You don't control a single gunfighter here. You are the planner. A gold train is coming through a dusty frontier town, you have $4,000 in your pocket, and once the robbery starts, your crew acts only on the orders you wrote ahead of time.
The Great Train Robbery unblocked is a keyboard-only game drawn in text characters. Ondřej Žára made it during the 2026 edition of the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge, and every town is generated from a seed you can view or change.
How to play The Great Train Robbery
Your money goes to two places. The saloon is where you hire townsfolk, and each has a price. Name tags hint at traits, so someone called Speedy moves faster and someone called Sick has less health. At the general store you can buy horses, dynamite and guns ranging from revolvers up to a rocket launcher, but each person holds just one weapon and one horse.
Next, open the hotel to plan. Give each member a starting building and an ordered task list. During the heist they check that list from the top and do the first task that is possible. A few buildings can be entered at street level, while some offer only the roof, which is safer and gives longer range, but nobody up there can climb down.
When the train shows up, shoot a wagon loose to spill gold bags and guards. Hitting the engine slows the train. Once the action ends you see your score and can retry the same plan, rehire in the same town or move to a new one.
Controls
| To… | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Continue past the intro / start the game | Enter |
| Edit the random seed on the intro screen | E |
| Open the town map, saloon, store, hotel or start screen | M, O, G, T, K |
| Show the help text | ? |
| Pick a person, item, location or task from a list | Number keys 1 to 0 |
| Hire or fire (saloon), purchase or sell (store) | H / F, P / S |
| Set location, add task, remove task (hotel) | L, A, R |
| Move the selected task up or down the list | Up / Down arrows |
| Go back to the party list | B |
| Confirm or cancel a dialog | Enter / Escape |
| Pause or resume the heist (abort while paused) | Space (then A to abort) |
| After the heist - retry, restart with a new crew, new town | 1, 3, 5 |
Tips
- Put narrow tasks above broad ones. Since the top possible task always wins, place guard-fighting orders over wagon attacks.
- Never forget to collect. If no one has the gold-collecting task, bags stay on the ground and the run scores nothing.
- Pair snipers with runners. Roof shooters can't fetch gold, so give each one a partner on the ground.
- Hire fewer, better people. The take is split across the whole party, dead members included.
- Pause to read. Press Space during the action and check the log to see where the plan broke.
The Great Train Robbery questions
How is the final score figured?
Leftover cash plus the gold your party holds, divided evenly by everyone you hired. A heist with no gold, or a party that all died, scores zero.
Can I tweak my plan and try again?
Yes. After a robbery, press 1 to retry with the same town and crew, 3 to rehire in the same town, or 5 for a new town.
Will it run on a phone or tablet?
No. It is played entirely with keys, with no touch or mouse support, so you need a physical keyboard.
