Trip is a pleasant train journey with normal folk, like this unblinking child who speaks only in dark symbols

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Trip is a pleasant train journey with normal folk, like this unblinking child who speaks only in dark symbolsThat tracks

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An eerie child stares at the player as they travel together on a train, while a businessman works in the background.

TRIP - TeaserWatch on YouTube

TRIP - Teaser

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Oh, all right, I’ll admit it. Trip is actually a dreamlike mystery that throws several curveballs at you quite quickly. Why do all these carriages look so familiar? How did this gym freak mange to bring a treadmill on board? Why is that child staring eerily into the corner and muttering in an indecipherable language? I don’t know. But I reckon if I keep travelling up the train cars, I’ll find ou– oh. Oh no.

You can play for yourself - the game is offeringa demoas part of Steam Next Fest. It’s very short, barely 10 or 15 minutes long, and showcases some real crispy retro visuals. Mmmm, dithering. I also like the scenery that passes outside the train as it speeds smoothly along. The multi-coloured fish leaping out of the water, a lonely house on the horizon, seemingly floating on clouds. It’s like a purgatorial, claustrophobicSludge Life.