History WebVideo / SteamTrain

'''''Steam Train''''' is a WebVideo comedy show about video games. The show is a SpinOff of ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', and is hosted on the same channel. The format is similar to its parent show, as Ross of ''Rubber Ninja Animation'' plays games with others. Initially this was only Danny of ''Music/NinjaSexParty'' and occasional visits from Arin if Danny was unavailable. The format later changed to changed to include the entire ''Game Grumps'' family, with Danny and Arin sometimes not appearing at all in favor of Barry, the channel's editor, and Suzy, another [=YouTuber=] and Arin's wife, who join Ross and joke around.

* EvolvingCredits: Originally featuring just Ross and Danny (and Arin when applicable), the evolved credits debuting for ''KingsQuest VI'' show Ross as the conductor of the Steam Train (along with the subtle change of lyrics to "'''He''' bought too many games") with everyone else as passengers, followed by the playing partners' "Choo-choo!" (with Ross slightly behind as part of the RunningGag of him having no rhythm). Notably, the intro is basically the same whether Danny or Arin is in the episode, eliminating the special intros for when Arin joins in, as well as if Barry or Suzy join. [[note]]It is unknown whether Steam Rolled games will have further changes.[[/note]]

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* UnfortunateImplications: Defied in-universe in LeisureSuitLarry 6. One of the girls Larry dates turns out to be a transgender woman and Larry [[ScreamingAtSquick reacts with disgust]], something definitely not acceptable today, while Danny takes the Disney approach of not making it look okay while still not brushing over it, claiming it to be a reference to ''Film/TheCryingGame''.

->''"We bought too many games!"''\\

->''"He bought too many games!"''\\

->''"[[ExcusePlot He bought too many games]]!"''\\
''"[-[[TheEeyore Now we gotta play them all]].-]"''\\

->''"[[ExcusePlot We bought too many games]]!"''\\

** They gave up when trying to complete their Genocide Run in ''VideoGame/Undertale'' because [[spoiler: Sans was too hard for them. However, they later defeated him in a livestream.]]

->''"[[ExcusePlot We bought too many games!"''\\

->''"We bought too many games!"''\\

** They gave up when trying to complete their Genoside Run in ''VideoGame/Undertale'' because Sans was too hard for them.

* PunnyName: It's a {{Steam}} Train! Y'know, like the digital distribution service.

* EpicFail:
** The aforementioned playing of''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' ends with everyone dying of starvation, because Danny and Ross kept resting their party for weeks with no food.
** ''{{VideoGame/Banished}}'' ends with everyone dying in the first winter, because ''nothing was constructed or produced''.

* DownerEnding: See GoneHorriblyWrong below.

* GoneHorriblyWrong:
** The playthrough of ''Trials Fusion''. The first episode received quite a significant amount of backlash for both a lack of direction as to what to do in the game and an accidentally badly executed censorship joke that involved a Wendy's ad covering personal information, but being left there for the whole video (due to poor communication to Kevin on the Grumps' behalf) so as to look like the episode was sponsored by Wendy's. The second episode removed the ad, but was similarly uneventful due to them ditching a campaign they had barely played and finding most of the custom levels to be locked. As of this writing, the episode almost has more dislikes than likes, and the series was scrapped as a result.
** Danny and Ross' series on ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' ends abruptly with [[KillEmAll their entire group dying only two episodes in]] [[TooDumbToLive because the two thought that they were getting weak from fatigue instead of hunger, and as a result everyone starved to death]].
** The ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'' series was cut short when [[spoiler:Ross, in a fit of rage, kicked the computer and destroyed everything after four hours of playing]].

* DownerEnding:
** ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'': [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll Everyone dies]] because [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint Danny and Ross think that their party's ailing health is from exhaustion and not hunger, and although they are rested frequently, they all starve to death.]]]]
** ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'': The series is abruptly cut short when, in the final produced episode, [[spoiler:Ross kicks the computer in a fit of rage, accidentally "[destroying] everything" after [[KickTheDog four hours of playing]].]]

** The playthrough of ''Trials Fusion''. The first episode received quite a significant amount of backlash for both unsatisfying gameplay and an accidentally badly executed censorship joke that involved a Wendy's ad covering personal information, but being left there for the whole video (due to poor communication to Kevin on the Grumps' behalf) so as to look like the episode was sponsored by Wendy's. The second episode removed the ad, but was similarly uneventful due to them ditching a campaign they had barely played and finding most of the custom levels to be locked. As of this writing, the episode almost has more dislikes than likes, and the series was scrapped as a result.

* SurrealHorror: Sonic Dreams Collection

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The playthrough of ''Trials Fusion''. The first episode received quite a significant amount of backlash for both unsatisfying gameplay and an accidentally badly executed censorship joke that involved a Wendy's ad covering personal information, but being left there for the whole video (due to poor communication to Kevin on the Grumps' behalf) so as to look like the episode was sponsored by Wendy's. The second episode removed the ad, but was similarly uneventful due to them ditching a campaign they had barely played and finding most of the custom levels to be locked. As of this writing, the episode almost has more dislikes than likes, and the series was scrapped as a result.

Unlike ''Game Grumps'', however, the show focuses on computer games rather than console games. Special episodes called ''Steam Rolled'' focus on four-player games.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The playthrough of ''VideoGame/TrialsFusion''. The first episode received quite a significant amount of backlash for both unsatisfying gameplay and an accidentally badly executed censorship joke that involved a Wendy's ad covering personal information, but being left there for the whole video (due to poor communication to Kevin on the Grumps' behalf) so as to look like the episode was sponsored by Wendy's. The second episode removed the ad, but was similarly uneventful due to them ditching a campaign they had barely played and finding most of the custom levels to be locked. As of this writing, the episode almost has more dislikes than likes, and the series was scrapped as a result.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: During their {{VideoGame/Undertale}} playthrough, Ross and Barry constantly misinterpret gameplay features and story points, but still come up victorious at the end. It culminates in the fight against [[spoiler: Photoshop Flowey, who weaponizes SaveScumming against the player, yet everytime they see him use his savestates to move the player back into attacks they dodged, they believe the game is somehow helping them by saving for them, even though it's clearly working against them. Even when Flowey uses his saving powers in a cutscene to kill the player several times in row, and then loses his powers with a big, obvious "Load Failed" in the corner of the screen and him panicking because he suddenly can't load his savestates anymore]], Ross and Barry ''still'' don't catch on. They reach the GoldenEnding in the first try anyway.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: During their VideoGame/Undertale playthrough, Ross and Barry constantly misinterpret gameplay features and story points, but still come up victorious at the end. It culminates in the fight against [[spoiler: Photoshop Flowey, who weaponizes SaveScumming against the player, yet everytime they see him use his savestates to move the player back into attacks they dodged, they believe the game is somehow helping them by saving for them, even though it's clearly working against them. Even when Flowey uses his saving powers in a cutscene to kill the player several times in row, and then loses his powers with a big, obvious "Load Failed" in the corner of the screen and him panicking because he suddenly can't load his savestates anymore]], Ross and Barry ''still'' don't catch on. They reach the GoldenEnding in the first try anyway.

* MyLittlePhony: The episode "Pony World 3"; which is a 50-minute oneshot of Ross and Danny playing a game something like a crossbreed of''VideoGame/TheSims'' if it go dropped on its head as a source code and one of the crappy ''My Little Pony''s.