Last Train Home

Real-time tactics and train management amid the Russian Civil War

Ashborne Games · Published by THQ Nordic · Released Nov 28, 2023

Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 5,536
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 82% of 39 in 30 days
Playing now: 59; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 years ago; Mar 6, 2024

Free demo available, 2 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)

What is Last Train Home?

This single-player strategy game follows Czechoslovak soldiers trying to return home by armored train after World War I. As the train crosses Siberia, you command squads in real-time missions, assign crew duties, maintain and upgrade the train, and manage supplies and morale.

For you if...

+you like strategy games based on lesser-known historical events
+you enjoy balancing squad missions with resource decisions

Not for you if...

−you prefer turn-based combat to real-time tactics
−you want varied missions throughout a long campaign

What players say

87% of 5,536 reviews are positive · 82% of 39 in the last 30 days

Players praise the historical setting, the journey's story, and managing the train as a moving base. Common complaints are repetitive missions, enemy AI that is easy to exploit, and combat and resource management that lose their challenge later on.

Screenshots and trailer

Last Train Home system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® 10 64 bit
Processor: 3 GHz Quad-Core
Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1050-Ti (4GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 (4GB)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 69
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, French, German, Czech. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Russian.