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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 co-op survival game where every machine is a kit of parts. Take them apart with your friends, build yourselves up from what you took, and in time turn them to your side.

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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 0.2.0 · OCT 20Accounts, and room for sixteenSign in to the launcher with your email or Steam, invite your friends, and First Rain now holds up to 16 survivors at once.NEXT UPThe Windows game buildThe Windows launcher is already out. The game follows it.
01What makes it different

Take the machine apart. Wear it, fire it, or wake it up on your side.

Other survival games hand you a creature to catch or a tree to chop. Here the thing hunting you is the kit you need. How cleanly you take it apart decides what you get to be.

01IN THE PLAYTESTTEAR IT DOWNMachines are kits, not health barsPlates, joints, cells and cores. Knock the plate off, hit the joint, take the part whole. A sloppy hit spoils what you were after.
02IN THE PLAYTESTBUILT FROM WHAT YOU TOOKYour power is what you took apartYou start with a spear and a bow. Plate armour, better arrows and the guns themselves are made from machine parts at the Forge.
03PLANNEDTURN THEMBreak one clean enough and it's yoursOverride a downed machine, haul it home and rebuild it at the bench. Then it fights for you.
04PLANNED · THE STORYCHOOSE A SIDETake the Link, or resist itThe story leads to one choice you keep for good: join the machine and become one of the Cultured, or stay human and fight it.
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.

Open the Salvage Ledger
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 · 3 MIN READParty and crews: play together on First RainInvite anyone on the world to your party, share the salvage, and start a crew to keep your group together.READ THE POST
PATCH NOTESPLAYTEST 0.2.0Accounts, and room for sixteen NEWS2 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 Windows release, the Steam page. Nothing else.
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