Developer WildArts has announced a September 15 launch for its tongue-in-cheek survival horror game Fright Train on Steam. And if you can’t wait until then, if you haven’t already done so, you can check out the demo that’s currently available on Steam.
Fright Train has players take on the role of one Doug Barker, who has just started working for the Paranormal Agency Worldwide, or P.A.W. for short. You’ve received an anonymous distress signal originating from the L.R.S. Great White, a mysterious research station on rails in Antarctica owned by the secretive corporation known as SHARK. It turns out that the train has become infested with interdimensional horrors, and you’ve got to stop them. Complicating matters is the fact that you need to keep the train running, as you risk freezing to death if the train ever stops.
Inspired by a mid-2000s aesthetic (as well as the fact that you’re an anthropomorphic dog), Fright Train follows the typical survival horror tropes of limited ammo, puzzle solving and inventory management. That includes hacking into encrypted terminals in order to interface with the train’s systems. You’ll need to do so in order to monitor and repair the train’s equipment as it deteriorates. There’s also that pesky threat of the cold, which will turn deadly if you’re left outside of the train for too long.
Then there’s that threat of the horrors that lurk on the train itself. Luckily, the game features a ” volatile combat ecosystem” where enemy behaviors intertwine, resulting in your foes either supporting or sabotaging one another.