kid is a pixel-art Metroidvania where you ride a blood-soaked BMX through five interconnected wastelands. Combat is fast and messy, blending platformer precision with gory melee attacks and bike-based projectiles. The open world lets you backtrack freely between zones, collecting upgrades to access new areas and crush grotesque bosses. While rooted in 90s-style run-and-gun action, it adds modern tweaks like dynamic movement and responsive combat. The game’s optional story snippets let you skip dialogue entirely, making it ripe for speed runs and multiple playthroughs. Based on a cult post-apocalyptic film, it bridges the original 2015 movie and its upcoming sequel. With brutal humor and retro aesthetics, it appeals to fans of old-school action-platformers while carving its own niche. Out now on PC and Switch.

Storyline

Turbo Kid is a gory homage to classic Metroidvanias of the ‘90s. Based on the cult post-apocalyptic film of the same name, the game serves as a bridge between the first film and the sequel which is in the works. The game is inspired by metroidvania/run-and-gun platformer classic like Super Metroid, Mega Man X, and Out of the World, with modern mechanics and storytelling techniques. The player will travel through five different zones in the order they see fit, meeting friends and foes along the way. They will have to defeat all the bosses in order to make it to the other side of the wasteland. Narrative elements are included, but are non-invasive, meaning one can skip them by simply not interacting with them making the game extremely repayable and speed-run friendly.