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Battle Train
Developer Terrible Posture Games, Nerd Ninjas
Battle Train is a deck-building rogue indie game developed by Terrible Posture Games and Nerd Ninjas and published from Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game sets as a chaotic game show where players must build the tracks on the field and ram their trains into their targets, and using the same animation structure as their previous game 3 out of 10. The game was released on June 18, 2025, for the Nintendo Switch and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
162 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
85 positive · 12 negative
95% range 80–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 85 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 0 | 51 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
90 of 102 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 85 yes, 12 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 97 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (108 of 124 positive).
Players praise the addictive and fun mix of deckbuilding, strategy, and train track puzzle mechanics. [1][2][3] Some players criticize the story-gated progression and lack of content after the story ends. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [13]
A promising idea that quickly wears out its welcome. The "crazy game show" aesthetic reminds me of Dicey Dungeons, and the animation is done in a Teletoons-looking style. But the story is also a major flaw: the only way to play the true ending is to watch all 50+ cut scenes. Which are way too many for a story this simple (game show is run by crazy guy who's obviously the final boss). This forces players to choose …
- [1]
Amazing how I managed to spend 36 hours on just the demo! The gameplay is an addictive mix of card roguelike, strategy, and that old Windows pipe connection game - sounds weird but it works perfectly. Now with the full release, I can't wait to explore all the additional content. Definitely recommend!
- [3]
After a couple of rounds: there's a lot to love about this game and I've only scratched the surface. It feels a lot like Slay the Spire's deck building and card play, but it adds the train map where you have to have rail connections to what you want to attack (enemy outposts) while also trying to prevent the enemy from making connections to your outposts. You also make connections to things to increase the amount of …
- [4]
Fun game, worth what I paid for it, but also disappointing and falls short on content. Feels like they stopped making new enemies, maps, and other game play elements at some point, and just stuck an artificial grind filler in the game to force you to take longer to get to the end of the game. Loved the demo, and was disappointed to find that the full game had little more to offer than I had already experienced in …
- [2]
Mechanically very satisfying, and the progression being tied into the story is actually much more naturally integrated than it presents at first. If you're really just trying to blast through runs, you can skip the cutscenes, but there's a lot of good humor in them and I'm glad I let them play out.
Summarised from 34 of the 165 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Battle Train talk about addictive and fun gameplay loop; those who didn't talk about story-gated progression feels forced. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Battle Train received "mixed or average" reviews based on 7 critic reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. 53% of critics recommended Battle Train on OpenCritic. TheGamer gave Battle Train an 2.5 out of 5, praising for the track building as a great roguelike deck-building theme but finds the story uninteresting and the story scenes a slow behind on the progression for the players.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 162 · most liked firstHey folks, small #games #publisher @terribleposture.bsky.social has put out BATTLE TRAIN, a game about BATTLE TRAINS! My husband is playing the crap out of this and loves it, but they need more interest to put out additional content. Boost if you enjoy humor-centered strategy...and BATTLE TRAINS!
positive · AI labelView post →Checking out the new deckbuilder roguelike Battle Train! Live now! Try the game for yourself here: gsght.com/c/bopezw www.twitch.tv/dumbdog/ #sponsored
neutral · AI labelView post →when PR from Bandai Namco texts you at 8PM to say "this game is for you" and it's a roguelike deckbuilder with trains a) offensive b) absolutely correct welcome to Battle Train:
neutral · AI labelView post →Proper introduction post here: I'm Joe, former AAA games artist-turned-indiedev. Solo Dev of Tower of Guns, directed Mothergunship, and co-directed '3 out of 10', Mothergunship: Forge and Battle Train. I like classic FPS games, game art, and making halloween props. #indiegames #gameart #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty exciting news this morning! Bandai Namco will be publishing our ridiculous train combat game BATTLE TRAIN! Check out the trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3u...
neutral · AI labelView post →finally getting around to playing Battle Train and I'm cripplingly addicted also look at my blorbo!!!!!!!
positive · AI labelView post →A promising idea that quickly wears out its welcome. The "crazy game show" aesthetic reminds me of Dicey Dungeons, and the animation is done in a Teletoons-looking style. But the story is also a major flaw: the only way to play the true ending is to watch all 50+ cut scenes. Which are way too many for a story this simple (game show is run by crazy guy who's obviously the final boss). This forces players to choose the "story" path every time, taking away what should be an important game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had totally written this game off when I first saw it, but I am absolutely loving Battle Train. A killer deckbuilding roguelike that plays like a puzzle game. Tactile tile placing hook, deceptive depth, legitimately funny at times. Really good! www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/battl...
positive · AI labelView post →Amazing how I managed to spend 36 hours on just the demo! The gameplay is an addictive mix of card roguelike, strategy, and that old Windows pipe connection game - sounds weird but it works perfectly. Now with the full release, I can't wait to explore all the additional content. Definitely recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello new followers! I'm working on a train dueling game called Battle Train. store.steampowered.com/app/1708950/... #indiegamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Mechanically very satisfying, and the progression being tied into the story is actually much more naturally integrated than it presents at first. If you're really just trying to blast through runs, you can skip the cutscenes, but there's a lot of good humor in them and I'm glad I let them play out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 It's hard to recommend the game and not recommend the game. It's fun and it's a different take on the roguelike deckbuilder, sure it may not have the depth and complexity of the more popular titles in the genre it's different. What makes the game hard to recommend is: 1) there is overarching story, your progress is hardlocked (you can't access the final map) until the you unlocked and reached certain story points in the game through multiple runs, regardless of how well you played or until…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is actually really addicting and fun, I didn't think I would like it much due to the setting but it's charm and characters really turned it around for me. The gameplay seems simple at first but evolves really quickly, on my first run I thought it was too easy at first until suddenly they were throwing things at me I never thought of and before I knew it I could see possibilities that I could implement myself and that was awesome! Great!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The most frustrating thing, that made me write this review is that I have won 3 or 4 runs now, only to be met with a door that stops you from progressing until you've sat through enough of the story. That feels like I'm being punished for being good at the game and just artificially inflating the game length. And that padding is a lot too, I seem to be able to get at best 5% of the required story progression per run, this is a major buzzkill (much MUCH worse than the game being too short) and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Throw back Thursday - I got to interview @blankslatejoe.bsky.social and talk about #BattleTrain last year. Give the episode a listen, buy the game, and be sure to follow Joe and @terribleposture.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/7FfG...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun concept, but quickly becomes repetitive and boring. It's lacking in content. What's even worse, is that the last (and presumably most difficult) area is locked behind "story progress". You progress the story buy entering story nodes when choosing a path on the overmap. It requires MANY runs to unlock enough story to enter the last campaign area. So, if you find the game too easy already, you have to grind over and over just to make it more difficult? And it's obviously worse by the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ALL ABOARD! I sat down with @blankslatejoe.bsky.social, from @terribleposture.bsky.social to talk about Battle Train! Here we discuss the insane story of how it went from a digital board game to a roguelike deck building tactical train game. @bandainamcousa.bsky.social youtu.be/u2QeOZjbKDk
neutral · AI labelView post →i am of two minds about battle train. i REALLY love the concept and gameplay. it is really enjoyable to connect tracks against an opponent and the puzzle solving that comes with it. unfortunately, i would call just about everything else about it half-baked. somehow, it is still really fun in spite of that. i honestly only bought into this game now instead of during a deep sale because i was seeing the low turnout and lukewarm reviews and i wanted to support the team and i knew i'd enjoy playing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very fun puzzle, deck building game. With a charming and fully dubbed story. Game also let you quit and resume from any point in the game, so it is easy to stop at any time. I had extremely fun playing this game and I highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disclosure: I received this for free as a playtester. I would purchase it if I could. I've seen this game improve dramatically from its initial concept and am really glad the developers stuck with this to release! This game is addictive in its simplicity, masterful in its complexity. With all Terrible Posture games you expect some signature humor and lightheartedness while maintaining a fun yet challenging gameplay experience. This achieves the same level of success as previous titles such as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After a couple of rounds: there's a lot to love about this game and I've only scratched the surface. It feels a lot like Slay the Spire's deck building and card play, but it adds the train map where you have to have rail connections to what you want to attack (enemy outposts) while also trying to prevent the enemy from making connections to your outposts. You also make connections to things to increase the amount of cards you can use in a turn and then bosses turn the train track part up to 11…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Fun mix of genres that works surprisingly well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"For a game about exploding trains, the lore runs deep." Don't sleep on Battle Train!
positive · AI labelView post →Damn near addicting to play. The story line is unique and funny, but the AI will whoop on you. Really love it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, worth what I paid for it, but also disappointing and falls short on content. Feels like they stopped making new enemies, maps, and other game play elements at some point, and just stuck an artificial grind filler in the game to force you to take longer to get to the end of the game. Loved the demo, and was disappointed to find that the full game had little more to offer than I had already experienced in the demo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't begin to tell you how great this game is. Does loads of interesting things with the genre. I'm skipping most of the story stuff (sorry), but mechanically the game is wonderful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BATTLE TRAIN - the most complex game I ever worked on with Terrible Posture Games released 2 days ago and if you like what you see, it would mean a lot to me if you'd give it a go. store.steampowered.com/app/1708950/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today Battle Train, a game we at Terrible Posture Games have been working on for years... is finally out! store.steampowered.com/app/1708950/... IF you like deckbuilders, trains, and roguelites this is the game for you! So happy it's released! #gaming #roguelite #unrealengine
neutral · AI labelView post →Monday Night Combat starring The Mighty Monarch
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE DEMO IS UP, FOLKS!!! Play it, have your friends play it... Tell total strangers about the joy of Explosive Locomotive Dueling. They won't find it weird at all. I promise. #battletrain #indiegame #indiedev #demo store.steampowered.com/app/2921140/...
neutral · AI labelView post →This game was crafted in a lab to appeal specifically to me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why the hell isn't this game more popular. Story is charming, it's core mechanic of exploding trains on your enemies is great, replayability is also high. Aside from that the art is fun, game is actually designed with love and thought, it is complete and very rich in content for the type of game it is. The only minor thing that gripes me is that it feels a little... clunky - controls, menu transitions etc. are not fast as I would like them to be, but I guess that is the artistic vision of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game. Try the demo and if you like it, its that but more. Are trains cool: Yes Are explosions cool: Yes This game has both in spades. Rogulike deckbuilder where you also get to make trains go choo-choo and make fun paths to get from A to B. Edit: the story was actually really funny. the team did a great job
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like this one's slipped under the radar, so I feel obligated to give it a review after thoroughly enjoying it. Brilliant and refreshing deckbuilder! And as a bonus, the story is genuinely interesting and fun- Aalvado is a great character. If you're looking at the promo art and wondering what the deal is with the cartoon turtle... some? of that is explained, I guess?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game rocks. Perfect mix of strategy and absurdity, but also it's rare these days to see a game with such high quality and plentiful cutscenes. It's surprisingly reminiscent of strategy games of old where you collected cutscenes and cinematics as you progress. It seems the studio has taken a lot of what they learned from their last few games and focused it into a really strong and frankly addicting game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not too easy not too hard. Ai is balanced well without being (rarely) cheap. Frustrating thou when 3/4 thru a run but cant go on on because reasons??? 11,000 out of 12,000 required points? I beat he boss, let me complete the run! Still good game thou!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my latest developer interview is now up with @terribleposture.bsky.social's Joseph Mirabello to talk about the development and Kickstarter for Battle Train youtu.be/H1FrRaNRLSs #indiegamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Battle Train - a game I worked on for Terrible Posture for many a moon - made it to Polygons Top 15 Indies You May Have Missed 2025! Such a wonderful Christmas Present. :) www.polygon.com/best-indie-g...
neutral · AI labelView post →I really wanted to love this game... but it just isn't all that fun, then as if the dev knew that there wasn't enough content and it wasn't that good, they lock gameplay behind a story gate which just forces grinding. I would recommend to the dev that they should spend less time on 'backstage' cut scenes and more time on the gameplay and mini games. Also, instead of cards maybe a 'roll and write' style of gameplay could be fun? Where you customize and upgrade the dice you roll for your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The world’s most exciting game show is getting even more exciting with the Revenge of the Puffin DLC for @terribleposture.bsky.social, @nerdninjas.bsky.social, and @bandainamcoent.com’s explosive #roguelite Battle Train. www.gamersheroes.com/gaming-news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →4) Each winner will get the chance to win a STEAM KEY to one of Terrible Posture's games and your very own copy of the BATTLE TRAIN POCKET EDITION CARD GAME!
neutral · AI labelView post →I've never left a review for a game on Steam before, but I'm definitely feeling motivated to do it now. Battle Train is a fun strategy game with good animations and a fun story. 10/10, would highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battle Train is a deck builder all about launching trains at your opponent @terribleposture.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/1708950/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mixed review honestly, the gameplay loop is fun but its a tad easy and the amount of runs needed to complete the story so you can progress further is wayyyyyy to high, progression system is really killing my motivation to play more,story that's there is cute so far but i dont like how forced it feels
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really fun game until you finish the story no real sense in grinding for all cards/train parts as most of the time in the store you get the same few parts deffo would benefit with some for of endless mode where you can build your perfect OP train but it was fun for the day or so gameplay i got out of it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic Game. A fresh take on the deck builder roguelike game... plus it has exploding trains... whats not to love!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a blast to play and the writing is just *chef's kiss*. An absolute delight. I liked it so much that after I was given it for free I paid for it as well!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really recommend Battletrain! It's a roguelike card battler game with a ton of style and humor. It's quite addictive once you get going, and does a great job balancing tactics with the randomness of card games / roguelikes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a total delight. The mechanics are fun and you have time to think things through. Story and characters are hilarious. A+ to the voice actors!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i actually LOVE the story, explosions and trains. fantastic smaller game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very neat and original mechanics, reasons to build and not build places combined with randomized situation is fun. Some people will definitely not like the exponential escalation and large swings though
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love it so far! I'd love to find a good way to do online multiplayer, this would be a really fun game to play against friends. Maybe the balatro multiplayer model of "bosses are other players"?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most unique deckbuilders out there. Lots of fun puzzle-y strategy wrapped in a very silly package. HAVE MY TRAIN!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warning: This game is highly addictive!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battle Train launches tomorrow and my brain has no idea how to feel. This game has been a long dev cycle.. and I'm proud of it.. but also... it feels surreal that its actually -finally- done. Doesnt seem real.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's just about time for @terribleposture.bsky.social/@nerdninjas.bsky.social's card/board/gameshow game Battle Train, with the announcement of its June 18 release date. Plus a new publisher in the form of @bandainamcousa.bsky.social. hardcoregamer.com/battle-train...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's LAST CALL for the Battle Train #kickstarter!! This is the cheapest way to get the game at launch, there's special reward tiers available only through Kickstarter, and let's not forget, it's a great way to support Indie Devs!
neutral · AI labelView post →I like trains, great game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun puzzle game that's unique. On the wokeness scale the character randomizer is very bad. You'll get female names with male voices and character models. Update: After 5 hours I had a run that was doing well enough to progress but because I hadn't unlocked all 52 story cutscenes I can't progress unless I grind a bunch of more runs. This artificial increase in game length plus the mismatched voices of the characters is enough for me to change my review to a negative. The core game is fun…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FUN game but some major design issues. Good first: This game is actually a lot of fun, the puzzle piece design of tracks is an interesting mechanic, and its always satisfying to actually fill up space the most efficient way while also blocking your own stuff while also reaching into enemy territory but not too much at the same time... it offers a lot of really interesting play / counterplay and general strategy. HOWEVER, This game's progression is designed in a way where it feels like it…
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