Caput Mortum and Born of Bread developer WildArts has announced Fright Train, a train survival horror game set on a train overtaken by monsters in Antarctica. It will launch for PC via Steam in 2026.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Fight through a train overtaken by monsters and survive Antarctica’s cold as paranormal special agent Doug Barker in this chilling single-player third-person survival horror game.
Setting
You are rookie agent Doug Barker, and you have just started working for P.A.W. (Paranormal Agency Worldwide).
An anonymous distress signal has been sent from the L.R.S. Great White, a mysterious research station on rails in Antarctica owned by the secretive corporation SHARK.
With the help of your navigator back at HQ, make your way through the train and stop the interdimensional horrors that SHARK unleashed!
But remember to keep it running! If it stops, you might freeze to death or risk being overwhelmed by horrifying monsters…
Gameplay
Make your way through the locomotive research station by solving puzzles and unlocking new areas while fighting back frost zombies and monsters! Whatever you do, don’t let the train stop!
- Explore a high-speed locomotive as it tears through the Antarctic ice cap.
- Monitor the train’s equipment as it deteriorates.
- Repair minor malfunctions before they become major.
- Jack into encrypted terminals and interface with the train’s systems.
- Survive the cold and fight off the horrifying creatures that lurk outside.
Key Features
- Intense gore and a gorgeous mid-2000s-inspired aesthetic.
- Meaningful and tactical inventory management.
- A volatile combat ecosystem in which enemy behaviors intertwine, allowing them to support or sabotage one another.
- A chilling story that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Watch the announcement teaser trailer below.