Rail Gunner

Rail Gunner

RunSwimFly · August 25, 2025 · Free to Play, Action, On-Rails Shooter, VR, First-Person

Rail Gunner is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mostly Positive79% · 42 📉 Recent reviews down 71%
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Rail Gunner price

Rail Gunner is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Rail Gunner

A sci-fi rail shooter for PC, PCVR and Mac  (also available free on iOS & Android)Defend your train against waves of AI-controlled robots that run, fly, rocket and roll in pursuit.
  • Fully destructible enemies – Voxels + physical simulation makes for infinite variation in the carnage you unleash.
  • Neural-network AI – Damaged bots limp, crawl or skid to keep the hunt alive.
  • Unlockable weapons & power-ups -
Rail guns, plasma weapons, lasers, missiles and a variety of powerups to fuel the destruction.
  • Optional VR
- Immerse yourself in the chase. Unique integrated zooming allows you to make that distant sharp shot while keeping a gunsight on the enemies at your heels.
  • Two game modes
     • Chase – survive endless pursuit, holding out for the next supply carriage while pushing for the highest score.
     • Node Assault – fight through the defenders and destroy the enemy brain-train to continue your progress towards new weapons and powerups.
Single-player only. Play the core endless gameplay loop for free. One optional DLC unlocks complete progression, allowing all weapons and power-ups to be earned through play.

Rail Gunner — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Aug 29, 2026
demo marketed as a free game with the full game sold as dlc. scummy as ♥♥♥♥, immediate thumbs down. and that's on top of it being lazy and extremely tedious and boring. shooting voxel enemies to pieces is a fun concept (I happen to like voxels) but even that could've been done better and the mandatory auto-zoom is annoying. also, playing on easy is actually harder because progression is score-based and you get less on lower difficulties. smart. and of course [b]no mid-mission saving[/b]. current distance will be added to the overall but how about not penalizing people for wanting or having to quit? only a single volume slider, plus difficulty, sensitivity and vibration settings, nothing for the especially ugly graphics. keyboard controls are rebindable but playing a railshooter like that is idiotic, unless one is forced because the game doesn't have mouse controls, like in [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/dohi64/recommended/4561070]choo choo boom boom[/url]. that would be a decent game with the mouse and actually free, this is beyond help and from a shady dev.
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Not recommended May 22, 2026
I would recommend it except it's not really a free game. Once you get past a certain point the game expects you to purchase a $5.99 "DLC" that's both ridiculously overpriced and dishonest considering this is listed under free to play with no in app purchases. I wouldn't even mind if it was just labeled as a demo, but it's not really worth $6 and probably violates Steam's terms of service as well.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
Rail Gunner is a really fun little sci fi shooter that immediately appealed to me because the whole game is built around defending a moving train. I am constantly dealing with robots chasing after me from behind, and the combination of a rail shooter setup and heavily destructible enemies makes the action feel much more satisfying than I expected. The combat is straightforward, but there is enough variety in the weapons to keep me interested. I can use rail guns, plasma weapons, lasers and missiles, along with different power ups that can change how I approach the next attack. I liked switching between weapons depending on what was coming toward me, especially when several different types of robots were on screen at once. The destruction system is easily my favorite mechanic. The robots are physically simulated rather than simply using fixed animations, so shooting different parts of them can produce very different results. I enjoyed watching damaged enemies continue chasing the train even after losing parts of their bodies. Some robots can limp, crawl or skid toward me, which creates some surprisingly chaotic moments during longer runs. The AI also makes the encounters more int…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 26, 2026
🟩🟩🟩◼️◼️◼️◼️💥💥💥💥💥 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ Die robot scum!
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Recommended Jun 18, 2026
Rail Gunner is a free to play shooter game where you are riding on a moving rail car and shooting everything chasing it. Try this game, you might like it.
Recommended Mar 10, 2026
peak. just peak. I don't even have anything to say, its just peak. (even as i die)

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