Dead Rails: Guardian of the Frontier

Dead Rails: Guardian of the Frontier is a survival strategy game set in the Dead Rails universe, but this time the story shifts to life inside an outpost. Players have to manage limited supplies, craft weapons, build defenses, and keep their base running while dealing with incoming trains. Each train becomes a challenge: provide what’s needed and your outpost’s reputation grows, fail and trains start to pass by without stopping.

Survival depends on scavenging and production. Players can mine coal and gunpowder in the caves, cut trees for wood, or repurpose materials around the outpost. Shops are available when resources run low, but they cost valuable supplies. Some trains arrive with more problems than help, delivering bandit prisoners or zombies. These can be sold for profit but also cause issues—bandits will steal from your stockpile, while zombies prevent survivors from getting off safely.

Defending the base is just as important as resource management. Players must power up turrets, lock gates, and fight off waves of attacking enemies. The main goal is to survive long enough for the final train to arrive, the one carrying the cure. When it does, players board it and ride to the scientists’ lab at the end of the rails, deciding the fate of humanity.

Dead Rails: Guardian of the Frontier can be played quickly in your browser at kbhgames.com, free and with no installation required, making it simple to try right away.

How to Play:

• PC Controls:
  • W,A,S,D – Move
  • Space – Jump
  • LMB – Attack
  • R – Reload
  • E – activities
  • Tab – Inventory
  • Esc – Settings
• Mouse – Rotate Player
  • Mobile Controls:
  • Left Swipe – Move
  • Right Swipe – Camera
  • On-Screen Buttons – activities