TURBOWAVE — Synthwave Arcade Highway Racer

TURBOWAVE is a synthwave arcade highway rush. Weave through traffic at 300 km/h, graze bumpers for close-call bonuses and chain combos up to x10. Fire NITRO to smash straight through roadblocks and, when the HYPER meter is full, unleash HYPER TURBOWAVE and tear into a lightning-filled hyperspace vortex.

Runs last a few minutes and the goal is always the next high score. The game is free to play in your browser, on desktop and mobile, with keyboard, gamepad or touch.

Play TURBOWAVE on itch.io

Ride the neon

Endless neon worlds. Neon City, Sunset Desert, Cyber Grid, Vice Coast, Neon Tunnel, Crystal Tundra under the aurora, Inferno Valley, the Starway through asteroid fields and ringed planets, the Neon Forest… They are remixed endlessly with new colours and names, each one faster than the last.
HYPER TURBOWAVE. Charge the HYPER meter to blast every obstacle off the road and race through hyperspace at top speed for x5 score.
NITRO smash. Close calls and coins fill the meter. Fire it to go invincible in a storm of backfire flames.
Living skies. Fighter squadrons roar overhead, capital ships crawl across the horizon, auroras ripple and meteors fall.
Garage. Three detailed 80s-inspired machines (a wedge supercar, a V8 muscle legend and a cyber prototype) and a dozen paint jobs.
Power-ups. Energy shield, coin magnet, double score, extra lives and the rare Hyper Core.
Missions. Three goals are always running, each with a coin reward.
Original synthwave soundtrack. Seven tracks led by the main theme Redline Fever. Shuffle mode crossfades from one track to the next so the music never stops, and the whole world pulses to the beat.

How a run works

Pick your car. Choose a machine and a paint job in the garage.
Weave through traffic. Switch lanes to dodge cars and roadblocks. Passing close earns a CLOSE CALL bonus and builds your combo.
Spend your meters. Fire NITRO to smash through whatever is in front of you, or save up for HYPER TURBOWAVE.
Push further. Each new world is faster than the last, and power-ups help you survive longer.
Check the results. When the run ends you see your score, distance, coins, close calls, best combo, smashes and the zone you reached, along with any missions completed.

On the highway

Red wedge supercar firing NITRO past a blue sedan on a Neon City highway lined with lit skyscrapers, with a setting sun ahead — Neon City: purple backfire as NITRO kicks in.

Red supercar trailing flames through Crystal Tundra under a green and purple aurora, with a CLOSE CALL +1350 bonus and a x10 combo on the HUD — Crystal Tundra: close calls push the combo all the way to x10.

Dark cyber prototype protected by an energy shield on the Starway, with asteroids floating beside the road and a 75 COINS pickup message — The Starway: asteroid fields, coin pickups and an energy shield.

Car racing through the HYPER TURBOWAVE hyperspace vortex at 484 km/h, surrounded by swirling light rings and floating cubes — HYPER TURBOWAVE: hyperspace at full speed for x5 score.

Garage screen showing the Phantom prototype cyber racer on a neon turntable, with speed, handling and nitro stats and a row of paint jobs — The garage: each machine has its own perk; the Phantom charges NITRO 30% faster.

WRECKED! results screen with a new record of 14,255 points, run stats and a completed distance mission worth 300 coins — End of the run: stats, mission rewards and straight back to the road.

Play in the browser on desktop or mobile

TURBOWAVE runs in the browser on desktop and mobile, in landscape or portrait. It is available in English and supports keyboard, any plug-and-play gamepad and touch swipes:

Change lane: ← → or A D · D-pad or stick · swipe left or right
NITRO / HYPER: Space or ↑ · A or RT · swipe up or tap the ⚡ button
Brake: ↓ or S · LT · swipe down
Pause: Esc or P · Start

For the full experience, switch to fullscreen with the button at the bottom right of the game.

The game is free. The Original Soundtrack, all seven tracks as 320 kbps MP3, is sold separately for $2 on the itch.io page, and you can also support new cars, worlds and updates through Buy Me a Coffee.

Development notes

TURBOWAVE is built with Babylon.js, and its 3D models are generated procedurally with Blender scripts. As disclosed on itch.io, AI tools assisted with code, graphics and sound: the key art and logo were created with AI image generation, and the soundtrack with ElevenLabs Music.

Hit the highway on itch.io