Choo Choo Survivor

Choo Choo Survivor

Released Jun 2023

Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

84% positive · 594 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Choo Choo Survivor launched on June 26, 2023 and received a solid run of post-launch content updates. Three major updates shipped after launch: the Relics update (July 22, 2023), the Army of the Dead level with new locomotives (October 8, 2023), and the Choo Choo of the Dead update with more locomotives, a new level, and a laser weapon (April 13, 2024). This established a cadence of roughly 3–6 months between major content drops. However, from April 2024 onward, the developer's attention visibly shifted. Starting in January 2025, GTGD began posting regular development updates for a sequel — Choo Choo Survivor 2 — announcing it formally in January 2025, opening a beta in March 2025, and launching it on October 27, 2025. The May 2026 post announces yet another new game (Star Journey), with no mention of any further content for the original Choo Choo Survivor. The last major content update for Choo Choo Survivor was April 13, 2024, and there have been no feature patches, announcements, or developer communications about new content for this game since then — over 14 months of silence on Choo Choo Survivor specifically, while the developer has clearly moved on to the sequel and beyond. No unreleased DLC exists in the store listing, no roadmap or future content has been announced for this title, and the sequel's launch effectively marks the end of active development on the original. The game launched as a complete, self-contained product and received meaningful post-launch expansions before the developer moved on.
Evidence
Choo Choo Survivor 2 announced to launch on October 27, 2025, with substantially more content than the original game had at launch.
news post · Oct 12, 2025 source development ending
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Major update 'Choo Choo of the Dead' launched with a new level, two new locomotives, a laser weapon, and color palette options — the last major content update for the game.
news post · Apr 13, 2024 source content shipped
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Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
GTGD
Achievements
186
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Command your train to safety in this post apocalyptic zombie wasteland. Upgrade your firepower and demolish ever growing hordes of deadly zombies!



  • This is a fresh take on the Bullet Heaven / Horde Survival genre where you define your weapon layout and upgrade the attributes of your weapons.
  • 12 locomotives to unlock and 8 different weapons
  • Plenty of fun meta progression and over 180 Steam achievements to unlock.
  • Awesome abilities such as the EXP magnet, critical strike, air strike, and orbital strike are all earned by accomplishing achievements.
  • Cool relics that you can obtain, and with a lucky combination will make your train incredibly over powered.
  • Lots of different zombies and zombie bosses to shoot down or crush underneath your locomotive.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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