Last Train Home
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 20h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Far From Home” (Finished Chapter 1) and “To Go West, Go East” (Finished Chapter 2): from 83% to 53% of starters.
- 80% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,616 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 38h for positive, 6.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (79.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Far From Home Finished Chapter 1 83% −17
- To Go West, Go East Finished Chapter 2 Most players quit here 53% −30
- Gathering the Legion Finished Chapter 3 43% −10
- Safe Passage Finished Chapter 4 35% −8
- A Golden Opportunity Finished Chapter 5 30% −5
- Children of the Storm Finished Chapter 6 26% −3
- The Cold Within Finished Chapter 7 24% −2
- The Decision Finished Chapter 8 22% −2
- The End of the Line Finished Chapter 9 21% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- First Silent Blood Successfully performed stealth kill for the first time 100%
- Forager Gathered extra resources while foraging 93%
- Far From Home Finished Chapter 1 83%
- Yoink Plundered the village storage during Help is on the way quest 66%
- The More The Merrier Picked up 15 Legionaries on your journey 56%
- To Go West, Go East Finished Chapter 2 53%
- We Are Many Successfully completed a mission with a full squad 52%
- Eat Lead Shot over 500 bullets during one mission 48%
- Gathering the Legion Finished Chapter 3 43%
- History Lesson Read an encyclopedia entry 41%
- They Had a Blast! Killed 7 enemies with a single grenade 37%
- Coal Baron Gather over 1000 Fuel 36%
- Going South Chose the south path when leaving Penza 36%
- Safe Passage Finished Chapter 4 35%
- I Also Like to Live Dangerously Went on a mission without a medic 33%
- Going North Chose the north path when leaving Penza 32%
- Tanks a Lot Boarded a tank during a mission 32%
- Igor Pachmelnik Zakuskov A soldier reached level 5 of the Engineer Role 31%
- Proletarian A soldier reached level 5 of the Worker Role 30%
- A Golden Opportunity Finished Chapter 5 30%
- Mordecai A soldier reached level 5 of the Scout Role 30%
- Go-getter A soldier reached the rank of Second Lieutenant 28%
- Health Charger A soldier reached level 5 of the Medic Role 27%
- The Heavy A soldier reached level 5 of the Machine Gunner Role 27%
- Son of a Gun A soldier reached level 5 of the Rifleman Role 27%
- Children of the Storm Finished Chapter 6 26%
- Demolition Man A soldier reached level 5 of the Grenadier Role 26%
- The Cold Within Finished Chapter 7 24%
- Babica A soldier reached level 5 of the Cook Role 23%
- Doctor Aybolit A soldier reached level 5 of the Doctor Role 23%
- The Decision Finished Chapter 8 22%
- The End of the Line Finished Chapter 9 21%
- Druzhina Finished the game without losing anyone from the original squad 21%
- Historically Accurate Except for soldiers in the Moscow trainwreck, nobody died during the journey 21%
- Fast and Furious Fully upgraded your Locomotive 21%
- The Journey Ends Here Ran out of fuel 20%
- Succumbed to Al Ghul A soldier became an alcoholic 20%
- DaVinci A soldier acquired six roles 18%
- In a Clover Fully upgraded an Infantry Car 16%
- Why Is Everyone Coughing? Kept the soldier with tuberculosis on board of the train 16%
- This Bad Boy Can Fit So Much Fully upgraded a Storage Car 15%
- The Real MVP Gave 10 medals to a single soldier 11%
- Choo-Choo Found the choo-choo button 11%
- No More Boo-boos Fully upgraded a Hospital car 10%
- DIY Fully upgraded a Workshop Car 8.8%
- Michelin Fully upgraded a Kitchen Car 8.2%
- Finally Some Good Fricking Food Cooked Goulash 10 times 7.3%
- Strategic Retreat Left mission without completing any objectives 6.4%
- The Incident Story Freed the Captured Soldiers 3.6%
- Look at Those Fireworks Used the Artillery Strike 8 times during a mission 3.5%
- Slow and Steady Didn’t use Overdrive train speed during the whole journey 3.0%
- Ride of The Valkyries Successfully completed a mission with an all-female squad 3.0%
- Nobody Left Behind Pick up all Legionaries throughout multiple playthroughs 2.9%
- The Machine Gunner Story Helped Seize Chita 2.9%
- I am Speed Made it to Vladivostok in less than 20 days 2.5%
- The Cat Story Rescued the Kitten 2.3%
- The Long Story Destroyed the Tanks 2.0%
- The Cheka Story Defeated the Cheka 1.8%
- The Tank Story Got Out in Style 1.6%
- The Factory Story Saved the Civilians 1.6%
- The Resistance Story Completed the Last Stand 1.5%
- The Baikal Story Fought at Baikal 1.4%
- The Blockade Story Left No Car Behind 1.4%
- How Did We Get Here? Got to Vladivostok without upgrading the Locomotive 0.9%
- Work Hard, Play Hard Completed All Mission Challenges 0.5%
- Ready for Anything Unlocked All Squads 0.5%
- Challenger Completed All Challenges 0.4%
- Make It Harder! Completed All Optional Challenges 0.4%
- Commander You Did It! 0.4%