Warsaw, Poland - October 8th, 2026 - Trainwatch, the newest game from 11 bit studios and acclaimed horror dev Rem Michalski (Harvester Games), is launching on March 10th, 2027, on PC via Steam. In Trainwatch, you play as Troy, the new Gatekeeper at a desolate railway in the middle of nowhere. Your goal is to complete a simple one-month contract while also trying one last time to earn back your wife’s trust and stay sober. Join him at the Tower in the middle of nowhere. Help Troy fix his life. But be warned, a month is a long time to make it through, and things are only getting weirder.
Known for acclaimed indie horror hits including Lorelai, The Cat Lady, and Burnhouse Lane, Michalski brings his signature pairing of genuine dread with captivating, mature storytelling to Trainwatch.
"Trainwatch might be the most mechanics-heavy of my games, but the gist of psychological horror is still very much there, and underlies everything," says Rem Michalski, the solo developer behind the game. "It's a more nuanced kind of horror than explicit violence and jump scares. It's about an unsettling experience, a claustrophobic setting, and internal, human traumas."
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In Trainwatch, you’ll experience the rush of memorizing the train timetable and closing and raising the gate. You’ll also have to keep an eye on your hunger meter, get a good amount of sleep, and make sure to keep your hands washed after any bathroom breaks so you don't get sick. As you progress, you’ll unlock new skills and abilities, all the while being drawn further and further into the fog surrounding the Tower.
Strangers ask for help or a conversation, incoming trains carry messages, and the weirdness spins faster and faster. But be warned, the clock keeps ticking: a day can't be stretched, and not every lead can be chased, or every promise kept.
If you want to fix your life in a month, you’ll need to decide what matters most and learn to let go.
Trainwatch features:
- Do your job: Check the timetable, close the gates, watch the train pass, and raise them again. A Gatekeeper's work is simple, repetitive, and almost boring – until every errand, strange call, and step into the fog turns the next train into a deadline. Learn the routine, respect the clock, and keep your promise every time the tracks begin to hum.
- Follow the fog: The Tower is not the only thing standing in the middle of nowhere. Beyond the crossing, you'll find strange neighbours, locked places, old paths, and secrets that were never meant for you. The farther Troy goes, the more the world seems to pull him in, and the harder it becomes to turn back.
- Hold yourself together: Keep Troy fed, rested, clean, and steady. Hunger, exhaustion, fear, and neglect will wear him down, while every missed call with Agatha makes the month harder to face. Staying sober is not a promise made once at the start of the job - it is something Troy has to work at, day after day, between trains, errands, and whatever waits outside.
- Learn to let go: The month will not wait for you to be ready. Trains will come, Agatha will be on the phone, strangers will ask for help, and the fog will keep offering another reason to leave. You cannot chase every lead, keep every promise, and make every day perfect. Decide what matters now, what can be missed, and what kind of man Troy becomes when something has to give.
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About Harvester Games
Harvester Games is the solo studio of Rem Michalski, known for blending disturbing surrealism with emotional themes like grief, depression, addiction, and trauma. Michalski gained widespread recognition with The Cat Lady, a breakout psychological horror adventure notably played by creators like PewDiePie and Jesse Cox. He went on to expand the universe with Downfall, Lorelai, and Burnhouse Lane, building a cult following for emotionally heavy narratives and an unsettling atmosphere.
About 11 bit studios
11 bit studios is a Warsaw-based developer and publisher known for turning difficult, human stories into games - from the survival drama of This War of Mine to the society-building weight of Frostpunk and the identity puzzle of The Alters. As a publisher, the studio backs creators making equally distinctive, emotionally resonant work, including Indika, Moonlighter 2, and The Thaumaturge. With Trainwatch, 11 bit studios continues to build a catalogue defined by ideas of relatable entertainment and appealing uniqueness.