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Dark Train

Paperash Studio · 2016-10-25

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2016 (Mac)

Dark Train is an award-winning steampunk train adventure made of paper. Assume the role of mechanical squid Ann 2.35f that is tied to the railroad machine and deliver the mysterious order for deceased D. W. Tagrezbung, the famous inventor from the Border City.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 196 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Train is a puzzle adventure game by Paperash Studio. It was released on 25 October 2016. Dark Train is described as an atmospheric adventure game with unconventional game mechanics. The game uses elements of steampunk and noir fiction mixed with fantasy elements.

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  • · Top 56% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.9k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 196 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at GamersGate (2021-11-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992016-10-252026-07-282016-10-25 — best price $11.992017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-10-23 — best price $14.992018-01-11 — best price $1.992018-04-16 — best price $9.992018-08-23 — best price $2.252018-12-21 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-05-29 — best price $8.282020-06-13 — best price $8.282020-06-29 — best price $9.992020-07-13 — best price $9.992020-07-27 — best price $8.892020-08-11 — best price $8.892020-08-26 — best price $8.892020-09-10 — best price $8.892020-09-25 — best price $8.892020-10-13 — best price $8.892020-10-27 — best price $1.502020-11-10 — best price $8.892020-11-25 — best price $8.892020-12-10 — best price $8.382021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-01-19 — best price $8.382021-02-03 — best price $8.382021-02-19 — best price $9.992021-03-07 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $9.992021-04-07 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-05-07 — best price $9.992021-05-22 — best price $9.992021-06-06 — best price $9.992021-11-15 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-11-15 — best price $7.342024-08-01 — best price $8.892025-01-13 — best price $8.892026-07-28 — best price $8.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Player tags

DarkIndiePuzzleSci-fiTrainsAdventureSteampunkAtmospheric

Census log

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

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