In late April 2025, the Turok: Dinosaur Hunter remaster received a fresh update, boasting over 40 changes spanning audio enhancements, gameplay balancing, and crucial bug fixes. PC enthusiasts can also revel in upgraded modding support with this latest version.
Nightdive Studios, celebrated for revamping classic games, has handled the remastering of three Turok titles so far. The first, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, originally launched on PC in 2015 and subsequently reached Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in 2018 and 2019. By early 2021, it was also available on the PlayStation Store.
This timeless ’90s shooter has just been updated across all platforms. The Steam patch notes list 42 updates, ranging from quality-of-life improvements to bug fixes and audio enhancements. These tweaks aim to bring the remaster even closer to the 1997 original.
One notable improvement lets players adjust the line thickness in the automapping feature, now rendering lines as quadrangles. The update also addressed Vulkan graphics API syncing issues and refined game logic to reduce stuttering.
PC users will enjoy a revamped Steam Workshop mod menu, now less cluttered with unrelated maps. Another handy feature pauses game rendering when Turok is minimized. Nightdive seized this opportunity to enhance the remaster’s moddability with bug fixes and fresh features in modding scripts. Moreover, an issue affecting the cheat for tiny enemies with big heads has been fixed for bosses and Turok, with Gallery and Credits cheats now disabled outside the main menu.
Though regular updates for Turok had become sparse, this April patch marks the second update of 2025. The last update, in February, upgraded the game to the latest Kex Engine build, version 4.0. This new patch, however, was driven by recent player feedback.
### Turok Remaster April 2025 Update Highlights
– Added an option for adjusting automap line thickness, now rendered as quads for better platform consistency.
– Xaudio2 now uses correct output channels, fixing reverb sound issues.
– Level transitions include an auto-checkpoint, matching the original behavior during boss maps.
– Vulkan syncing issues fixed.
– Game logic improvements to reduce stuttering.
– Rendering halts when the window is unfocused.
– Failed map loads redirect players to the title screen.
– Multiple interpolation issues fixed.
– All particle and wave files precached for smoother performance.
– Lens flare from the sun now properly blocked by objects.
– Underwater hurt sounds fixed for antigravity areas.
– FOV menu auto-selects current value, with an added 100 FOV option.
– Early fight sequences for Mantis and T-Rex bosses corrected.
– Menu option resetting issue resolved.
– Steam Workshop menu now displays only user-loaded mods.
– Disabled cheats outside the title screen.
– Unlocked cheats fixed and localized text added for weapon binds and cheat messages.
– Particle decal alignment on water corrected.
– Alien Weapon damage increased.
– Quad Rocket Launcher’s damage radius recalibrated for accuracy.
– Enemy damage reflections refined for hard and hardcore difficulties.
– Credits interaction improved; speed-up option available.
– Thunder’s roaring animation now vulnerable as per the original.
– Boss knockback forces eliminated; Campaigner’s shield behavior restored.
– Footstep sounds fade when obstructed logically.
– Landing sound on warp sectors removed.
– Fly mode cheat allows passing through level geometry.
– Giblet sound spam removed.
– Player viewHeight adjusted for precision.
– Big Head mode bugs fixed for various creatures.
– Gallery compatibility for big head and tiny enemy cheats.
– Spawned pickups now cast shadows.
– Low pitch sound corrections implemented.
– Player rotation enabled on spinning platforms.
– Turrets respond correctly when frozen.
– Enhanced interpolation for the automap zoom feature.
– Numerous enhancements and fixes for modding scripts.
