Somehow, several developers have recently been thinking about the cold landscape and the early access model at the same time.

Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Immerse yourself in a ruthless open-world survival first-person shooter, playable solo or cooperatively. Explore, scavenge, craft, and fight your way through a frozen, corrupted world. Drive and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland where every choice is a matter of survival. Once a mighty empire, the land now lies barren, consumed by an unrelenting cold. Twisted by the Emperor’s pact with the Void, its ruins are haunted by relentless revenants and eldritch horrors. Aboard an armored, steam-powered train, the Penitent Gardeners cleanse the land of the cursed, granting mercy to the lost and striking down the wicked as they seek salvation in the heart of the frozen wasteland.

Your train is more than a refuge, it is your only way forward. As you explore the frozen wasteland, it will keep you moving and alive, carrying everything you need to survive. Fuel the Eden Engine, manage its power, and operate your train to explore further, scavenging what little remains of this world. As your struggle grows, so must your train. Reinforce its walls, build weapon stations, and upgrade the engine to outrun the horrors that hunt you. Expand with new cars, crafting stations, and storage, forging a moving fortress against the cold and the terrors beyond.

Beyond the tracks lies a world frozen in death, its ruins buried in ice and time. Explore the wasteland for vital supplies, scavenge the remnants of abandoned settlements, and break into wrecks lost to the frost. Descend into treacherous depths where greater rewards come at a deadly cost. But the cold is unforgiving, and every step away from your train is a gamble. Risk death for precious supplies, or stay safe and go without. The frost freezes your bones, the blizzard blinds, slows, and suffocates. Warmth is survival, ration it wisely. And in the silence of the snow, something else stirs. Face the revenants alone or band together to survive the relentless battle and carve a path through the frozen wasteland. Scavenge, hunt, craft weapons and equipment to face the horrors that lurk in the darkness. Brave the depths of abandoned bunkers and ruined strongholds where the darkness hides both salvation and death. Fortify your platoon, arm yourself, and survive the unspeakable. Or let the frost consume you.

Frostrail by FakeFish, known for Barotrauma, will be released by publisher Shiro Unlimited for the first time in Early Access on PC sometime next year.

Source: Gematsu