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The Final Station

ActionAdventureIndie

Developer DO MY BEST

The Final Station is a side-scrolling shooter video game with a train simulator and exploration elements. It was developed by Do My Best Games and published by tinyBuild, and released on August 30, 2016 for Windows, OS X, Linux, and Xbox One, and September 2, 2016 for PlayStation 4. The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised its originality and world-building but criticized its linearity.… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Steam user Steam user …8810Steam reviews · Jun 7, 2026 · 19 h played

    • A post-apocalyptic adventure about travelling a dying world on a train. • I bought this game expecting some survival horror experience based on that -being in a moving homebase and maintaining it, making stops to scavenge supplies, to find survivors, all while fighting zombies along the way. Maybe something similar to This War of Mine, where you get a map with various locations, with various danger levels and interact with them because you need supplies to survive, and it is also how you get…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1974Steam reviews · Apr 18, 2026 · 3 h played

    Went down into this manhole and as I got off the ladder, I got gang banged by at least 20 of those black creatures.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6326Steam reviews · Oct 24, 2025 · 8 h played

    It's a fine game, but conflicted in a couple of ways. Pros: - Good atmosphere. - Most of the hand-made pixel art is well done (there's also a lot of background assets which are scaled down higher res images, but it does help the hand-made stuff stand out). There were some minor issues like pixels being stretched on the sides of the main characters arm near their body when looking up and down, but not much of a distraction. - Nice attention to detail (little things like the footstep sounds…

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  • doctober @docseuss.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2025

    dammit i've been pitching a game like this for years (because i am a fanatic for The Final Station) store.steampowered.com/app/3517740/...

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  • Steam user Steam user …3442Steam reviews · May 31, 2025 · 4 h played

    Sadly underwhelming. I love the game premise, story, and art. But the gameplay is a bit disappointing. Maintaining the train isn't interesting, and you get the occasional text messages. The passengers chat but you're too busy taking care of the train. The could've been a great game where the train becomes a haven from all the spooky stuff outdoors, and you get emotionally attached to the train as you take care of it and it takes care of you. I hope the devs revisit the idea and reach its…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8765Steam reviews · Jul 20, 2026 · 4 h played

    steam is having a steam train event.. why isnt the final station included in the sale? https://store.steampowered.com/app/435530/The_Final_Station/

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  • Steam user Steam user …8503Steam reviews · Jun 16, 2025 · 5 h played

    Nice little game but the main game loops is kind of boring. Finished it only because of the story ... And then was disappointed.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9085Steam reviews · Jul 10, 2025 · 10 h played

    I played this game when I was at my worst and I am so thankful that The Final Station exists. It taught me a lot about hope, how we help keep the world in motion and grievance. I strongly recommend everybody to play this from start to end, don't give up if you or the survivors keep dying, try your best to get supplies and keep trying. The soundtrack alone is legendary, it's still stuck in my head to this day. Really really great atmospheric soundtrack. Thank you DO MY BEST!

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  • Steam user Steam user …7867Steam reviews · Feb 3, 2026 · 9 h played

    The game is ok. The part where you explore is good. I like the balance in this part: not too easy and not too hard. You can avoid enemies or try to get to every corner looking for supplies. The train part is stressful. As I get it, the idea is that you can chill while moving between the stations, listen to the survivors' stories and theories. But instead, you run like hell, bringing meds and food to those sitting and chatting survivors, fixing the train so that they don't die while sitting…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5670Steam reviews · Apr 17, 2026 · 7 h played

    I personally consider that who made the script for this game is a genius, every character feels unique, the story really made me feel things I rarely feel with other games, and the gameplay is nice

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  • Steam user Steam user …9061Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2026 · 5 h played

    NOT WORTH 15 Dollars!!!!! This game only has about 3 hours of gameplay. With that said, I enjoyed it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3564Steam reviews · Jul 30, 2026 · 1 h played

    absolutely amazing lttle gem, also amazing is how some thumbs downed it and wrote total essays for their explanations why, this game is epic and sorry if it failed your grand expectations, but sometimes less is more and this game is all about the subtleties and it sticks to that in every detail, it's kinda the point

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  • Steam user Steam user …5264Steam reviews · Jun 3, 2026 · 5 h played

    This game is so, so painful to rate. The pieces of the puzzle are all here. The music is genuinely great. The atmosphere, the art direction, the presentation. The writing, English translation aside, does things very few games can pull off: The Final Station is a straight-up masterclass in environmental storytelling, and I mean that. Very few games can tell their story through the world around you the way this one does, and this one just does it confidently and almost effortlessly. The gameplay…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3486Steam reviews · Apr 9, 2026 · 16 h played

    Polished game with a story told in the background of the game. Good atmosphere. Needing to play the DLC 12 times to 100% achievements is kinda dire

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  • Steam user Steam user …8594Steam reviews · Sep 24, 2025 · 4 h played

    I haven't found a game like this. The storytelling is great and suspenseful, the world-building is amazing, and the gameplay is good. My only complaint about this game is that it's too short. I wanted to see more of this world.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9576Steam reviews · Jun 27, 2026 · 16 h played

    A pretty decent game with a lot of things going for it, but the execution is somewhat weak and shallow. The good: - nice visuals and sounds; - a somewhat original take on the zombie apocalypse scenario; - a fascinating premise for the game loop. The bad: - the train segments executed poorly, as all your gameplay during such moments boils down to checking variables of your train, tending to passengers' needs and playing very simple mini-games. The devs tried to spice things up a bit by adding…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3431Steam reviews · May 9, 2026 · 15 h played

    Simple gameplay (kind of platformer/shooter 2d), with a bit of train management - is ok - but what I like here is the story and climate, gets pretty interesting if you pay attention to details.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0732Steam reviews · Jan 5, 2026 · 5 h played

    Boring. Average post-apocalyptic story, repetitive gameplay: walk, shoot zombies, loot stuff, keep walking. The story feels very stretched especially at Act 5 You will have plenty of time to think about your life decisions, like why you bought this game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4751Steam reviews · Dec 16, 2025 · 4 h played

    God, I don't even know what to say. A really short game, but a masterpiece. Well worth the money.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5127Steam reviews · Oct 26, 2025 · 10 h played

    Absolutely love this game, to the point where I've gifted it to 3 people. It's a shame that I can't play it due to the display issues I get when launching it (DX11 error)

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  • Steam user Steam user …5086Steam reviews · Aug 2, 2025 · 9 h played

    I barely make reviews on games but this one i had to. One of the best story games i have hands down ever played. Blast start to finish. PLEASE give it a try

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  • Steam user Steam user …4330Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2025 · 13 h played

    I didn't like the game so it's a good thing I bought it on sale. By the time I realized how tediuos if not outright boring it was it was far too late to refund it. Anyhow, how to describe this.... The good stuff: 1. Never once did the game crash while I played it. 2. The controls are so simple that a child could play this as long as they could read and use their fingers. 3. Aiming is easy. Just move your mouse and click when ready to shoot or punch. 4. The music didn't suck. It wasn't…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7069Steam reviews · May 30, 2025 · 4 h played

    A great game with stunning backgrounds, nice music and melancholical atmosphere. Finished this game for the second time. The first time I didn't really get it, but if you pay enough attention to the indirect ways of storytelling, you get the more or less full picture. Like other people said, the train management system is poorly done: you'll have to skip most of the passangers' banter playing dumb mini-games and the power punch sometimes refuses to charge, but other than that it's a…

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  • doctober @docseuss.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2024

    42) The Final Station you should play it. just play it. even if you don't think you'll like it. powerful game store.steampowered.com/app/435530/T...

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  • Steam user Steam user …3317Steam reviews · Sep 7, 2026 · 4 h played

    Short but fascinating story.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9950Steam reviews · Jun 28, 2026 · 3 h played

    I love the final station, I have now played 3 times. I wished it had more recognition, much love to the devs.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2392Steam reviews · Jun 28, 2026 · 24 h played

    For Goodness Sake DO MY BEST make another one! I fell in love with this game!

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  • Steam user Steam user …4190Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2026 · 4 h played

    One Part is a 2D platformer where you move with WASD and shoot or melee enemies or throw ♥♥♥♥ at them while walking down custom maps. It's just go there kill some enemies pick up some stuff get the code and then take the shortcut back. Second Part is train. You "manage" some passagiers and fix one subsystem of the train. Managing of passagiers is just give them food or heal bleeding ones. Little to no progression at all. You can occasionally buy weapon upgrades and you collect money for the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2824Steam reviews · Mar 31, 2026 · 31 h played

    Evil Squirrel approved

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  • Steam user Steam user …3535Steam reviews · Feb 14, 2026 · 4 h played

    Lovely adventure game. Highly recommend for some great storytelling. Backgrounds get pretty poggers too.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0252Steam reviews · Feb 8, 2026 · 7 h played

    The Final Station is an amazing, story-driven horror survival game. I won’t get into specifics, but here’s a quick intro to the game. You play as a train driver who operates a special train, the Belus 07, taking it to Wilstream to test it. During the first test drive, something seems to go wrong. The second visitations begin, starting an apocalyptic-like event, which this train was made for. After that, you travel through train depots and facilities, finding survivors and caring for them on…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7508Steam reviews · Dec 22, 2025 · 9 h played

    The Final Station's base game is okay. It's easy to understand, repetitive but short enough to be a positive experience. As for it's DLC, its 12 levels where you can carry only one survivor with you. Theres an achievement for each survivor, but no matter who you pick, the end is the exact same. So the DLC was a huge stretch. I recommend this game simply because it is not a bad game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1798Steam reviews · Nov 8, 2025 · 15 h played

    The Final Station, developed by Do My Best and published by tinyBuild, is an evocative blend of survival horror, narrative-driven exploration, and management simulation set against the haunting backdrop of a collapsing world. It invites players into a grim, pixel-art vision of the future, where humanity faces extinction from an otherworldly infection known as the “Second Visitation.” You play as a lone train conductor, tasked with delivering crucial cargo through a series of increasingly…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8975Steam reviews · Nov 5, 2025 · 4 h played

    What a great little game! Super creepy and cool story. I love pixel art and trains so this was a no-brainer for me to pickup. The only issue I have is the English is a little hard to understand at a couple points, its clear the writer/programmer is not a native english speaker so sometimes text may seem weird or not worded correctly but you can always get the idea of the meaning. 100% recommend for those that are looking for a lightweight, fun, creepy, pixel game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7303Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 7 h played

    Amazing game, absolute masterpiece. The dlc is amazing, the story is amazing

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  • Steam user Steam user …7467Steam reviews · Sep 3, 2025 · 4 h played

    a really good story in a short game. i enjoyed the gameplay loop and the way of telling the story, though at times certain train management tasks prevent you from hearing all of the details. i want a game to be able to explain its story to me, but some aspects of this i'm okay with not fully knowing - some of the appeal to me is the dread of a setting like this not telling you every piece of what caused this situation. i had a similar feeling playing 'you have one chance' back on newgrounds.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4549Steam reviews · Jun 25, 2025

    This game is a waste of money and a waste of storage space. It's not fun at all.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7878Steam reviews · Jun 15, 2025

    I guess I'm way too impatient for anything interesting to happen to run around reading chat boxes with information. I gave this 20 minutes and nothing happened that gripped my interest. Maybe something interesting happens later, but the game lost me way before getting there, sorry.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7815Steam reviews · Jun 3, 2025 · 4 h played

    A really cute little game about riding the rails through the end of the world. The art style of this game is immaculate, you can make out a lot of distinct features throughout the game just with a few pixels denoting it, and it has a lot of heart in it's details as well, with some of the parallaxes you pass through on the rails sections being worthy of putting as your desktop background. The gameplay is simple, strike out from the station to find materials as well the code to unlock your…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7521Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2025 · 5 h played

    Neat little game. I can't say the story really gripped me completely, but it was interesting and fun. Its simple but works well, and the art is definitely a solid highlight!

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  • Steam user Steam user …0491Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2025 · 2 h played

    I have 2 stations left I think, but idk if I will finish the game. The combat feels like I am cheesing everything to get by, by either ladder riding or, well, dying and coming back with meta knowledge. There is a little luck too, there was one section I got absolutely mauled, then the next try not a scratch, which unless I'm missing something, I have to sometimes put myself in spots were that is the "difficulty". You literally have to put yourself in a room full of enemies cuz you can't shoot…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0607Steam reviews · May 31, 2025 · 13 h played

    I have really enjoyed playing this game and would recommend it as one to play. I did purchase it in the sale but I would happily have paid more for it (it was advertised to me through the sale - previous to this I hadn't come across this game). It's not a long game, but I think that works well to the story of the game and it would become too repetitive if it was longer, I feel. The premise is really simple: a country is experiencing an apocalypse where people are changing into things that are…

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  • Busted Atlas | Proto Trigger @bustedatlas.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Been playing The Final Station - awesome game with rich, haunting environments and a great soundtrack - highly recommended! Anyone got any similar recommendations? #IndieGames #HorrorGames #Recommendations

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  • Art "The Mugbearer" (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈 [PLS GIVE ME MONEY] @themugbearer.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2024

    Have you played The Final Station? It's a pixel-graphics game where you play as a conductor of the last train making its route through a country experiencing an apocalyptic event. It's got a bit of passenger and train management, as well as scavenging for resources and shooting weird monsters.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0026Steam reviews · Sep 25, 2026 · 15 h played

    First ever review and prob last to. Awesome game had it on xbox and played with my brother. Give it a shot I really recommend it

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  • Anthony Septim 🟡 @anthonyseptim.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    I’ve finished The Final Station. I was blown away by its journey and storytelling. I have so many questions, but apparently the DLC answers the most important ones. I’d really love to compose music for a game like this. If there are any developers looking for a composer, I am here.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1145Steam reviews · Sep 21, 2026 · 8 h played

    It's not a very long game and not particularly challenging... after you get good at melee you don't even need to manage your ammo very much. There are no puzzles except for a few features on the train you need to maintain, but those are hardly puzzles. Managing people's health and food is not particularly difficult either. The game is still enjoyable and the story and world it creates is satisfying. I had a good time and am glad I played it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8539Steam reviews · Sep 20, 2026 · 8 h played

    The game is definitely worth playing through. The graphics have a lovely stylised look, the gameplay is enjoyable and intuitive, the storyline is interesting, and the music is good. The only slight issue is that it can be tricky to follow the passengers’ conversations in the train carriage, but that’s just a minor annoyance~

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  • Steam user Steam user …5470Steam reviews · Sep 13, 2026 · 9 h played

    Excellent world building the backgrounds make the world feel very alive and massive despite you only ever exploring at most a few city blocks of each area

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  • Steam user Steam user …7434Steam reviews · Jul 21, 2026 · 12 h played

    One of my favourite games of all time Even thought theres 1001 ways to make it better, i still prefer this The unmatched vibe and story of this game still make it so good to play even after i finished it over 5 times

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  • Steam user Steam user …7654Steam reviews · Jul 19, 2026 · 6 h played

    Beautiful pixel art, amazing atmosphere, tense resource management, and a mystery that kept me hooked till the end. The ending felt a bit too abrupt, but the journey was absolutely worth it. If you like atmospheric indie games, don't skip this one. 8.8/10 👍

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  • Steam user Steam user …7438Steam reviews · Jul 18, 2026 · 9 h played

    One of the best pixel games done.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1593Steam reviews · Jul 7, 2026 · 1 h played

    It's FINE, I guess. Kind of feels empty and barebones but everything works fine the gameplay loop is fine and everything is... fine. A little too much yapping for story exposure. Boring stuff. tl;dr This is nothing to write home about but eh, it's cheap enough these days so I'll leave the decision making to you and your personal tastes.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1935Steam reviews · Jul 4, 2026 · 3 h played

    kızımı göremedim :sob:

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  • Steam user Steam user …3495Steam reviews · Jun 19, 2026 · 6 h played

    Okay BROTHER I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THIS GAME IS NOT MORE POPULAR How many years came by, i didin't enjoy a game more then this 10/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …0934Steam reviews · Jun 15, 2026 · 20 h played

    Muy bueno, historia un poco confusa con mucho lore.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0853Steam reviews · May 22, 2026 · 15 h played

    The Final Station has immersed me in a world I wish I could know more about. The strongest aspects of the game are undoubtedly the story, lore and art. All of these aspects come together perfectly to build a beautiful and immersive experience, and it succeeds in keeping the player on it's toes after the game has ended. The gameplay systems are rather simple, mostly shoot and throw objects. The variety of weapons is in similar fashion, very simple. I would say this simplicity is not…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1735Steam reviews · May 21, 2026 · 5 h played

    The Final Station exhibits a brutal pragmatism in both its visuals and gameplay. This contrasts sharply with the scale and depth of the story unfolding around you. It is a grand vision constrained by its own production. There are some underdeveloped systems and the combat can be finicky. But it does earn its place as a quality indie.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9183Steam reviews · May 11, 2026 · 5 h played

    when you can finish the entire main game in 5 hours while getting every achievement of the base game, this game is 100% NOT worth the price tag, if it was on sale though for 7 dollars or less I would recommend otherwise, this game just doesn't do anything crazy for me to love it. I did like that if you read the messages you can see and read some crazy stories but otherwise it is not good enough for me to recommend.

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  • Δ 🏳️‍⚧️ L I Ɐ @lunariandelia.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2026

    Streaming tonight at 7PM CDT (about 3 hrs from this post)! Scratching another game off the list by trying out The Final Station! It's another train game. I think it's sort of a survival-type game, too. I have two of these somehow. Huh. Streaming at: twitch.tv/lunariandelia

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