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Loco Motive

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!

What works

  • Charming pixel art and animation
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Well-balanced puzzles with hint system
  • Nostalgic homage to classic point-and-click games

Things to keep in mind

  • Some obtuse puzzle solutions
  • Minor bugs and occasional softlocks
  • Limited exploration environments
  • Shorter chapters for some characters
  • Lack of replay value

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Darkside Detective

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

  • Children of Silentown

  • The Blackwell Legacy

  • Lucy Dreaming

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Loco Motive but with less suspense and thrill

  • Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Tick Tock Isle

  • FoxTail

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Loco Motive. These titles are not in What to play next.

Loco Motive: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression, Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026