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Railborn News & Official Updates
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- Power Tower, steep-slope scouting, axe QoL. The October dev blog shows an experimental Power Tower that charges your power meter while exploring and reaches high areas you cannot walk to; the developers warn it might not make it to Early Access. Driving the train up steep slopes gives a scouting vantage, and wood chopping now uses a held click. Steam announcement, details on the power page, full notes
- Early Access set for summer 2027; public demo Oct-Nov 2026. Multiplayer moves into Early Access (originally a 1.0 feature), which is the reason for the delay. Full roadmap: private playtests to Feb 2027, Steam sign-ups Dec 2026-Mar 2027. Release date page
- Atlas bases, planet Vesper, mini-map. Lore names confirmed; bases hold plants that unlock technology; train height reaches Vesperite ore; on-foot mini-map added. Story page
- Weather, tunnels, bypass towers. Thunderstorms make the train your shelter; dynamic tunnel system added; secret track bypasses opened on foot. Train building
- Original private playtest sign-ups open (Update 009). An official form ran for about one week and is now closed; Washbear still draws testers from the list. Playtest guide
- Reveal at the PC Gaming Show. Railborn was publicly revealed; the Steam store page went live with "Coming Soon to Early Access" and the reveal trailer. Steam page
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