Choo-Choo Charles

Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.

Choo-Choo Charles is a survival horror, horror and open world game developed and published by Two Star Games.
Released on December 09th 2022 is available only on Windows in 24 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Hindi, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

It has received 15,024 reviews of which 13,725 were positive and 1,299 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Choo-Choo Charles into these genres:

Survival Horror Horror Open World First-Person Singleplayer Trains Shooter Dark 3D Action-Adventure FPS Adventure Atmospheric Indie Psychological Horror Action Choices Matter Thriller Hand-drawn Co-op

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: 2.5 GHz Quad-core Intel or AMD processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: The game includes graphics settings to aid lower end devices.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

Well now that was just a lot of fun. It was absolutely ridiculous, but a lot of fun. I will warn potential buyers: if you're looking for epic amounts of playtime, in-depth play mechanics and extensive amounts of things to do, tons of quests and a gripping story, this isn't that. If you're looking for a FANTASTIC way to burn through an afternoon without putting much thought into it, then this is the PERFECT game. What Choo-Choo Charles does well is not overstay its welcome in any way, shape, or form. We all know those novelty games that just pad out their playtime and get really boring by the time you're finally getting near the end of the game - this is absolutely not that. I got about five hours of playtime from start to finish in normal mode - and that is having done all the NPC quests, all the weapon and required quests, and a couple extra little things. The game kept a nice pace and kept me engaged right up to the finish. The "story" is... well, not very deep, but again, you're here to have a blast, not get pulled into a swirling vortex of narrative. You're going to an island. You're going to hunt down, and kill, a giant half-train, half-spider. The entire island is filled with people living in terror - and also filled with weird crazy killers. From there, it's about what you'd expect. You go out and do quests to earn scrap. You use the scrap to upgrade your train. The quests are generally just very simple fetch quests, sometimes made more dangerous by the roaming crazy killers. It's especially dangerous since you have no way to defend yourself except on the train - out on the ground, all you can do is run. (And the 'stealth' mechanics are kinda lame. Most of the time I found myself just getting bad guys to chase me back to my train so I could hop on and use the gun to take them out.) There are weapon quests you can do to get new weapons for your train, and there are 'required' quests you can do to advance the story. You can drive your train around the island, switching tracks and stuff. By the way, if you're looking for an immersive train sim, this is also NOT that. There are three big levers you can pull to control the train - forward, backward, stop. There are other interactive things around the train, but again, it's not super in depth. You're here to have fun, not to dig into the gritty details. The train driving also looks a little jumpy - but again, fun, not details. I have seen a few reviews mentioning 'puzzles,' but there are no real puzzles in this game. You will not have to use your brain at all. In fact, it's probably more fun if you don't. The graphics were really nice. Despite the people looking very weird and following pre-set movement patterns (such as one guy who just moves his head from left, to right, to left, to right), it's a nice landscape to move around in. I enjoyed the music and sound effects. It was all a lot of fun. I ESPECIALLY enjoyed the battle with Charles. THAT was a lot of fun. The entire game leads up to that, so it's a blast. The developer did a REALLY good job with that ending battle. Overall, again, this is the game for you if you're looking for a heck of a way to burn out an afternoon and leave your brain on autopilot. It is a LOT of fun if you're not expecting a lot of depth out of it. I could easily recommend this game to about anyone. Is it worth full price? Well there's the only part I might balk a little at - $20 seems like a lot for something most people seem to be beating within 4-7 hours. I would be hesitant to do a full recommend at a $20 price tag, although I think some wouldn't mind it. Wish list it, though - it does go on sale from time to time. I can't remember how much I paid for it, but it was far less than $20 (like maybe $5 or $10). I think $10 would be a fine price - so if you see it go on sale to that, I think pull the plug and go for it. Great game, fantastic time, and now I can die saying that I fought a half-train half-spider with a demonic clown face.

May 2024

It's a really enjoyable 3-4 hour game. Absolutely not a $20 game, so pick it up on sale for a few bucks like I did and you'll have a good time.

Jan. 2024

Charles goes Coo coo ca choo! Story makes no sense, the setting is bonkers, the gameplay is funky, animation is stale, map is empty, quests are bare bones, game is short, variation is lacking. Well, with the negative out of the way. I still like it. Kind of. This is a mixed bag, and it all depends on you. It's a game made by pretty much one person, and it shows. Looks groovy as hell in trailers but doesn't really live up to it in actuality. It's low-cost and janky. Which is fair. Seeing a demon train chase you across the land is hilarious though. Choo choo, mothertruckers! The atmosphere is great and the premise and concept are fantastic (although not quite delivered upon). I can see this becoming a thing if worked on a bit more. What's here is still quite fun, but don't expect it to be as wild and rich as the promo material sets it out to be.

Jan. 2024

It is a well-made short game. The boss fight is really cool. Completed all achievements except nightmare mode in 3.1 hours. Definitely not worth $20, but it is worth the $6.19 I bought it for on sale.

Dec. 2023

Choo Choo Charles is an all around fun game. There is definitely some mechanics that could use some work but I had fun completing all the side quests and collecting all the paints for my train. Some things that could use some work are the sneaking mechanics, maybe if a crouch feature was in the game to actually make me feel like I was sneaking around. Also having no attack really makes you feel powerless which might be intended by the developers but almost feels like a bad thing while playing the game. The goons chase you forever once you are spotted and it feels like you have no way of getting away, that's where a melee option might be useful. I enjoyed the side quests, most were pretty easy but still entertaining. I found it pretty amusing the NPCs didn't move their mouths while speaking. And finding all the paint cans around the map was a good end game task. I enjoyed my play through and lets just say I wont be completing the game on nightmare that's for sure!!

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Steam reviews	21 December 2024 19:59

-80% 19.50€ 3.90€

8.9

13,725

1,299

Online players

118

Developer

Two Star Games

Publisher

Two Star Games

Release 09 Dec 2022

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