Total Chaos is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on April 29th. Publisher Apogee Entertainment and developer Trigger Happy Interactive made the announcement with a brand new trailer, which you can check out below, where it also confirmed that the title will be getting a New Game+ mode on the same day.
While the trailer doesn’t reveal any new details about the game, we do get a look at how the Nintendo Switch 2 version will look and perform, since all of the gameplay footage was captured from the console. Frame rates seem quite smooth throughout the trailer, especially in more intense segments, and the textures don’t seem to have taken too big of a hit in quality when compared to the PC and console versions.
Total Chaos was originally released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S back in November 2025. Celebrating its launch, the horror shooter got a trailer giving us a look at its gameplay.
The title has been developed by Sam Pebble, who is known for the first-person shooter Turbo Overkill. Its story revolves around the mysteries behind Fort Oasis, which now lies deserted, decayed, and quite dark. The player ends up wrecked on the adjoining shore thanks to a violent storm, and in their attempts to survive, they will have to venture deep into Fort Oasis to find shelter. However, exploring the fort starts getting quite strange, with the whole island seemingly being quite twisted.
While there is plenty of horror to be found in Total Chaos thanks to its thick atmosphere, trailers for the game have also done a good job in showcasing how surreal things can get, ranging from the twisting hallways of Fort Oasis to the strange designs of the monsters you will have to fight.
Much like Turbo Overkill, Total Chaos provides its fair share of action. Accompanying the shooter gameplay, however, are survival horror aspects, including the need to scavenge for scraps so that you can create your own makeshift, improvised weapons to defend yourself.
Total Chaos was originally conceived as a total conversion mod for the classic shooter Doom 2. While critically-acclaimed, Sam Pebble eventually decided to turn it into a full-fledged game for PC and consoles. Among its key features are its use of the environment to tell its story, an in-depth crafting system, and an emphasis on resource management thanks to limited inventory space, which, when paired with the nightmarish design of the enemies, creates incredible tension.
In our review of Total Chaos, we gave it a score of 7 out of 10 thanks to its great level design and audio, interesting story, and fun combat. However, we found the inventory system to be unintuitive, and made a note of the lack of DualSense features in the PS5 version.
Pebble’s last game, Turbo Overkill, was released back in 2023 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. In contrast to Total Chaos, Turbo Overkill is an over-the-top shooter where players take on the role of the half-metal, half-human Johnny Turbo, who is tasked with cleaning up the streets of Paradise with his chainsaw leg and more than 15 weapons in his arsenal.
