Planned Release Date: 2026

About This Game

Podstakannik Rails is a short co-op hangout on an overnight sleeper train. Up to four of you board a carriage, claim a berth, and ride. There is no quest, no score and nothing to unlock — the point is the compartment, the tea, and whoever you brought with you.

You talk over proximity voice: the people in your compartment come through clearly, the ones down the corridor don't. Most of what happens on a trip is a conversation. The train is the excuse for it.

On board

• Tea from the samovar — fill a glass in its podstakannik, carry it, drink it, leave it on the table
  
• The radio — turn the dial by hand until something comes through the static
  
• Your berth — make it up, sit at the window, or lie down and nap while the others talk
  
• Every switch works — reading lamps, ceiling lights, compartment doors, the lot
  
• Fellow travellers — a conductor, a policeman and a few passengers who will tell you a story if you sit and listen
  
• The window — countryside by day or by night, all the way to the station

How long a trip is

The host picks 10, 15 or 20 minutes, and the train arrives when the time runs out. That is the entire structure. Nothing carries over — the next trip starts with the berths stripped and the tea cold.

This is a short atmospheric hangout, not a progression game. If you are after goals, upgrades or a campaign, it isn't this. What it is good for is an evening of several trips with people you like.

Good to know

• 1–4 players. Everyone needs their own copy.
  
• Playable alone, but built for a group.
  
• Keyboard and mouse only — no controller support at launch.
  
• Interface and subtitles in English, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and German.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some of the text in this product was drafted with generative AI and then edited by the developer: parts of this store page description and some in-game text. Parts of the source code were also written with AI coding assistance and reviewed by hand.

The art, 3D models, animation and audio in this game are not AI-generated, and no generative AI runs while you play.