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Loco Motive

Robust Games · Chucklefish · 2024-11-21

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!

12
playing now
93%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Loco Motive is a 2024 point-and-click adventure game, developed by Robust Games and published by Chucklefish. The story sees players assume the role of three different protagonists, as they work to unravel a mystery concerning the murder of an elderly wealthy heiress aboard her luxury train service, meeting a variety of different characters and suspects. The game was released for Nintendo Switch and Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (153 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,226 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.79 at Steam (2026-07-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 29 of 61 observed days · $7.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14814820242026Week of 2024-11-21: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2062026-08-17 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$10.792024-11-212026-08-302024-11-21 — best price $16.192024-12-05 — best price $17.992025-01-23 — best price $16.192025-02-10 — best price $17.992025-03-13 — best price $15.292025-04-02 — best price $15.292025-05-08 — best price $15.292025-06-09 — best price $17.992025-06-26 — best price $14.392025-07-12 — best price $17.992025-07-30 — best price $17.992025-08-15 — best price $17.992025-09-03 — best price $14.392025-09-11 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $14.392025-10-08 — best price $17.992025-10-14 — best price $14.382025-11-04 — best price $14.382025-11-12 — best price $17.992025-11-25 — best price $12.592025-12-06 — best price $17.992026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-01-19 — best price $17.992026-01-28 — best price $17.992026-02-12 — best price $12.592026-03-11 — best price $12.592026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-04-25 — best price $17.992026-05-17 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $12.592026-07-31 — best price $17.992026-08-28 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3152026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 20 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
93%
earned "I Can Break These Cuffs!"
38%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)64211%33
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

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

Player tags

2DNoirFunnyComedyPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveNarrativeStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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