LIVEPLAYTEST 0.3.0 · FIRST RAIN, REMADEPLAYTEST 0.3.0PATCH NOTES
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Zach, the guide at Camp Seven, with a lantern and a hatchet
ZACH
Fire's lit and the kettle's on. Bring your friends.
Pattern Retained. Blackout. The machine is awake.

A sentient war machine runs the world now. Hunt its machines, break them, and fight back together.

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LINUX · NOWWINDOWSMACOS · PLANNED
ONLINE NOWFirst RainThe official world. Up to 16 survivors at once, and it keeps going while you are away.PATCH 0.3.0 · NOV 2First Rain, remadeA new First Rain to start over in: real ground and a living forest, people at Camp Seven, machines with jobs to do, animals to hunt and track, a stealthier and fairer fight, and a completely redrawn HUD. Play from a signed-in launcher; your survivor belongs to your account.NEXT UPHacking (planned)In the works now: take what you learn from a broken machine and use it on the next one.
01What makes it different

Hunt the machine. Learn its weakness. Fight back.

Hunt machines that fight back, break them part by part, and build a camp with your friends, in one shared survival world run by a sentient war machine.

01IN THE PLAYTESTONE MACHINE MINDEvery machine answers to one AIThe enemy is a single sentient AI, and every machine you meet is one of its nodes. Planned: a mind that learns your crews and retains your pattern.
02IN THE PLAYTESTBREAK ONE TO LEARN THE NEXTParts are the better way to fightMachines have HP and hit numbers, but parts pay: break a plate, a leg, the cell. Planned: what you learn becomes an exploit you hack the next one with.
03IN THE PLAYTESTOWN YOUR TECHYour power is what you took apartYou refuse tech someone else controls. Start with a spear and a bow; plate armour, better arrows and guns come from machine parts at the Forge.
04PLANNEDHIDDEN BY DESIGNAn off-grid camp the machine can't seeRain and dark are cover; light and noise give you away. A camp built with the machine's own parts is stronger, and easier to find.
IN THE PLAYTESTyou can play it todayPLANNEDdesigned, not built yetSee how it plays
02The game up close

Go deeper.

Each part of the game has its own page: how it plays, the machines, the skills and the world.

OVERVIEWHow it playsFrom bare hands to a pack fight, and a camp to come home to.EXPLOREMACHINESMeet what walks First RainThree jobs on one body, and how to start on each.EXPLORESKILLSEleven, trained by doingChop and Woodcutting goes up. Every level, a stat point.EXPLORETHE WORLDA big world. It starts in the rain.Regions with their own land, weather and machines.EXPLORE
03The machines

Three jobs. One body.
All of it salvage.

Every machine on First Rain is built on the same chassis. What it carries tells you its job, and where to start taking it apart.

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The Skidder, rendered from the playtest modelREGULAR · TIER 1SkidderTALLY · A1The body every pack is built from: four plated legs, a cell in its flank, an eye that opens and two weapon pods.START HEREPlate first, then the joint under it. Pop a hip plate whole and one more hit takes the leg clean.The Whistle Punk, rendered from the playtest modelCALLER · TIER 1Whistle PunkASSESSOR · A1A pack's lookout. It sees you first, and the mast on its back calls the rest of the pack awake.START HEREBreak the mast and it can no longer call. Kill it first and the pack sleeps on.The Bull, rendered from the playtest modelHEAVY · TIER 2BullBAILIFF · A2Heavier plate on every leg and its cell behind a bolted bay door. Slow, but every blow lands harder.START HEREIts cell sits behind a bay door on the right flank. Pop the door, then take the cell.
IN THE PLAYTESTRendered from the playtest model. Names are placeholders until they have been seen in the game.
04Media

Look around.

Concept art for now. Screenshots and video from the game are on their way.

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05Latest

From Camp Seven.

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NEWSOCT 20, 2026 · 2 MIN READParty and crews: play together on First RainInvite anyone on the world to your party, see each other through the trees, share the XP, and start a crew to keep your group together.READ THE POST
PATCH NOTESPLAYTEST 0.3.0First Rain, remade NEWSOCT 20, 2026 · 1 MIN READWelcome to the playtest
06The playtest

First Rain is online.

The playtest is free, and it's by invitation for now. Every playtester can invite five friends. Get an invite, make an account, and we'll see you at the fire.

  1. 01Get an inviteFrom a friend who plays, or ask on our Discord.
  2. 02Claim it with your accountSign in with your email or Steam. No password.
  3. 03Download the launcher and playFor Linux or Windows. The launcher installs the game and keeps it up to date.
07Community

Made by one person.
Played with you.

DISCORDPull up a seat by the fire.Ask for an invite, tell us what broke, and talk with the developer directly.JOIN THE DISCORDSUPPORT DEVELOPMENTHelp keep the lantern lit.One developer at Dryline Games, on evenings and weekends. A Patreon membership is how this becomes a full-time job. It never buys power.Listening In FreeLantern $5Crew $12Workshop $30Signal Keeper $50SEE THE TIERS
THE RADIOOne email when something lands.A new build, the Steam page. Nothing else.
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