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As Barrenpyre’s conductor, ferry passengers between towns, help locals, gather crafting materials, and customize your train.
Released 08 Apr 2025
Customize Your Conductor
Design Train Interiors
Deliver Mail And Passengers
Customise and manage your train, tend to quirky passengers, gather resources, craft decorations, and upgrade your conductors style all accompanied by soft lo-fi tunes. Become a conductor and save your hometown Barrenpyre from environmental disaster!
Developed by Green Tile Digital · Published by Green Tile Digital, Amplifier Studios, THQ Nordic
Create a character and take the role of conductor in Barrenpyre, a hometown facing environmental challenges. Travel by train between towns, meet local residents, and follow a story about helping the community.
Pick up passengers and deliver mail or packages between stations. Choose a destination on the map, fuel the train with coal, and chat with passengers or serve them treats during the journey.
Explore towns to complete quests and gather resources such as wood and ore; fishing and recycling also provide materials or tokens. Craft furniture for train interiors, add or rearrange wagons, change their colors and decor, and unlock outfits and new locations as you progress.
Players who enjoy Locomoto often praise its cozy atmosphere, cute characters, and opportunities to personalize their conductor and train. The relaxed, no-deadline pace and lo-fi soundtrack also appeal to players looking for an easygoing experience. Some reviewers, however, find the quests repetitive and the train journeys too long or uneventful.
Step into the Conductor’s Boots - Create your very own character and express your style with a range of charming outfits. Be the train conductor you want to be!
Build the Train of Your Dreams - Customise everything from wagon types to paint colors, and design a cosy, personalised interior your passengers will love.
Meet Delightful Locals - Stop at enchanting little stations, lend a hand to friendly locals, and welcome them aboard. Serve up steaming cocoa, delicious pies, and share heartwarming moments along the way.
Uncover a Rich, Meaningful Story - Explore the secrets of your hometown and discover the environmental challenges it faces.
Do Satisfying Chores - Recycle in exchange for tokens, chop wood or mine ores to create a variety of furniture, serve your passengers with pie or a drink, take a fishing break and hang your catch on your train wall!
Pick up passengers and board them onto your train. Fuel up with coal, choose a destination, and take off! Keep your passengers happy during the journey by chatting or serving them a treat. Arrive at the destination, collect your coins, clean up, and maybe add a new seat for the next trip!
Leave your train to gather resources and craft furniture in a variety of styles and colors. Expand your train with new wagons to increase storage and passenger space. Unlock outfits for your conductor to further express yourself and your style!
Use your train to travel to new places, explore them, and meet some quirky inhabitants. Get to know them, help them with their problems, and progress through the game's main story to save your hometown Barrenpyre from its dire environmental struggles.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 10 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
