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Choo-Choo Charles cover art

Choo-Choo Charles

Two Star Games · 2022-12-09

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 18, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 21, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 21, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 21, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 21, 2023 (Xbox One)

Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.

Choo-Choo Charles is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (91% of 17698 reviews) sentiment.

37
playing now
91%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (707 downloads)
4.45★
PlayStation Store rating (2,954 ratings)
57/100
opencritic · weak · 11% recommend · from 21 critics
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Choo-Choo Charles is a 2022 survival horror game developed and published by Two Star Games. The player controls a monster-hunting archivist with the goal of upgrading their train's defenses in order to fight and defeat the titular character, Charles, an evil spider-train hybrid monster that wanders the landscape looking for people to eat.

Trailer

Choo-Choo Charles trailer thumbnail

Choo-Choo Charles - Announcement Trailer

≈417,471 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~139/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,124 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 358k–806k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,916 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Fanatical (2026-05-07) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.6k6.6k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 6,607 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 517 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,717 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

200272026-09-15 12:00 — 200 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 108 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 76 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 128 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 110 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 39 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 33 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 62 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 55 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 71 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 72 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 38 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 86 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 58 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 44 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 68 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 42 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 77 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 61 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 36 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k25Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 1,016 · peak 4,033Feb 2023 — avg 171 · peak 374Apr 2023 — avg 86 · peak 169Jun 2023 — avg 57 · peak 101Aug 2023 — avg 52 · peak 119Oct 2023 — avg 65 · peak 283Dec 2023 — avg 68 · peak 183Feb 2024 — avg 63 · peak 126Apr 2024 — avg 38 · peak 83Jun 2024 — avg 40 · peak 97Aug 2024 — avg 34 · peak 71Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 146Dec 2024 — avg 71 · peak 164Feb 2025 — avg 35 · peak 74Apr 2025 — avg 28 · peak 62Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 114Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 56Oct 2025 — avg 42 · peak 174Dec 2025 — avg 69 · peak 202Feb 2026 — avg 43 · peak 88Apr 2026 — avg 35 · peak 70Jun 2026 — avg 37 · peak 105Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.792022-12-092026-10-082022-12-09 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-08-15 — best price $13.992023-10-18 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-12-13 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $19.992024-03-05 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $19.992024-06-26 — best price $12.992024-07-12 — best price $7.992024-07-30 — best price $13.992024-08-27 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-05 — best price $9.992025-05-13 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $4.992025-10-09 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-13 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $1.792026-05-27 — best price $19.992026-07-15 — best price $3.992026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-09-10 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6361932026-05-29 — 444 pageviews2026-06-02 — 495 pageviews2026-06-06 — 424 pageviews2026-06-10 — 566 pageviews2026-06-14 — 636 pageviews2026-06-18 — 382 pageviews2026-06-22 — 422 pageviews2026-06-26 — 375 pageviews2026-06-30 — 362 pageviews2026-07-04 — 306 pageviews2026-07-08 — 329 pageviews2026-07-12 — 335 pageviews2026-07-16 — 277 pageviews2026-07-20 — 254 pageviews2026-07-24 — 269 pageviews2026-07-28 — 279 pageviews2026-08-01 — 288 pageviews2026-08-05 — 225 pageviews2026-08-09 — 284 pageviews2026-08-13 — 227 pageviews2026-08-17 — 282 pageviews2026-08-21 — 214 pageviews2026-08-25 — 238 pageviews2026-08-29 — 276 pageviews2026-09-02 — 260 pageviews2026-09-06 — 473 pageviews2026-09-10 — 304 pageviews2026-09-14 — 300 pageviews2026-09-18 — 251 pageviews2026-09-22 — 276 pageviews2026-09-26 — 298 pageviews2026-09-30 — 224 pageviews2026-10-04 — 273 pageviews2026-10-07 — 224 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
94.4%
earned "Baby's First Mission"
53.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

23 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,3558%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,00336%24
PS5 (PlayStation)1,70962%25
PS4 (PlayStation)13740%25
PS4 (PlayStation)10061%25
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DFPSDarkIndieHorrorTrainsShooterAdventureOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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