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80/100
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81/100
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Metacritic9 critic reviews
68/100
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71/100
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3.57/5
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84% positive583 reviews
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Verified
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Windows
Price
US$29.99

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2021 · Fabraz · Adventure · Indie

Demon Turf

The 3D platformer with attitude! Join Beebz in her ambitious goal of taking over the Demon Turfs and becoming the Demon Queen herself! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with unique mechanics like momentum-driven combat and self-placed checkpoints. Face the Demon King head on!

Released
4 November 2021
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
Genres
AdventureIndiePlatformer
Developers
Fabraz
Publishers
Playtonic Friends
Series
Demon Turf
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionComedy
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E10+ACB PGGRAC ALLPEGI 7
Languages
English
Entry
#1 in Demon Turf
Time to beat
14hmain story33hcompletionist

About

Demon Turf is a 3D platformer action-adventure game developed by Fabraz and published by Playtonic Friends. The game was released November 4, 2021 on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A follow-up game, Demon Turf: Neon Splash was released in 2022, and another title, Demon Tides, was released in 2026.

›Story

The Demon World is inhabited by all kinds of nasties... Most of them lumped into gangs battling for dominion, each led by its own head honcho. Yet even these bad dudes are no match for the Demon King himself! Instead the task falls to Beebz, a young demon barely a thousand years old, who decides it’s time for her to kick every turf leader’s butt and become the Demon Queen herself.

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Gameplay

Demon Turf is a platform action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. The player takes control of Beebz, a young demon girl, and travels between four different worlds called "Turfs", each of which is separated into separate levels. The objective of every level is to find and steal a "Battery", and every level has three "Sweets" hidden in them as a secondary objective. Instead of direct combat, Beebz is able to use her projectile to push enemies off of the level or into spikes in order to defeat them.

Beebz is also capable of learning new special abilities called "Turf Abilities" that expand her platforming capabilities, such as allowing her to take flight or slow time in a localized area. Demon Turf has elements of a "collectathon", with a "Photo Hunt" mode where the player is encouraged to take pictures of specific objects in the game world.

Development

The game was conceived by Fabraz studio head Fabian Restorfer. Fabian said in an interview with IGN that the studio felt content that they done everything they wanted to do with 2D platformers with their previous game, Slime-san, but they were not entirely sure they fully explored everything that a platformer can be. Demon Turf started development as a 2.5D platformer, and a successor to Slime-san before being finalized into its current form. The game was programmed by Fabraz studio's head programmer, Ben Miller. It was developed using the Unity Engine.

In the lead up to the launch of the full Demon Turf game, Fabraz studios released an extended demo of the game called Demon Turf Trials. In addition to containing the first three levels of the game, Demon Turf Trials also featured a special "Trials Mode" where players could compete to get the best time in specially designed weekly challenges. The player with the best time every week will get a portrait of themselves, a pet, or a family member in the Demon Turf video game.

Reception

Demon Turf received "generally favorable" reviews for most platforms according to review aggregator platform Metacritic; the Windows version received "mixed or average" reviews. Nintendo World Report noted in their review that combat felt less integrated in the game than some other mechanics. Destructoid was more critical, citing the art style as one of the few strong parts of the game that was also unique.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo Switch4 November 2021Worldwide
Xbox One4 November 2021Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S4 November 2021Worldwide
Windows4 November 2021Worldwide
PlayStation 44 November 2021Worldwide
PlayStation 54 November 2021Worldwide

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