Ashen Rails lets you build a working railway in 7 Days to Die

Image credit: RedTorchTV / Ashen Rails.

Somebody looked at the post-apocalyptic wasteland of 7 Days to Die, with its zombies, collapsing buildings, and general lack of civilized behavior, and decided what the place really needed was a railroad. And you know what? We're kind of into it.

RedTorchTV's Ashen Rails lets players lay their own tracks, build switches and railway barriers, and haul freight behind a gas-powered locomotive. There's actual train behavior involved, too, with throttle and braking controls, slower climbs, downhill rolling, and automatic stops at track ends or closed barriers. It's a pretty wild addition to a game where most of us are just trying to survive until morning.

One thing to know before building your post-apocalyptic railway empire: the creator targets 7 Days to Die 3.3, requires Easy Anti-Cheat to be disabled, and hasn't verified multiplayer yet. So maybe get the trains running before inviting the entire server aboard.