Trigger Happy Interactive (creators of Turbo Overkill) are delving into Survival Horror territory with their newly-announced title for Steam in Total Chaos. Originally a GZDoom-based mod, Apogee Entertainment will be handling the publishing duties, as well as helping to fulfill Trigger Happy Interactive’s vision, empowering the team to develop the mod into a new experience with a complete visual overhaul in Q2 2025. Even better, fans will get to splatter first blood with a free demo launching in early 2025.
Total Chaos sees you descend into the depths of uncertainty as a Coast Guardsman washed ashore upon the jagged coast of Fort Oasis — an abandoned mining outpost shrouded in mystery. A lone voice calls out over the radio: “Get to the mines.” Can the voice be trusted? What lies beneath the island? And wait…doesn’t Fort Oasis seem…familiar? Abandoning the player within a world of dread across nine inescapable chapters, you must rely on scattered but unreliable clues, along with scavenged and improvised weapons to survive.
“This game is designed to make you feel truly helpless and alone,” said Sam Prebble, developer at Trigger Happy Interactive. “Survival horror is about more than just jump scares—it’s about atmosphere and psychological tension. We’re pushing those elements to the extreme in Total Chaos.”
Inspired by classic survival horror but with modern game design sensibilities, Total Chaos immerses players in environments that feel as if they could collapse at any moment, further augmented by dynamic lighting, moody soundscapes, and a fear inducing musical score. The game pushes players to question not just the island’s reality, but their own memories.
“From the start, we’ve wanted Total Chaos to make players feel genuinely disturbed,” added Scott Miller, founder of Apogee Entertainment. “It’s a different kind of intensity compared to Turbo Overkill—but no less heart-pounding.”