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3''The Ghost Train'' is a short [[HorrorVideoGames Horror Video Game]] by Creator/ChillasArt.
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5Every night, Kensuke Tanaka takes the subway train back home. His usual routine for that always involves grabbing a drink from the vending machine, using the bathroom, and taking a smoke break. However, lately, as the nights go on, his usual ride home's been getting spooky.
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7The game was released on Platform/{{Steam}} for [[Platform/WindowsGames PC]] on July 23rd, 2020.
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10!!''The Ghost Train'' contains examples of:
11* FadeToBlack: Whenever you interact with most things that you need to, the screen fades to black, and then fades back in.
12* FetchQuest: You have one on the first night. You need to find some green cicadas for someone.
13* FirstPersonGhost: Kensuke Tanaka is never seen. He doesn't even show up in mirrors because of the game's technical limitations.
14* GhostTrain: Implied with the train that Kensuke wound up on as the game progresses.
15* MultipleEndings: The game has more than one ending.
16** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:Get chased by one of the ghosts and escape off of the train, but Kensuke winds up in Kisaragi Station and chose to walk along the never-ending train tracks after his calls on the payphone don't go anywhere, trapped in that realm.]]
17** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Speak to the old man sitting on a bench inside the train, follow the instructions he tells you, and speak with him again after ending up in Kisaragi Station. That'll unlock the option to call "Home," where Kensuke's wife will drive him back to the land of the living.]]
18* NoticeThis: Anything you need to interact with has a yellow marker above it.
19* POVCam: The game is viewed from Kensuke's point-of-view.
20* RingMenu: The game has one, which lets you hold eight items.
21* UrbanLegends: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisaragi_Station Kisaragi Station]], where Kensuke eventually winds up, is based on a Japanese urban legend found on [=2chan=].

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