The Turing Test

 Switch
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Switch Player
    Feb 18, 2020
    70
    The Turing Test is first and foremost a first-person puzzler, but it’s also an experiment in unorthodox video game storytelling. You won’t struggle to finish, but your imagination will be in overdrive as you work your way through it.
  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Feb 6, 2020
    70
    If you’re looking for a clever puzzle game, The Turing Test definitely delivers. The puzzles are great and involve a lot of mechanics that introduce a good deal of variety and some clever uses of the power-shooting tool. One of the challenges of a puzzle game is providing a reason to replay, and unfortunately everything the game has to offer can be seen in your first playthrough. A good number of nice twists in the story will keep you engaged, but it doesn’t quite reach the heights it seems to be aiming for.
  3. Nintendo Life
    Feb 5, 2020
    70
    The Turing Test is a solid first-person puzzler with an interesting and well-executed premise that provides a pretty enthralling backstory to its central gameplay. The tests you face here may not be quite as mind-bending as we might have hoped for, and they certainly don't force you to look at things from as many different angles as those found in this game's very obvious inspiration, Portal – or even The Witness – but overall, there's still plenty to like here for fans of the genre as long as they're prepared to blast through it all quite quickly and without too many major headaches.
  5. Cubed3
    Jan 31, 2020
    70
    The intriguing plot pushes players forward with each puzzle that is completed, and it will have you contemplating all sorts of topics long after finishing the game. More unlockable rooms with some further challenge would have been welcome, but The Turing Test passes on many fronts. Well worth a purchase - and launches at a great price, too.

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 7 out of 24
  1. ironfoam
    Oct 1, 2022
    6
    Pretty good puzzle game. I didn't find it very original, or very exciting, but overall, entertaining enough. The story gets more interestingPretty good puzzle game. I didn't find it very original, or very exciting, but overall, entertaining enough. The story gets more interesting towards the end, and improves the overall experience.… Full Review »
  2. lowey
    Dec 28, 2021
    9
    Great graphics and level design, great voice acting, great music, some very challenging puzzles… Highly recommended to Portal fans.

    Clearly    Great graphics and level design, great voice acting, great music, some very challenging puzzles… Highly recommended to Portal fans.

    Clearly this was inspired by Portal, yes, but is that really such a bad thing? It feels, almost, like a prequel to the Portal games, before the portal gun was invented. Here you use a gun that can move energy orbs around to activate and deactivate equipment to solve puzzles.

    As with Portal there's a story to explain all of this enforced puzzle-solving, and the development team clearly worked very hard to create a compelling story based on The Trolley Problem. You may find yourself agreeing with either side: the AI or the humans.

    One or two puzzles were strange though. One level I managed to bypass about 75% of and go straight to the end. I'm not convinced my solution was the one the designers had in mind, but it seemed the most obvious solution to me. Another level appeared to be impossible, but was ultimately solved by lobbing a cube across the level and just hoping it would land on a pressure plate. After about 5 attempts it worked. Inelegant, but it worked. I could see literally no other solution, but if that is the correct solution then I feel that is a very poorly designed level.

    Still none of that detracted from my overall enjoyment of the game. The final puzzle was, in my opinion, ingenius. It took me longer than it should have done to see the solution but when I did I was blown away, both from a puzzle design perspective AND from a narrative perspective. There were also one or two side-puzzles I didn't manage to complete which I will have to return to in the future.

    Overall a fantastic game and I would thoroughly recommend it to any puzzle genre fans.    … Full Review »
  3. spencerplewe
    Sep 13, 2020
    8
    Though it can't compare with the likes of the Portal games, this first-person sci-fi puzzler at least still has a fun system that works, andThough it can't compare with the likes of the Portal games, this first-person sci-fi puzzler at least still has a fun system that works, and the major twist that awaits in the middle completely threw me for a loop about how I view video game storytelling.… Full Review »
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