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Frostrail
A survival shooter where up to four friends share a steam train and loot a frozen wasteland.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Store pages
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckNot testedValve has not rated it yet
About the game
The land is frozen and your home is a steam train. You fuel its engine, add carriages, crafting stations and storage, and keep it rolling to the next stop. At each stop you leave the warmth to loot ruined towns and bunkers. The cold drains your body heat, and the Revenants that haunt those places hunt you.
You can play alone or with up to four players. Ammo is scarce, so sneaking past enemies often beats a fight, and you improve your weapons with the blueprints and mods you find. If one player sets the train moving, the others have to run to catch it.
The train is the one refuge, which makes every trip outside feel tense. It is not out yet. Early access on Steam for Windows is planned for the last quarter of 2026.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- A big part
- Now and then
- Fear
- Calm and coziness
- Story
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- About
- Railways, Post-apocalypse, Scavenging, Monsters
Rated on our own feel scale. 4 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Frostrail
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Never Be Alone
Why it scores 87%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Post-apocalypse and Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Building and creating, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- Coming 8 December 2026
- Online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about life after the apocalypse and scavenging for loot. Both let you build things together.
No big difference from Frostrail.
The Riftbreaker
Why it scores 81%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Building and creating, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How The Riftbreaker differs
- Harder to master than Frostrail
- 4 online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about monsters that hunt you. Both are campaigns you play to the end together.
But harder to master than Frostrail.
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Why it scores 80%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Post-apocalypse and Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Building and creating, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition differs
- More time to just hang out than Frostrail
- One lasting world, not one campaign to finish
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about exploring places you have not seen. Both are about life after the apocalypse and scavenging for loot.
But more time to just hang out than Frostrail.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- Not confirmed
- Confirmed free setups
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
10 pages
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online.
- Online co-op: The maker's Steam post of 2026-10-19 says the game can be played solo or in co-op. Steam also lists Online Co-op.
- Most players online: The same post gives four players as the co-op maximum.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status, Release date, Kind of game, About, Fear, Story, Calm and coziness, Building and creating, Exploring, Fighting, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead.
- Release status: The page says the game is not yet available and shows a planned release in Q4 2026. It is coming to Early Access.
- Release date: The planned release is Q4 2026, so only the year is given.
- Kind of game: The text has the group fortify one train and survive together. User tags include Open World Survival Craft and Base Building.
- About: The text covers a steam train, scavenging ruined settlements and bunkers in a frozen land left barren after an empire fell, cold that drains heat and revenants that hunt you. User tags include Post-apocalyptic and Trains.
- Fear: User tags include Horror and the text mentions eldritch horrors. No source says the game is made to scare you, so fear stays at 1.
- Story: The text gives a setup with an empire, a pact with the void and an order called the Penitent Gardeners.
- Calm and coziness: The text calls the train a refuge while the cold outside is a threat.
- Building and creating: The text has you reinforce the train and add carriages, crafting stations and storage.
- Exploring: The text has you explore ruins, abandoned settlements, wreckage and depths for supplies. User tags include Exploration.
- Fighting: The text speaks of relentless combat against revenants.
- Unlocks and progress: The maker's Early Access FAQ lists more progression through loot, crafting and train upgrades.
- Planning ahead: The text says heat must be rationed. User tags include Resource Management.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status, Release date.
- Steam app ID: The data returns app 3517740.
- Online co-op: Categories include Co-op and Online Co-op.
- Release status: coming_soon is true and the genres include Early Access.
- Release date: The date field reads Q4 2026.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game for Steam Deck.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.
- Wikidata item: The item lists Steam app ID 3517740.
- Genres: P136 is survival game and first-person shooter.
- Release date: P577 is 2026 with year precision, qualified as early access.
gamespress.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Genres.
- Online co-op: The maker's release of 2025-04-10 offers online co-op.
- Most players online: The same release says 4-person online co-op, which agrees with the Steam post.
- Genres: The same release calls it a first-person shooter and an open-world survival crafting game.
gamedeveloper.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release date.
- Release date: The maker's release of 2026-07-22 says Steam Early Access is set for Q4 2026.
guided.newsPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Sessions, Tension and danger, Working in sync, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead.
- Sessions: A gamescom preview from 2025-09-02 says each run is planned as six sections per biome plus a finale, then the next area with train and upgrades kept. The numbers are not final.
- Tension and danger: Says body heat drains off the train, blizzards force quick calls and revenants keep up the pressure, while the train is a base to return to.
- Working in sync: Says that in co-op one player starting the train can leave the others sprinting after it.
- Building and creating: Says new modules add workbenches, storage and defences to the train.
- Unlocks and progress: Says weapons improve through blueprints, mods and materials, and the train and upgrades carry into the next area.
- Planning ahead: Says every stop and upgrade is a trade-off between going further and defending the train.
pcgamesn.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs About, Calm and coziness, Fighting, Tension and danger.
- About: Mentions driving and repairing the train, hunting for food and resources, and mutants.
- Calm and coziness: Says the train alone sounds like a relaxing train sim until you step off it.
- Fighting: Says ammo is scarce and sneaking past enemies is often wiser than fighting.
- Tension and danger: Describes an intense survival shooter once you leave the train.
gematsu.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, About, Exploring.
- Online co-op: The April 2026 playtest article says to play solo or in online co-op.
- About: Says abandoned settlements, shelters and underground ruins are scavenged for supplies.
- Exploring: Says the deeper frost rewards exploration.