Frostpunk
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
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Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Frostpunk 2 is a strategy, city builder and survival game
developed and published by 11 bit studios.
Released on September 20th 2024 is available on Windows, MacOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 21,628 reviews of which 16,477 were positive and 5,151 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 44.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.38€ on Eneba.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5-8400
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD RX 550 4 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti 4 GB VRAM / INTEL ARC A310 4GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required.
MacOS
- Requires an Apple processor
- OS: macOS 14.5
- Processor: Apple M1
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Apple M1
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Min specs can run the game on very low to low settings.
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If Frostpunk 2 wasn't named Frostpunk 2, I would disagree with anybody trying to compare them. Do not be fooled. This is not a sequel. It's a spin off. Lore wise, it's a main series game, but the gameplay is entirely different. Superficially, you can clearly see the adaptation of 1's mechanics into 2's system, but they're fundamentally different. To be clear. This is not a bad thing. In a perfect world, this would be fairly normal to see. But it's not. The standard recipe for a sequel is to modernize and tweak the mechanics from the first game, and give you a new story to play with. Borderlands, Hitman, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ any sports game. But this is not that. I've rambled for a bit, but here's what I actually think about the game. It's a good game for the genre. The classic juggling of supplies is well made. The faction system feels fun and engaging. Arranging districts to coil around each other as to make them heat each other and be all close enough to the same hubs is fun. The lore is cool, the art is cool, the story is cool. It is made by competent people. However. The base game only has one scenario, and the endless mode feels stale without the Fractured Utopias DLC. The foundation is on par, or even better, than Frostpunk 1, but there's way less stuff built on top of it. I preordered, and it felt unfinished on launch, but it still needs about four more scenarios to really even compare to the state of Frostpunk 1. They have tried to do that in the endless mode, but the frostland feels the same everytime. Which I cannot say about the Frostpunk 1 scenarios. It is a 7/10 game. It has the bones of an 8.7 game (lower without Fractured Utopias), but there's not much meat to eat. Just for reference, Frostpunk 1 is a 9.3.
Where the first game emphasized immediate life-or-death decisions, Frostpunk 2 explores the complexities of long-term governance, ideology, resource management, and societal conflict. The result is a deeper and more ambitious experience, though one that may not appeal to everyone who loved the original. The core gameplay revolves around expanding districts, managing resources, researching technologies, and balancing the demands of competing factions. Unlike the first game, where citizens largely followed your decrees, society now actively pushes back. Few games create atmosphere as effectively as Frostpunk 2 . The frozen wasteland remains beautiful and terrifying, with massive storms, endless snowfields, and towering industrial structures dominating the landscape. The narrative focuses on humanity's transition from mere survival to civilization-building. Questions about progress, equality, authority, and technological advancement are woven naturally into gameplay decisions. Rather than presenting simple moral dilemmas, the game frequently forces players to choose between multiple imperfect solutions. The writing is excellent, and the evolving political landscape makes each campaign feel unique. The visual presentation is stunning. Cities feel enormous, alive, and constantly threatened by the harsh climate. Detailed lighting effects and weather systems create an oppressive atmosphere that perfectly complements the game's themes. Frostpunk 2 successfully expands nearly every aspect of its predecessor. Instead of repeating the original formula, it transforms the series into a sophisticated political city-builder where governing people is often harder than surviving the cold itself. Players seeking deep strategy, meaningful decision-making, and a richly atmospheric setting will find one of the strongest city-building games of recent years. Those expecting a straightforward continuation of the first game's survival mechanics may need time to adjust, but the ambition and execution are difficult to ignore. A compelling and intelligent evolution of the Frostpunk formula that turns survival into a battle of politics, ideology, and the future of civilization. 9/10 DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | GOOD | GREAT | AMAZING | MASTERPIECE Reviewed on: Win11 Home 64-bit, Intel i5-11600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB PRIME, 32GB DDR4-3600 RAM, 2 x Kingston NV1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, Internet Broadband 1000/1000 Mbit If you like this review, then please consider giving it a thumbs up. I've also reviewed other games that you might find interesting. If so please follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27418263/] Top of the Chart.
Frostpunk 2 is a really good game and it is a shame that the game gets alot of hate for not just being Frostpunk+ instead of being its own game with a completely different theme/story and gameplay. Like the first game your first full playthrough of the main story is going to be a really well polished and challenging experience that will be worth replaying lots of times. It really is a worthy continuation of the series. Some really hate that Frostpunk 2 zooms out from the individual struggles of everyday people and abstracts them into statistics, laws and modifiers. However, that is kindof the point. When people talk about politics that is what they tend to do and this game is a politics game. Its a game about the individual experience getting lost in politics and polarization and the the laws themselves shaping a society. You are put in a position where people are just a resource and you can decide if great leaders are supposed to hold that mindset. One thing that Frostpunk 2 does better than the first game is replayability. Both its main story and endless mode have a lot of different options and strategies. Depending on your decisions in the prologue or Endless mode's settings you can have different factions available in a playthrough with radically different values that appeal to different interest groups. Committing to one factions ideology or trying to build a city based on compromise will be a completely different challenge with different factions available. The story will also be different. In one playthrough the old captains loyalists the Stalwarts are simply people who wish to protect the city with a better generator and use machines to fix problems. In a more extremist playthrough the Stalwarts become fanatics who dream of returning to a world where they can walk around outside without a jacket. Thats just one faction.
I loved the first Frostpunk. So when I acquired Frostpunk 2, my first reaction was very mild. I tried it a couple hours and quit. Then I came back 5 months later, and I can't stop playing. Yes the level of control is less micro, here we step at a much higher level of a nation building with one central city cannibalizing all possible resources. My tip for former players of Frostpunk: get away from it for a few months, then try Frostpunk 2, you'll adopt it with the same fervor you had for the first one.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frostpunk 2 is currently priced at 44.99€ on Steam.
No, Frostpunk 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 44.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 received 16,477 positive votes out of a total of 21,628 achieving a rating of 7.49.
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Frostpunk 2 was developed and published by 11 bit studios.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
No, Frostpunk 2 is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Frostpunk 2 does not support VR.
Frostpunk 2 is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Frostpunk 2. Explore additional content available for Frostpunk 2 on Steam.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Frostpunk 2 does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Frostpunk 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Frostpunk 2.
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