Midnight Compartment, reviewed: one night in Compartment 12

Midnight Compartment: the premise in our words

You share Compartment 12 with your boss and his wife for one overnight train ride. You have always wanted her.

She is the one who keeps closing the distance, and you cannot get caught.

Free parts: boarding

The two free parts set up the compartment and the first moves.

Parts 3 to 5: until morning

The locked parts carry the night to the arrival. 36 tokens.

Faces on screen in Midnight Compartment

Veronica Parker plays the boss's wife; she also leads The Anniversary Massage and House Rules.

Midnight Compartment pricing, token by token

Put simply: the ending of Midnight Compartment costs one month of the Premium allowance, unless you buy a token pack on top. Current plan prices sit on the tokens and Premium page, and the free parts guide lists everything you can watch for nothing.

See the parts on Candy AI

Streaming Midnight Compartment: devices, captions, sign-in

Midnight Compartment streams from candy.ai inside a normal browser tab, with nothing to install. Every part is shot in portrait for one-handed phone viewing; on a monitor the player sits as a slim column in the middle of the screen.

Seven caption tracks are available from the player menu: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese, and you can switch between them without restarting the part.

First visit? Hit play on part 1 from the series screen; Candy AI only asks for an account when you reach part 2. One login covers every device, so a series begun on the phone continues on the laptop at the same part.

Before you press play on Midnight Compartment

1. You can leave registration for later. Part 1 runs without it; the free profile only matters once part 2 asks for it.
2. Budget for 12 tokens per locked part. The 100 tokens that come with a Premium month stretch to 8 of them.
3. Pick the caption language inside the player before the dialogue starts.
4. Treat any "leak" or "full video" link with suspicion: our notes on leaked copies and full episodes explain why they never contain the real parts.
5. The card statement will say EverAI, the Maltese company behind Candy AI; the legit or not page covers billing and cancelling.