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The Train

The town of Pilcano. Once a bustling, vibrant town full of new ideas and people. This is your home. The expensive and glorious train, The Greyhound, chugged gracefully up the hilly backdrop you know as The…

6 August 2022

The Train is an adventure developed by GnomeKing Games, released 6 August 2022 on Game Boy.

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What The Train is

The Train is an adventure game developed by GnomeKing Games and released in 2022. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The town of Pilcano. Once a bustling, vibrant town full of new ideas and people. This is your home. The expensive and glorious train, The Greyhound, chugged gracefully up the hilly backdrop you know as The Pass. All this, however, was long ago, before you were born, when your Grandfather was a young boy. Over the years, The Greyhound's journeys became shorter, and eventually ceased on the night of your birth. This is the story of that great steam train's rebirth... The Train is a narrative-driven, comedic game featuring light puzzle elements for the GameBoy! You play as Eve as she helps her grandad reconnect the villages of the island they live on using a long out-of-service locomotive…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Train launched on 6 August 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did The Train come out?
The Train was released on 6 August 2022 for Game Boy.

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