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Subway Midnight
Developer Bubby Darkstar
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself! From the Steam store page
230 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
109 positive · 76 negative
95% range 52–66%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 109 | 76 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 0 | 33 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
725 of 923 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 108 yes, 75 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 183 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,031 of 1,334 positive).
Players widely praise the game's art style and sound design as stunning and unique. [1][2][3] Many reviewers find the gameplay slow, boring, and lacking in fun, with frustrating puzzles. [2][4][5] Some players appreciate the game's charm and creepy atmosphere, despite its flaws. [6][7][8]
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- [2]
I am typically not one to leave a negative review on a game, however this game overall is something I would not recommend to other players. Starting off with the good: The art style is beautiful. The artists do an amazing job using the contrast between the 2D characters and the 3D world, to create tension and build a sense of being out of place. The music and sounds are masterfully crafted to create an environment …
- [5]
SHORT VERSION : Visually beautiful, but very short, very slow, and very boring. LONG VERSION : Gameplay-wise, Subway Midnight is infuriatingly slow and boring, with nothing interesting whatsoever. Story-wise, there's barely anything, it's entirely silent and nothing is clearly communicated. Horror-wise, there are 2 or 3 jumpscares, and the mood is initially a little unsettling, but nothing beyond that. …
- [6]
This game is so charming, and unique, but the puzzles are a little difficult/frustrating
- [7]
Cute and creepy! If you're a fan of simple horror games with cute aesthetics then this game is was tailor made for you. It's very close to being a walking simulator, albeit with light puzzle elements. There's a lot of charm and detail with each subway car you venture through. Pros - Short and sweet but challenging - Takes full advantage of 2D and 3D models to give a sense of uneasiness other than the train car …
- [1]
good game. lack of narrative can make the experience boring but the art style is heavenly
Summarised from 34 of the 225 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Subway Midnight talk about beautiful and unique art style; those who didn't talk about gameplay is slow and boring. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 230 · most liked firstthe guy who did SUBWAY MIDNIGHT (finally) made a new game! SHOOTY SHOOTY ROBOT INVASION 🤖💢coming JULY 10TH - 200+ NPCs to have terrible conversations with! - 50+ robot types to murder! - 6 wacky levels to explore! - 1000s of hand-drawn sprites! WISHLIST NOW, IDIOT! bit.ly/ShootyShooty...
neutral · AI labelView post →SUBWAY MIDNIGHT passed 50,000 sales today! yeehaw!! im so honored that the game is still loved to this day 5 years later, and i swear to GOD i WILL make a sequel one day... #subwaymidnight #indiegame #horrorgames
positive · AI labelView post →remember when we published SUBWAY MIDNIGHT?? well bubby just made a new game so go check it out!!
neutral · AI labelView post →drawing the entire subway midnight cast for the 3 year anniversary PART TWO!!! the game is still 50% off btw!! t.co/GY5wJDxvD6 #art #subwaymidnight
neutral · AI labelView post →subway midnight turns 3 years old on the 28th, so to celebrate im drawing the whole cast, yeehaw!! the game is also 50% off for the rest of the month!!! t.co/GY5wJDxvD6 #art #subwaymidnight
neutral · AI labelView post →Insanely good #VoyagerVisions of my lost Silver Sprocket comic from @bubbydarkstar.bsky.social. You should go and play their awesome game Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion NOW! And Subway Midnight I haven't gotten around to playing it yet but it's essential that you do right now. Buy copies for your dog.
neutral · AI labelView post →🧦STREAM ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ we're playing another spooky game today for socktober! it's time for SUBWAY MIDNIGHT! ⏰ 2pm PT | 3pm MT | 4pm CT | 5pm ET
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey! Are you looking for a fantastic, utterly unique horror game to play/stream this spooky season? Subway Midnight is $3 right now on Steam for the next 16ish hours and is one of the most creative and interesting short horror games I've ever played. Excellent for an evening of gratifying horrors!
positive · AI labelView post →Some more art from 2022 from when I played #SubwayMidnight and #SmileForMe, really liked both of them a lot! 🦆
positive · AI labelView post →happy 5th birthday subway midnight!!! i decided to play the game again for the first time since it launched and do a developer commentary, check it out brah!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivqP... #indiegames #horrorgames #subwaymidnight
positive · AI labelView post →I am typically not one to leave a negative review on a game, however this game overall is something I would not recommend to other players. Starting off with the good: The art style is beautiful. The artists do an amazing job using the contrast between the 2D characters and the 3D world, to create tension and build a sense of being out of place. The music and sounds are masterfully crafted to create an environment that is unsettling and fit what the visuals are trying to portray. Now the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really loved the visuals and the sound design, I think they are very top notch. But I think that's all this game has to offer as its best. It felt like a walking in a cool art exhibit with a ball and chain attached to your ankle. There is no option to run, meaning you have to walk very slowly to everything. So if you mess up a puzzle and die, you gotta go back through everything at a snail's pace. There is no dialogue in this game so you really have to pay attention and interpret some parts…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great art, but really lacking in gameplay as a whole. There's very little guidance, which can potentially create a good mysterious atmosphere, but rather makes the experience frustrating. The movements are slippery and slow as well. I really did expect to like this considering I'm a pretty big fan of walking sims [ESPECIALLY with good art], but unfortunately it just fell flat for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so charming, and unique, but the puzzles are a little difficult/frustrating
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Subway Midnight funny scary game :) #vtuber
positive · AI labelView post →I wish I liked this game, the big problem is that it feels so slow and boring. The artstyle is really good tho
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game a while back as part of the Land Crab bundle, and honestly I can't say that I would've bought this game otherwise. I do want to clarify that I love the uniqueness of this game's visual design. It's just so individualistic, and you can tell the developer(s) really put a lot of soul into it. Unfortunately, the visuals are where the perks kind of end for me. The game just isn't fun to play. It's like a walking simulator with a small puzzle sprinkled in every few minutes. Outside…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9/10 I ate half a bag of room temperature yogurt covered blueberries while playing my first run through calling a friend. I got stuck on some of the puzzles occasionally but I think that was the yogurt blueberries. Can't wait to play for the other endings and eat more yogurt snacks while doing so. Fun, interesting, and creepy sometimes, but also very cute. Yay am I right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SHORT VERSION : Visually beautiful, but very short, very slow, and very boring. LONG VERSION : Gameplay-wise, Subway Midnight is infuriatingly slow and boring, with nothing interesting whatsoever. Story-wise, there's barely anything, it's entirely silent and nothing is clearly communicated. Horror-wise, there are 2 or 3 jumpscares, and the mood is initially a little unsettling, but nothing beyond that. Graphics-wise, it's gorgeous. Settings-wise, there are none, the game just starts and throws…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →artistically, i think it's gorgeous. the converging 2d and 3d animation is stunning to look at. my only qualm is that it doesn't function as a game! game-wise, it's really boring!!!! the puzzles are tedious. it's really slow. i genuinely think i would like it way, way more if it was an animated short film. it's pretty. i just don't think it's meant to be a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game. lack of narrative can make the experience boring but the art style is heavenly
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tomorrow at 8 PM EST, we'll be streaming a new horror game called Subway Midnight on our Twitch and Joystick! #starfallstreams #dndtuber #horrorgame #horror #subwaymidnight
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favorite games literally ever. This game's style, aesthetic, and design in every possible angle is absolutely stunning, and after replaying Subway Midnight yet again a few years later that hasn't changed. While certain puzzles leave room for appreciation for sure (and I totally understand why that can be such a turn-off for this game), it was thrilling figuring them all out again and still feeling accomplished right after doing so. The charm makes this game phenomenal and I beyond…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute little horror game, you'll say "aww" one moment what "what the hell" the next, very nice
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute little horror game that scared the crap out of me and then made me go awwwwwww…. and then scared the crap or of me and then made me go awwww and then…….
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute and creepy! If you're a fan of simple horror games with cute aesthetics then this game is was tailor made for you. It's very close to being a walking simulator, albeit with light puzzle elements. There's a lot of charm and detail with each subway car you venture through. Pros - Short and sweet but challenging - Takes full advantage of 2D and 3D models to give a sense of uneasiness other than the train car anything that was 3D felt really out of place but in a way that elevated tension.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genuinely surprised by the influx of negative reviews on this game. I played it around when it released and had a really good time with it. It's short, sweet, and doesn't overstay its welcome IMO. I struggled a bit with one specific puzzle but outside of that everything else was pretty straightforward. Great game for those nights when you wanna sit down and play through something in one sitting, as it only took me a few hours to fly through everything the game had to offer (including all three…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You pass through the same location 100 times. Your walking speed is very slow. Sometimes, you get chased by an enemy, and then your character becomes even slower, for some reason (to build tension, I guess). I'm not sure that this game benefits from having puzzles. They require no real brain-work and bring no satisfaction when solved. I assume that they were added to create tension, for when you're being chased by an enemy and you have to find your way out of the room as soon as possible.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish it had a few achievements but overall really neat and I vibe with it heavy. 7/10 walking sim that's worth playing and especially for only like 12$.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The visuals are nice, but there is little explanation of what the story is, or what is going on (to the point I don't even understand why there is a language section on the menu, if there are no dialogues or barely any directives on the game). Some puzzles are okay, but a few are just annoying with trying to find out how to pass. I played for a good amount of time, but I had to give up because I reached one area in which I simply didn't know what to do or where to go. I just could see (barely)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've bought this game twice now and refunded it both times. I think visually the game is really nice, however it is not much more than that. If you like yume nikki I think you'd be fond of the game as its similar to it with a more stylized look and feel. However I found myself very frustrated and confused as there's not much direction for the game at all. I got bored quickly because it feels like some of it is just to make the game longer rather than anything meaningful. I felt very slow…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ummmmmm... No. Some people are going to find this really charming. I love the art style and direction. Slight bug when I first started that the first room wouldn't display when I was in fullscreen mode... No idea what the intro to this game looks like, I sat round on a black screen for quite a while before I tried hitting "Start", found the menu was available, dropped into "Windowed" mode and found there was a game here (which disappeared again if I went back to fullscreen)... But when I tried…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have never been so mad at a game for being so ♥♥♥♥. Let's start off with the good. A solid art style that has a lot of potential, with a 2D hand-drawn character in a 3D environment. That's quite all the pros. It was so boring, where I would have rather played nothing. It's a slow walking simulator where you can't sprint, do a few simple puzzles and go to the next car. I love Aggro Crab's other stuff, but this is quite one of the worst things i've ever seen in game design. I will finish the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks good, but gameplay is as terrible as it gets for a walking simulator. (took me 100 minutes to complete, turns out steam doesn't record offline playtime) You walk extremely slow, sometimes you walk even slower, and in some rooms you can die - that means you will have to walk really slowly from the very start of the room again. You WILL die - it is inevitable, because the game NEVER explains its mechanics, all you can do is try - die - try - die - repeat until you guess what the ...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to like this game, but its just not fun. Best part of the game is the artstyle and the cool visual effects. Some of the ideas showed cool creative promise. That's about where my praise is gonna end for this game. The game just feels...boring, most of the time you're just walking through the same identical train car with a small twist, until the game starts doing more interesting areas. Even still, you just feel like you're slogging through everything with the very slow molasses-like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was going to compliment this game for being just an experimental piece and leave a positive review, but then it remembers it's a game and starts to include some gameplay features. And it does so badly. If partially omitting gameplay was intended, it means Subway Midnight drags on for too long with no substance. At some point at each level I started asking myself: "Is this the one when I quit?" Because the actual experience of *playing* this is kind of awful. The first-person video game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the style is SO fun, i wish i liked this game more. but so much of it is holding forward, and the rooms that arent are way more annoying as a result. i do not feel like making myself replay this for the good ending
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Subwaying my midnight rn
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game in one stretch randomly in the middle of the night-and I think that's the best way to play it. I originally bought it because the store page made it look very artsy and intriguing, and it didn't let me down. My first 15 minutes or so, I was really close to closing the game-worried it would be too boring to continue in the middle of the night, but I actually end up really enjoying it once you switch off to the main girl you play as, and go into the "shark" room. I found myself…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art style is cute and the story so far had me interested, but I ran into an issue with camera perspective and depth perception. One of the train carts has a laser segment where the camera is behind you and below ass cheek level making it really hard to gauge where you are standing. This made the lasers increasingly difficult to pass and move on to the next level. Did the devs play test the game and not have the perspective issue themselves? Other than that I was mildly intrigued by the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a fan made comic I made on the game Subway Midnight back in like 2023 and I'm still pretty happy with this especially since I was experimenting with both colors and perspective. #subwaymidnight, #fanart, #art, #comic, #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Subway Midnight [2022] Bit of a remastered piece in lieu of the game being 3 years old now. Thanks for the absolute visual gumdrop of a atmosphere to slurp on @bubbydarkstar.bsky.social! #fanart #subwaymidnight
neutral · AI labelView post →Playable CalArts sketchbook
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this style of games <3 There was a mini game horror game part that was actually super creepy and I avoided it like the plague for the 2nd gameplay,, so many screenie moments that had me like (ಠ_ಠ)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not sure why all the negative reviews, you walk through a lot of different styled areas and solve some light puzzles to save ghosts and progress. It's a good game. There were only a few puzzle areas I didn't like and the game doesn't do a good job conveying things like you can pick up items or interact with people or that the game is different in the following playthroughs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I should have dropped it, and ran when I saw "accessible entry point into horror for all" being touted in the description. To put it bluntly, most of the gameplay is holding down W watching your protagonist slowly waddle down a narrow subway car. The puzzles are just picking up items, and handing them to the ghosts.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really neat art style, sound design, and story! Very cute, but with some good scares imo. Roughly 3-4 hours to play it through. There's almost no exposition whatsoever so it can be a little unintuitive at times, but overall I enjoyed it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful art but gameplay is extremely lacking. I really wanted to enjoy it, but I had to stop 20 minutes in because it just really isn't what I expected. First off, I had no clue what I was doing the entire time. Didn't know who the character was, what was going on, where I was supposed to go, what I was supposed to be doing. Maybe the first two questions would have been answered if I played more, but not knowing what I was doing really made it hard to enjoy whatever it was that I was doing.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game in a bundle and its been the worst of the bunch. Boring gameplay that's very repetitive with the horror element being crumby. cool art and character design is the best thing it has going for it. would not recommend
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE AWAY MY DEPTH PERCEPTION THEN PUT ME IN THE DEPTH PERCEPTION LASER ROOM.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game feels awful. one of the most frustrated i have been playing a game ever. puzzles are unintuitive. you die just because. and most times you are trying to understand what the hell are you meant to do next. i bought this game because of the art and it certainly delivers. it has really cool artistic visuals, this mix of 2d and 3d. sometimes they get too artistic compromising the gameplay itself but i already mention how much this game sucks to play. really glad i bought it at a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you only really care about the art and story then give this game a shot when it's on a sale cause it's very enjoyable! However, if I'm being honest, the gameplay itself is pretty boring. The puzzles are stupid easy or just pure trial-and-error and it just ends up becoming a glorified walking simulator. Still got all 3 endings tho B) This was truly my Subway Midnight
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty visuals, and that's about it. Gameplay is a slog of tedium and slow paced puzzle solving that's more patience than head scratcher. I just could not justify continuing this game at the point where it put me on the moon and the whole puzzle was just run around slowly while the screen goes red and tiny blob things chase you until you can get to the door. This feels more like an art project than a game, which fine, sure, but I was soon too annoyed and bored to be scared, invested, and in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the coolest game that i wouldn't recommend to anyone. pretty cool and looks great but having to replay the same linear game twice just to get an ending that means anything is so incredibly lame, i would recommend anyone who might want to play this to watch a "good ending" walk-through on YouTube and save yourself the 1st (kinda sad) and 2nd play-though. (the Collin's game portion is fantastic tho and will not come through in the video how hard it is to control and just how scary it actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴 LIVE NOWWWW achievement hunting in Peak weeeeee might switch to Subway Midnight if i get bored get in here 🫵 ➡️ twitch.tv/mothbugg ⬅️
neutral · AI labelView post →No idea what the interact button is, I've been trying to pick up this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bag for 20 minutes to no avail. I started mashing my keyboard then accidently started some dev mode or some ♥♥♥♥ and started flying or smt and broke the camera. Then it randomly started working and I got on the train and there are no textures, so as of right now im re downloading the game hoping it'll fix it. Also, it's in Russian for some reason. But so far it's been great fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →reviews weren't joking when they called it a walking simulator. The game relies heavily on jumpscares, and soundscares, felt sort of tacky, even though the art style is very cute.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is way overdue, as I dropped it over a year ago... I truly tried to make myself like this game! I was drawn to its cute artstyle and unique aesthetic, but unfortunately the gameplay is very lacking. The pacing is slow and I recall there is one segment of the game that was absolutely frustrating to play through due to wonky controls and lack of guidance for what to do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought the reviews were just people with poor attention spans who couldn't handle a slower paced art-focused game, but no the game is honestly worth the middling review scores in my oppinion. Subway Midnight's beautiful art and aesthetic appeal doesn't make up for not being fun to actually play. It is not an objectively bad game, it just really wasn't for me. I really loved the first hour or so of the game, up until after Collin's Game and the theatre segment. The main character moves…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its just boring
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