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Voidtrain

Voidtrain

HypeTrain Digital · released Nov 6, 2025

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Steam page ↗Metacritic 82 · users 6 ↗
68
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Patch 1.04. QoL & Improvements” (7mo ago)

70%
At launch
74%
Steam all-time
82%
Press
53%
Player sentiment
69%
Recent sentiment

PC 68 · PlayStation 74 · Xbox 52

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–8240
All-time Steam reviews74%701000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)69%661737
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jan 12, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 1737 total reviews in window · weighted 181.2 up / 66.1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    GameGrinGameGrin
    trust 65Dec 12, 2025

    “There are some minor issues, but Voidtrain is an adventure that you should experience.”

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  • 88
    DayOneDayOne
    trust 50Nov 6, 2025

    “Voidtrain is a fantastic game in a genre I rarely enjoy. Hypetrain Digital deftly weaves an intriguing, emotional story into a thoroughly enjoyable gameplay loop. It’s launching into 1.0 on Xbox Game Pass, and it is well worth checking out solo or with friends.”

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  • 70
    GameOver.gr
    trust 46Dec 10, 2025

    “It’s hard not to be taken in by the allure of driving a train through infinite space. Maintaining, expanding, and improving your locomotive never gets old, especially as the rails unfurl into the cosmos. Voidtrain can certainly hook you with its premise and well-made crafting systems. However, it’s held back by repetition in everything outside the train, from the overly similar station layouts to the one-note arenas. A diamond in the rough, then, but one that’s still worth the ticket price for fans of the genre.”

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  • 90
    Hooked Gamers
    trust 40Dec 1, 2025

    “Voidtrain offers an incredibly satisfying gameplay loop, rich progression systems, a compelling art style, and a story that, while far from sophisticated is intriguing enough to keep you invested from beginning to end. In many ways, Voidtrain is the quintessential AA game, and players interested in a more casual approach to survival gaming should definitely take the time to step into the void.”

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Patch history

  1. Small Hotfix 1.06
    Mar 11, 2026
  2. Small Hotfix 1.05
    Feb 26, 2026
  3. Patch 1.05 and the “Tour de Void” DLC are out
    Feb 19, 2026
  4. Upcoming Update, 50% Discount, and DLC Release!
    Feb 16, 2026
  5. Patch 1.05. Open Beta
    Feb 11, 2026
  6. Patch 1.04. QoL & Improvements
    Jan 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Patch 1.03. Fixes & Improvements
    Dec 4, 2025
  8. Patch 1.02. Fixes & Improvements
    Nov 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. Patch 1.01. Improved Depot Building, Additional Game Settings, Fixes
    Nov 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Journey to 1.0 - Early Access Recap
    Oct 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Voidtrain 1.0 Arrives Nov 7
    Oct 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Hotfix for co-op inventory issue
    Nov 1, 2024
  13. Chapter 2 is Available Now!
    Oct 30, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  14. Difficulty settings, QoL and Fixes Update
    Jul 3, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  15. Post-Update Hotfix #3
    May 31, 2024
  16. Post-Update Hotfix #2
    May 30, 2024
  17. Post-Update Hotfix
    May 29, 2024
  18. Major Update: Achievements; Musical Instruments; Gameplay Improvements
    May 29, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  19. Post-Patch Hotfix
    Mar 5, 2024
  20. The Shark Mutations Update is Live
    Feb 28, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  21. Post-Patch Hotfix #2
    Dec 27, 2023
  22. Post-Patch Hotfix
    Dec 22, 2023
  23. The Automation Update is Live
    Dec 19, 2023
  24. OBT of the next major Automation update
    Dec 15, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  25. Small Hotfix Update #2
    Oct 16, 2023
  26. Small Hotfix Update
    Oct 11, 2023
  27. Post-Patch Hotfix
    Sep 29, 2023
  28. Craft and Grappling Hook Update
    Sep 28, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  29. VoidTrain Demo Update
    Sep 6, 2023
  30. Customization and Progression Update
    Aug 4, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  31. Research and Balance Update
    Jun 19, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  32. Hotfix#6 and a future content update
    May 26, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  33. Hotfix #5 - VRAM/RAM leak, Crashes, Hitmarkers
    May 19, 2023
  34. Hotfix #4
    May 17, 2023
  35. Hotfix #3 - Online game functions and more
    May 13, 2023
  36. Day 2 / Hotfix #2 - Message from the team
    May 11, 2023
  37. Hotfix #1 (Loss of progress, blocked quests) and plans for the next hotfixes
    May 10, 2023