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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.

Dark Train is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 196 reviews).

0
playing now
74%
positive of 196 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 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.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.9k–12k copies

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

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Oct 2016Nov 2021Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 4 · peak 27Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14

▲ +3 avg players vs prior month — Nov 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.992016-10-252026-10-022016-10-25 — 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 $8.892026-10-02 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 3 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 0 pageviews2026-06-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 0 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 0 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 0 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1 pageviews2026-09-07 — 5 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 0 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1 pageviews2026-10-01 — 0 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
18.8%
earned "Tamago!"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-06-08 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkIndiePuzzleSci-fiTrainsAdventureSteampunkAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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