Video games have let us drive trains, build trains, rob trains, and occasionally blow-up trains. Now, Last Train Home lets you manage one as well. Set in the aftermath of World War One, this survival strategy game puts you in charge of a legion of Czechoslovak soldiers attempting to escape Russia in the grip of civil war. Unable to travel West, your only hope is to make it from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia's easternmost city.
To say you'll be taking the long way home is an understatement, but at least you won't have to walk the 9,000 kilometres to the Sea of Japan. That's because your Czech legionaries have commandeered a steam locomotive, which you'll use to cross Russia along the trans-Siberian railway. This locomotive forms the core of Last Train Home's distinctive management layer, and to stand any chance of making it out of Russia alive, you'll need to look after both your train, and the soldiers living inside it.
