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Last Train Home

Ashborne Games · THQ Nordic · 2023-11-28

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Strategy

Modes: Single player

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.

60
playing now
87%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 60 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 11% of 5,944 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 110k–248k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,506 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$13.19-67%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.19-67%

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 78 of 115 observed days · $2.55 above the 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

238482026-08-11 19:00 — 238 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 112 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 80 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 197 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 116 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 104 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 210 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 185 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 103 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 177 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 84 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 100 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 177 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 74 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 73 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 168 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 101 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 112 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 223 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 48 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 88 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 128 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 83 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 139 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 65 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 146 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$9.342023-11-202026-08-302023-11-20 — best price $39.992023-12-10 — best price $39.992024-02-17 — best price $39.992024-03-25 — best price $23.752024-04-23 — best price $26.392024-05-19 — best price $31.992024-06-24 — best price $26.392024-07-13 — best price $39.992024-08-14 — best price $19.982024-09-13 — best price $39.992024-10-07 — best price $39.992024-11-16 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992024-12-16 — best price $31.492025-01-05 — best price $39.992025-01-27 — best price $39.992025-03-03 — best price $15.602025-03-25 — best price $20.002025-04-14 — best price $31.492025-04-30 — best price $15.982025-05-23 — best price $20.002025-06-18 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $13.992025-09-01 — best price $20.002025-09-25 — best price $15.992025-10-28 — best price $15.992025-11-25 — best price $15.992025-12-07 — best price $18.992026-01-02 — best price $15.992026-02-09 — best price $15.992026-03-04 — best price $33.172026-03-30 — best price $13.202026-04-23 — best price $13.152026-05-18 — best price $13.192026-06-08 — best price $39.992026-07-10 — best price $13.192026-07-31 — best price $9.342026-08-25 — best price $13.192026-08-30 — best price $13.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

172312026-05-31 — 53 pageviews2026-06-03 — 54 pageviews2026-06-06 — 63 pageviews2026-06-09 — 42 pageviews2026-06-12 — 61 pageviews2026-06-15 — 59 pageviews2026-06-18 — 50 pageviews2026-06-21 — 50 pageviews2026-06-24 — 45 pageviews2026-06-27 — 47 pageviews2026-06-30 — 60 pageviews2026-07-03 — 51 pageviews2026-07-06 — 50 pageviews2026-07-09 — 62 pageviews2026-07-12 — 53 pageviews2026-07-15 — 31 pageviews2026-07-18 — 46 pageviews2026-07-21 — 124 pageviews2026-07-24 — 172 pageviews2026-07-27 — 119 pageviews2026-07-30 — 50 pageviews2026-08-02 — 67 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-08 — 67 pageviews2026-08-11 — 51 pageviews2026-08-14 — 85 pageviews2026-08-17 — 52 pageviews2026-08-20 — 63 pageviews2026-08-23 — 51 pageviews2026-08-26 — 54 pageviews2026-08-27 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

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.

Player tags

3DRTSWarTrainsWargameStrategySurvivalHistoricalManagementUnforgiving

Census log

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

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