Turok (2015)

This page is for the 2015 remaster. For the original game, see Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Developers
Original	Iguana Entertainment
Remaster	Nightdive Studios
Linux	Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
	Night Dive Studios
Engines
	Kex Engine
Release dates
Windows	December 17, 2015
macOS (OS X)	February 23, 2016
Linux	June 21, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	67
OpenCritic	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Platform
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy, Sci-fi
Series	Turok (Acclaim), Turok

Turok (Acclaim)
Subseries of Turok
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter	1997
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil	1999
Turok: Evolution	2003
Turok (2015)	2015
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (2017)	2017
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered	2023

Turok (2015) is a remaster of the 1997 game Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.

General information

GOG users can obtain some of the Steam Workshop mods from this thread.

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam		Can be played by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam App ID number 405820 in <path-to-game> on Windows.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable)

Game data

Gameplay (General) settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\Turok\kexengine.cfg
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/config.cfg
Linux	<path-to-game>/config.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\Turok\saves\
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/saves/
Linux	<path-to-game>/saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		74, 90, 100, 110 and 120 presets. Or use r_fov X in the console, where X is your desired vertical FOV (original is 47.5 only)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Also has an option to hide/show the windows taskbar.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA. For SSAA, see Anti-aliasing. 2025 update adds SMAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Support for high refresh rates were added in the February 28, 2025 update.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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  Saturation settings

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  Brightness settings

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  Heads up display settings

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force HSAA for SSAA in OpenGL mode (Nvidia only)

Set the graphics API to OpenGL in-game, then close the game. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Create a new game profile, and name it something such as Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (2015). Add sobek.exe to the newly created profile. Set Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting. Set Antialiasing - Setting to 8xS or 8xSQ. Apply changes. Notes While antialiasing can also be set to 16xS or 32xS, no visual differences will occur due to only the supersampling portion of the HSAA functioning; the multisampling portion does not work for this game, and may result in increased GPU usage at no addition visual benefit. Due to the Nvidia driver's automatic LOD adjustment when using Ordered Grid Supersampling, distant textures may incur minor shimmering, even when mipmapped anisotropic filtering is enabled. This is most noticeable when using the Unfiltered Textures mod.

Input

Mouse settings

Controller settings

Run speed cannot be modified during gameplay, and default run speed is higher than on the N64, which may make platforming more difficult.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Mouse Smoothing is available.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Use the console command in_joystick_lookinvert 1.[dubious – discuss]

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 3, DualShock 4, DualSense DualShock 3 requires remapping.
PlayStation button prompts		DualShock 4 and DualSense prompts are supported
Motion sensors support		Camera
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Nintendo controllers		Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Nintendo button prompts
Face button layout support		Button layout will be based on Xbox's
Motion sensors support		Camera
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Other controller(s)		Other Controllers are supported.
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override		added in Next-Gen Update.
Haptic feedback
HD haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Mouse movement in menus activates the cursor and disables selecting highlighted options outside of what the mouse cursor is currently over.

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  Keybind settings (Action)

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  Keybind settings (Weapon)

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  Keybind settings (Automap)

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  Keybind settings (Menu)

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and Music.
Surround sound		Tested up to 7.0 output.
Subtitles		No real dialogue (only recorded voice line is "I am Turok!").
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Use OpenAL Soft for binaural HRTF mixing.
Royalty free audio

By default, the game applies a low-pass filter over digital audio samples. This behavior can be disabled by setting snd_lowpassfilter to 0 in the configuration file or the console.

Localizations

Language selector dialog

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Croatian				Fan translation, download.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translations; Tribo Gamer / Central de Traduções / Nexus Mods.
Russian				Fan Translation, download.
Spanish
Ukrainian				Fan translation by Bloody Punisher; download.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Dual-View Rendering (3D Ultra) or Single-View Depth Reprojection (3D+) Use TrueGame for Acer SpatialLabs, or NewAxis on other Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays.
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod Geo-11 fix.

Issues fixed

Game stuttering

The game stutters uncontrollably even on capable systems.

Set "Use Occlusion Queries" to OFF.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Direct3D 11 support has replaced Direct3D 10 support since game version 2.0.
OpenGL	3.2	While the system requirements state otherwise the game does not run on hardware only supporting OpenGL 2.1 (e.g. Intel Ironlake) as it requires GLSL 1.50 which is part of OpenGL 3.2 not 2.1
Vulkan		Added in the 2025 update.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit since the 2025 update. However the level editor editor.exe is still 32-bit.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL Soft
Input	SDL

Mods

If a mod installed from the Steam workshop requires console commands, achievements cannot be earned.

See Turok Sanctum for more infomation about mods and how to download.

Turok Dinosaur Hunter: Forums Fan forum for modding and mapping.

Turok+

An mod with general improvement like bug fixes, balance tweaks, new effects, and QOL features.

Turok Next Generation

An overhaul mod that aimed to enhance the game as much as possible while still being faithful to the original game.

Includes an alternative download with Turok+ compatibility and a few extra.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7		8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Dual-core 2.0 GHz AMD Dual-core 2.0 GHz		Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB		2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel 787 Express OpenGL 2.1 compatible		Nvidia GeForce 7800-8600 series ATI Radeon HD 2600-3600/X1800-X1900 series

Windows XP and Vista have both been found to launch the game fine, but are not officially supported.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10 64-bit		10.11 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Dual-core 2.0 GHz AMD Dual-core 2.0 GHz		Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB		2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel 787 Express OpenGL 2.1 compatible		Nvidia GeForce 7800-8600 series ATI Radeon HD 2600-3600/X1800-X1900 series

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit		Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Dual-core 2.0 GHz AMD Dual-core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel 787 Express OpenGL 2.1 compatible		Nvidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series ATI Radeon HD 2600/3600/X1800/X1900 series

A 64-bit operating system is required.