2026-08-30 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey everyone, how’s it going?It's been a few months since our last update, but we have a few news bits to share!First up, Loco Motive has passed another big milestone: 60,000 lifetime copies sold since launch across PC and Nintendo Switch! To celebrate, we’re today's Daily Deal on Steam, at a huge 55% off! - This is the deepest discount we’ve ever done, meaning you can grab Loco Motive for around eight bucks, or 'basically five bucks' as our peers at Aggro Crab like to say.And now, the other big, BIG news...We’ve secured funding through the UK Games Fund to support development of our next game
2026-01-10 14:27 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey everyone!We hope you had a lovely holiday break. We were just getting back into the swing of things this month when we received some exciting and unexpected news!We’re excited to share that Loco Motive has been selected as a finalist in the upcoming Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts.The IGF Awards are the largest annual celebration of independent games, championing innovation in game development and recognising outstanding indie developers from around the world. This year's nominees were selected from a list of almost 800 entries, thanks to the expert ju
2025-12-18 16:10 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey, everyone!We wanted to write up one last news blog before we take a short break over the holidays.As you may know, Loco Motive celebrated its one year anniversary last month! We would have made a bigger deal about it, but we wanted all of our focus to be on our latest major update, which added Simplified Chinese language support to the game!The response has been incredibly positive, with streamers and players sharing their enjoyment over on Chinese video-sharing platforms such as BiliBili. As a small team, we've had to rely on word of mouth, so we want to personally thank our players for h
2025-11-21 18:07 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey everyone! We’re excited to announce that Simplified Chinese language support is now available for Loco Motive!Over the past few months we’ve been working closely with Albert Wei (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Animal Well) to deliver a high quality translation of the source material. Loco Motive has roughly 80,000 words, which is the length of a typical novel - so this has been no small feat! A big thank you also to Yiling Tang and Denis Andriushechkin at Riotloc for providing LQA! To celebrate, Loco Motive can be picked up now at a hearty 30% off in a week-long deal. Don’t miss out! Simplif
2025-11-13 00:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey everyone! 👋Huge news for Chinese sleuths out there - Simplified Chinese will be coming to Loco Motive on PC November 21st! This also happens to be our 1-year anniversary celebration, so tell your friends, loved ones and sworn adversaries to mark the date in their calendars. To celebrate, we’ll also be running a week-long discount at 30% off in a Steam Daily Deal, so keep your eyes peeled! The translation has been executed by the wonderfully talented Albert Wei (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Animal Well). It was important for us to find a localisation partner who could faithfully bring the
2025-11-06 13:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey everyone!We’re super excited to team up with our friends at Powerhoof, Clifftop Games and Raw Fury to bring you:The Point-and-Click Mystery BundleFor a limited time - Loco Motive features alongside The Drifter and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer! That's three amazing adventure games in one pack, and you can grab the whole lot for 10% off! The DrifterA Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.Loco MotiveThere's been a murder aboard the Reus
2025-06-09 11:29 UTC · Community Announcements · gamedevjoe
Thank you to everyone who has been enjoying Loco Motive since our 1.0.5 update! This small hotfix addresses issues with character positioning when switching between characters during chapter six. As always, we appreciate your continued support.
2025-06-03 14:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Major Update! Hey everyone! we’re excited to announce The First Class Update is now live! This major quality-of-life update adds additional polish and some final touches, based on player feedback we've received since launch! To celebrate, we’re offering our deepest discount yet. From 2nd - 9th June, Loco Motive is 20% off! Tell your friends, your heirs, and any sworn adversaries! There’s never been a better time to play, so climb aboard! You’ll be playing the most refined version of Loco Motive to date, complete with extra polish and optimisations designed to enhance your experience. You can f
2025-02-17 18:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Join us as we celebrate excellent narrative games— with Loco Motive at 10% off from February 18–25! The work continues on our next update, but in the meantime we're honored to have been selected to take part in The Storyteller's Festival, a week long celebration of the best in interactive fiction! Whether you're a seasoned fan of visual novels and narrative games or new to the genre, The Storyteller's Festival is the perfect opportunity to discover new favorites and explore the limitless possibilities of interactive storytelling. A big thanks to Two and a Half Studios for organising - Make sur
2025-01-14 16:30 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Happy New Year! After a short post launch break over the holidays, we jumped back into things last week and are now looking towards our next major update for Loco Motive. 1.0.4 was successful in addressing the majority of issues reported by our community after launch, but we still have a few sneaky lingering bugs to investigate. Our first priority will be to fix remaining issues and continue to improve the player experience. In the new year we were humbled to recieve the Adventure Game Of The Year award from The Adventure Game Hotspot, and to have received six nominations in the upcoming AGOTY
2024-12-09 16:01 UTC · Community Announcements · gamedevjoe
- Fixed an issue where Don appears in the Casino Carriage before he's meant to be there in Part One. - Fixed an issue where Gunter and Hagen were not interactable when in the Sleeper Carriage in Part Two.
2024-12-07 14:17 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
Hey everyone! We really appreciate your passion and support since the launch—it means a lot to us. Patch 1.0.4 is now live on PC and Nintendo Switch* - This is our first update, and it addresses many of the bugs and issues you've reported since release. *(17/12/2024) The patch is now available on Nintendo Switch, thank you for your patience! Thanks to all of your helpful feedback and reports, we believe we’ve pinpointed the cause of the soft-locking issues. These should now be resolved, and we can’t thank you enough for your patience while we worked on these fixes! Here’s a rundown of the chan
2024-11-27 11:57 UTC · Community Announcements · Robust Games
To all of you that have picked up Loco Motive at launch, thank you for playing! In just a few days we became one of the highest rated new releases on Metacritic, and achieved the “Very Positive” rating on Steam! This kind of response really means the world to us! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41650287/7c4b81b39d1f35b6cbd29adf88d2b6126f4836d8.gif We already picked up some glowing Steam reviews from you at launch: “A true gem for point and click adventure lovers. From the art style to the story and voice acting, this game had me grinning from ear to ear and giggling at my desk. I am so happy I waited patie
2024-11-21 11:09 UTC · Community Announcements · SocksyBear
*BING BONG* Weeeeelcome aboard the Reuss Express! This is a non-stop hype train that will take you all the way through an ambiguous European locale. For your own safety, we kindly ask that you keep your arms, legs, and important legal documentation inside the carriage at all times. Please keep your belongings on your person, including any toilet plungers, overly-perfumed love letters, and novelty-sized hearing devices. Any unattended items may be pocketed and later used to solve seemingly unrelated puzzles, and therefore we cannot guarantee their safe return. We hope you have a pleasant journe
2024-11-18 13:47 UTC · Community Announcements · SocksyBear
Hello lovely people! You might’ve caught wind of this earlier last week but we’ve got some exciting news… Loco Motive is fully Steam Deck Verified!🥳 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41650287/7093fae7b9d1796acf6972ced8ba414e0cf67219.jpg Whether you’re on the go, cozying up on the sofa, or perhaps riding a 1930s steam train, you can now immerse yourself in this captivating mystery adventure without being tethered to your PC! ⛓️💥 We're delivering the same rich puzzles, charming visuals, and witty dialogue you’d expect on any other platform, but in a punchier form factor! 🤏 With Loco Motive in your hands, y
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