Last Train Home Reviews

Last Train Home - A Masterpiece of Strategic Storytelling Last Train Home delivers an absolutely captivating blend of real-time strategy and survival mechanics that kept me engaged for hours on end. The game brilliantly captures the harrowing journey of the Czechoslovak Legion during the Russian Civil War, and the developers have masterfully woven historical authenticity into every gameplay element. The core mechanics are incredibly well-balanced. Managing your train as both a mobile base and lifeline creates constant tension - you're always weighing whether to push forward or stop to scavenge for desperately needed supplies. The resource management feels meaningful rather than tedious; every decision about food, ammunition, and medical supplies has real consequences for your soldiers' morale and survival. What truly sets this game apart is how seamlessly it transitions between different gameplay layers. One moment you're strategically planning your route on the map, the next you're commanding troops in intense real-time combat encounters. The combat system strikes the perfect balance between tactical depth and accessibility - positioning, cover, and unit abilities all matter without becoming overwhelming. The character progression system adds genuine emotional investment. Watching your soldiers develop skills and relationships over the journey makes every casualty feel personal. The morale system is particularly well-implemented, creating authentic moments where you must choose between military objectives and keeping your men's spirits up. The train customization and upgrade mechanics provide satisfying long-term progression goals, while the day/night cycle and weather effects add layers of strategic consideration to every encounter. Last Train Home is a rare gem that combines historical respect with innovative gameplay. It's challenging without being punishing, strategic without being overwhelming. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys thoughtful strategy games with heart.

Last Train Home was a beautiful experience for me once I realized that I just needed to stealth kill everything I possibly could, and only diverge from that formula when absolutely forced to. The strategic layer was fun and challenging, and I was delighted to be able to finish with no one having died on my watch. Not a ton of replay value, but it was a wonderful time while it lasted.

Excellent RTS game. Challenging missions. Engaging story. . What's not to love?

Overall a good game, the fighting is not that dynamic, basically, put your soldiers in front of the their soldiers and they'll shoot at each other, if you better cover, you'll win. It becomes infinitely easier once your scouts gain the camo ability, then you can just walk around and stop whenever anyone sees you and you'll disappear even if you're in the middle of the road. Also, dead bodies disappear immediately, so passing patrols don't react which is a bit silly. But overall it's a fun game, the story is a really good one, despite having my pet hate TONS OF READING!! if I wanted to read, I'd have bought a book, voice actors can't be that expensive.

Great story and gameplay elements, really enjoyed it. I wish I could continue playing it on steam deck, but the game has no controller support, the text is small and performance is bad even on a beefy PC.

The game is decent. It has its pros and cons. For example, the historical background and atmosphere are fantastic. Train management is at an enjoyable level — this part of the game feels like Frostpunk on rails, just not as challenging. And showing what animals russians are is always appreciated. For cons, I would say it’s the combat system. The game encourages you to play stealthily, but the fact is that scouts are OP as hell, and within a couple of missions, you can slaughter the whole map with 2-3 soldiers. This becomes your main tool pretty fast, which makes combat repetitive and boring. And there are some other problems with combat here and there. But the biggest con is that the game is trying to FRY MY CPU. Fire those incompetent coders, ffs. There is no single reason why a Ryzen 9 should reach 100 degrees Celsius in this game.

100% recommended, when you wanna have a really good strategy game as well as learning about the Czech Legion history :D

Wow... just wow, what a masterpiece. This game is incredible, the story and the action itself had me gripped like no other RTS has. The brutality of this game also had me to full attention, there were even several moments in the game where my heart was in my mouth. I completed the story in roughly 20 hours and I enjoyed every second.

the game is nice, amazing, nice combat, very immersive atmosphere, very novel and different, and the list of positives can still go long .... BUT ... its a micro management hell, not onyl that but the UI is not helping as i dont know what is what and when is when ... i mean not only assigning soldiers is a pain the (you know where) but i dont know who i assigned and to what and where and when and ... damn i just hate the micromanagment part ... so very sad for an otherwise a masterpiece!

Pro: Great game. It was fun to balance your resources as well as healing your characters and fighting against the cold. If you like X-COM, then you'll like this game. Con: Some of the characters are unbalanced though. For most missions, all you really need are 2-3 leveled up snipers, and that's it.