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Last Train Home

Ashborne Games · THQ Nordic · 2023-11-28

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Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

Last Train Home is a Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 5527 reviews).

123
playing now
87%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (236 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Last Train Home is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ashborne Games and published by THQ Nordic. Released on November 28, 2023, the game is set in the aftermath of World War I and follows a group of Czechoslovak Legionaires attempting to return home across war-torn Russia while managing combat, resources, and crew morale aboard an armored train.

Trailer

Last Train Home trailer thumbnail

Last Train Home | Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 123 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 426 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,207 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 14,119 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 111k–250k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,561 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$10.64-73%
GOG$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.64 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 93 of 145 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29102026-09-15 15:00 — 89 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 46 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 42 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 131 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 91 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 32 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 73 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 112 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 224 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 254 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 102 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 113 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 233 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 136 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 110 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 222 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 79 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 93 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 244 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 83 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 60 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 123 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k76Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 1,673 · peak 5,650Jan 2024 — avg 550 · peak 1,585Feb 2024 — avg 739 · peak 2,559Mar 2024 — avg 342 · peak 864Apr 2024 — avg 228 · peak 523May 2024 — avg 161 · peak 410Jun 2024 — avg 176 · peak 403Jul 2024 — avg 195 · peak 432Aug 2024 — avg 318 · peak 700Sep 2024 — avg 246 · peak 737Oct 2024 — avg 166 · peak 400Nov 2024 — avg 195 · peak 627Dec 2024 — avg 225 · peak 502Jan 2025 — avg 224 · peak 515Feb 2025 — avg 133 · peak 361Mar 2025 — avg 144 · peak 351Apr 2025 — avg 101 · peak 238May 2025 — avg 156 · peak 494Jun 2025 — avg 112 · peak 273Jul 2025 — avg 126 · peak 282Aug 2025 — avg 126 · peak 299Sep 2025 — avg 114 · peak 360Oct 2025 — avg 151 · peak 456Nov 2025 — avg 136 · peak 380Dec 2025 — avg 145 · peak 362Jan 2026 — avg 149 · peak 366Feb 2026 — avg 140 · peak 376Mar 2026 — avg 126 · peak 326Apr 2026 — avg 91 · peak 235May 2026 — avg 78 · peak 181Jun 2026 — avg 76 · peak 215Jul 2026 — avg 211 · peak 904Aug 2026 — avg 156 · peak 492
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$9.342023-11-202026-10-142023-11-20 — best price $39.992024-01-01 — best price $31.992024-03-14 — best price $26.392024-04-19 — best price $18.402024-05-19 — best price $31.992024-06-27 — best price $26.392024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $39.992024-10-07 — best price $39.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-09 — best price $13.992025-01-03 — best price $39.992025-01-27 — best price $39.992025-03-13 — best price $19.992025-04-02 — best price $39.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-05-23 — best price $20.002025-06-26 — best price $18.892025-08-09 — best price $39.992025-09-22 — best price $15.992025-10-28 — best price $15.992025-11-27 — best price $15.992025-12-19 — best price $13.432026-02-03 — best price $33.592026-03-04 — best price $33.172026-04-03 — best price $39.992026-05-06 — best price $39.992026-06-02 — best price $39.992026-07-10 — best price $13.192026-08-03 — best price $13.192026-09-01 — best price $13.192026-09-11 — best price $39.992026-09-21 — best price $39.992026-10-01 — best price $13.192026-10-11 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $10.64
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

178342026-05-31 — 53 pageviews2026-06-04 — 49 pageviews2026-06-08 — 99 pageviews2026-06-12 — 61 pageviews2026-06-16 — 44 pageviews2026-06-20 — 42 pageviews2026-06-24 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 64 pageviews2026-07-02 — 67 pageviews2026-07-06 — 50 pageviews2026-07-10 — 47 pageviews2026-07-14 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 46 pageviews2026-07-22 — 151 pageviews2026-07-26 — 162 pageviews2026-07-30 — 50 pageviews2026-08-03 — 65 pageviews2026-08-07 — 55 pageviews2026-08-11 — 51 pageviews2026-08-15 — 75 pageviews2026-08-19 — 43 pageviews2026-08-23 — 51 pageviews2026-08-27 — 49 pageviews2026-08-31 — 45 pageviews2026-09-04 — 52 pageviews2026-09-08 — 83 pageviews2026-09-12 — 47 pageviews2026-09-16 — 50 pageviews2026-09-20 — 60 pageviews2026-09-24 — 178 pageviews2026-09-28 — 75 pageviews2026-10-02 — 80 pageviews2026-10-06 — 58 pageviews2026-10-09 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
79.6%
earned "First Silent Blood"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime4 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-11-28, latest 2024-04-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6741%69

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

3DRTSWarTrainsWargameStrategySurvivalHistoricalManagementUnforgiving

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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