Steam game

Express 404

Drive a storm-ridden night train, manage your speed and your passengers — one of them is a mimic. Build powerful upgrades between stations, reach dangerous quotas, expose the monster, or profit from chaos in this roguelite paranoia simulator.

Coming soon August 7, 2026

By Yominoid

Windows
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Express 404 - Yominoid. Popular. Released August 7, 2026
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Overview

About this game

You are the last thing between order and disaster.

You drive a night train through endless storms. Passengers sit behind you. One of them is not human.

Every ride is different. Every mistake costs money. Every station demands a higher quota.

This is a roguelite train-driver paranoia simulator where survival is only part of the job.

Watch the Storm

The train only moves while you hold the lever.
Release it - and speed drops.

Monitor:

  • Maximum speed

  • Acceleration

  • Drag

  • Lightning rate

  • Lightning duration

  • Distance to station

Reach the quota before arrival — or fail the run.

But driving is the easy part.

Identify the mimic

There are 4–8 passengers. One is a mimic.

It can only kill during lightning flashes. For a split second, something changes: Red eyes. A movement. A missing silhouette.

Kick the wrong passenger — lose profit. Ignore the mimic — lose lives.

The longer the ride, the hungrier it becomes.

Build the Train. Break the System

Between stations, buy upgrades that radically change the run:

  • Increase lightning frequency

  • Reduce safe time between kills

  • Profit from dead passengers

  • Boost maximum speed

  • Increase kill chance

  • Reveal subtle signs

  • Manipulate hunger

  • Turn chaos into income

You can build for:

  • Fast delivery

  • Maximum suspicion control

  • High-risk death economy

  • Lightning abuse strategies

Find broken combinations. Push the system. See how far you can go before the quota crushes you.

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