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The Last Express Gold Edition

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner. Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure set aboard the luxurious Orient Express.

What works

  • Unique real-time gameplay
  • Immersive historical setting
  • Complex narrative with multiple endings
  • Authentic multilingual voice acting
  • High replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and animation style
  • Clunky controls and interface
  • Punishing time constraints
  • Some frustrating quick time events
  • Bugs and glitches in gold edition

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time

  • Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)

  • Black Mirror II

  • The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

  • Black Mirror I

  • Aviary Attorney

More fantastical

Games that feels like The Last Express Gold Edition but with more imaginative fiction

  • The Dark Rites of Arkham

  • Seduce Me 2: The Demon War

  • Beyond Shadowgate

  • Corpse Party (2021)

  • Grim Fandango Remastered

  • The Wolf Among Us

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like The Last Express Gold Edition but with less survival pressure

  • Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)

  • Rusty Lake: Roots

  • Runaway, A Road Adventure

  • Gray Matter

  • Runaway: A Twist of Fate

  • Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like The Last Express Gold Edition but with less of an idle filler feel

  • The Séance of Blake Manor

  • The Detail

  • Lamplight City

  • 7'scarlet

  • The Shivah

  • Tokyo Dark

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The Last Express Gold Edition: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026