Open alpha · Free to play now
An anime romance. A small-town crime.
Your very questionable first week.
Familiar faces. Unfinished stories.
Something strange just beyond the light.
You came to Rail Cove for a fresh start. What you got was a pastry box containing the Kuroda family’s missing ledger.
Now the café owner is worried, the neighbors are being unusually helpful, and a very cheerful man would like his box back.
First, though. Would you like a coffee?
An artist, a florist, a café owner. Someone worth staying for might be just around the corner.
Ask one more question. Keep a small promise. Decide what to do with the things people leave in your care.
A family with excellent manners. A town with selective memory. Your first chapter can end more than one way.
Three paths to something more.
A whole town worth getting to know.
Paint on her sleeves. A joke at exactly the wrong moment. Maya notices the things you almost forgot to look for.
“I’d like to see what you notice.”
Find her sketchbook, stay for an art session, and make room for the work she isn’t quite ready to show anyone.
A dry sense of humor and a shop full of second chances. Aoi makes room for everyone. Asking you to stay is harder.
“Some things take their time to bloom.”
Help at Petal & Post, walk through the park, and discover why she keeps a second chair by the window.
He remembers everyone’s usual and forgets his own lunch. Ren makes belonging look easy. It isn’t always.
“You don’t need a reason to take a seat.”
Share the morning rush, help after closing, and be the person who finally makes him a cup of coffee.
Let a friendship become a romance, or let it stay a friendship. Some choices deserve time.
There’s a life here between the plot twists.
Make a good coffee. Miss the last train.
See who’s still awake.
Learn someone’s usual. Survive the lunch rush. Stay after closing.
A friendly rivalry. One more try.
Collect little treasures. Watch for unlikely lights.
The next train can wait.
There’s someone you haven’t met yet.
The alpha is open and free to play. Chapter One is playable now in your browser. Create an account to keep your progress.
Chapter One: the café, the misplaced ledger, and first chapters with Maya, Aoi and Ren, plus three mini-games. It’s free to play in a web browser with an internet connection. As an alpha, it’s still changing, and you may find rough edges.
Yes. Your account keeps your choices, relationships and inventory. Sign back in to continue where you left off.
No. Maya, Aoi and Ren each have a romance path, but getting closer is your choice. The rest of the cast have friendships, rivalries and secrets of their own.
Web AI chat is Coming soon. Once you’ve verified your email and chosen a character’s romance route, you can connect your own local AI agent, such as Codex, Claude Desktop or Hermes, for up to 10 messages a day. Your agent writes the replies; it can’t change your save, award items or skip story milestones.
Not during the alpha. Purchases are Coming soon. Hearts are earned through play and can’t be bought, and money can’t buy relationship milestones.
Mostly the neighbors. Sometimes a bell rings when it shouldn’t, or a light appears over the water. Bring someone along. They may see it differently.
More questions? The help page has a getting-started guide, gameplay videos and answers, or email support@railcove.com.
