R.A.I.L. Together
R.A.I.L. Together throws up to 4 players into a zombie apocalypse on rails. Fix the train, haul fuel, craft rails and save your friends while the engine burns, zombies climb onto the cars and the plan falls apart again.
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The engine is burning. Your friends are yelling. Keep moving.
R.A.I.L. Together throws you into a co-op zombie apocalypse on rails. Your train is home, storage, workshop and your only shot at getting out alive.
Play solo or with up to 4 players. Fix the train, haul fuel, gather resources and punch through to the next station before everything turns into a complete disaster.
A home that keeps falling apart
Inside the train is everything keeping your crew on its feet: tools, food, machines, resources and a little hope.
Outside, it gets worse. Tracks are broken, the engine overheats, zombies chew on the cars and fuel disappears faster than you can say "we are almost there".
Co-op with no passengers
You cannot just run around and wait for someone else to do the work. One player hauls cargo, another holds the path, a third repairs the rails and the fourth fights off the infected.
A small mistake becomes everyone’s problem fast. Miss the fuel run and the train stops. Ignore a fire and a car burns. Drag a horde back to the train and congratulations, now the whole crew owns it.
The station will not wait
Every stop starts as a chance to prepare and ends as a nerve-racking race. Rush into houses, pull out metal, craft rails, find food, do not lose a friend and get back before the train gives up.
Zombies do not just get in the way. They break your rhythm, bite into the train and force you to abandon jobs that were almost done. Sometimes you can even use them. For example, as fuel.
Survive now. Upgrade later.
After a successful station, the crew gets a short breather. Upgrade the train, boost machines, grab new gear and choose the next route.
The route matters. One path gives more resources, another gets you closer to the goal and the third looks suspiciously profitable. So something will definitely go wrong there.
An apocalypse with color and chaos
R.A.I.L. Together is not about gray misery and silent suffering. It is a bright, loud and slightly absurd world where people survive on trains, trade at stations and rebuild civilization out of scrap metal.
Gather your crew. Find fuel. Put the train back in motion. If everything falls apart again, at least you will get a great story out of it.
What is inside
co-op for 1 to 4 players
solo, local play and online play
a train as a moving base
repair, loot, fuel, crafting and fighting in one loop
fires, breakdowns, blockages, broken rails and scarce resources
upgrades for the train, machines and gear
a colorful zombie apocalypse without unnecessary gloom
