The Turing Test is a first-person puzzle video game developed by Bulkhead Interactive and published by Square Enix Collective.
The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One in August 2016, for PlayStation 4 in January 2017, for Nintendo Switch in February 2020, and for Stadia in May 2020.
[1] The player assumes the role of Ava Turing, an International Space Agency (ISA) engineer working at a research station located on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.
[2] As the player progresses, additional elements are introduced, including the ability to observe scenes and activate certain objects via the station's monitoring cameras, and control mobile robots that can be used to explore levels.
In the far future, engineer Ava Turing is one of several members of a research team sent via the International Space Agency (ISA) to excavate Jupiter's moon Europa.
sees that the base's internal configuration has changed from their records, whereby to progress further into the complex, Ava must complete various tests, designed as puzzles (T.O.M.
realizes that these are designed to be solved by a combination of human and artificial intelligence, a manner similar to that of the actual Turing test.
They enter an area where one of the remaining crew-members, Sarah, warns Ava over the communication systems that she is actually being controlled by T.O.M.
If both people are killed the game ends with T.O.M calling Ava's name repeatedly and imploring her to wake up before the credits roll.
[1] The Turing Test was in a pre-production phase for six months, where the designers created puzzles and defined the gameplay curve.
[2] Creative producer Howard Philpott cited Croteam's 2014 puzzle game, The Talos Principle, as a reference point for the progression of introducing gameplay mechanics in The Turing Test.