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Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
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Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
Frozen State is a survival, rpg and horror game
developed by Flox Studios
and published by Flox Studios .
Released on August 05th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 2 languages: English and Russian.
It has received 514 reviews of which 324 were positive and 190 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 3.59€ on Steam with a 70% discount.
The Steam community has classified Frozen State into these genres:
Survival
RPG
Horror
Zombies
Top-Down
Crafting
Action
Open World Survival Craft
Survival Horror
Open World
Exploration
Indie
Isometric
Resource Management
Sandbox
Stealth
Singleplayer
Inventory Management
Adventure
Post-apocalyptic
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| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| Russian |
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Windows
- OS *: Windows Vista
- Processor: 2.4 Ghz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 9800M GTS or Radeon HD 6770M
- Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.8
- Processor: 2.4 Ghz Core i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04
- Processor: 2.4 Ghz Core i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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A complex and unforgiving survival horror game with a pretty sophisticated crafting system, huge loot diversity and interesting horror setting. However, some serious gameplay flaws related to the awkward camera controls and clunky melee combat mechanics can make the game unnecessarily difficult at some moments. "Large open world" as stated in the official description is a little misleading because the province where you are placed in is in fact divided into a rather small self-contained and procedurally generated locations which are accessible only via fast travel map or special transit zones which initiate new level loading when you enter them (just like in Fallout 1 and 2), One aspect I personally highly dislike here is the lack of any character appearance customisation - it doesn't matter you're wearing a warm coat and ushanka or a light jacket with gasmask and backpack equipped, you always look the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ same ! :< . I don't have to even tell this one alone makes the game look totally unbaked despite of the fact it already has left the Early Access. However despite all mentioned critical flaws I still recommend this title while discounted mainly because it has a great post-apocalyptic atmosphere in wintery scenery and really terrifying otherworldly foes. If you are S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and Carpenter "The Thing" movie fan then you should feel at home while playing "Frozen State". Overall rating: 6/10
The survival in this game is proly the most realistic survival I've played and the most difficult. The controls are a little awkward. The movement and mouse control is the same as a FPS but in semi-top down view which makes controlling your character a little awkward and difficult which takes some getting used to. It would be much better if it were in FP view as woiuld the immersement imo. Everything is random and scarce. Enemy aliens are tough. Finding guns or rifles with ammo is great but use them only when you have to as you'll be luck if find more or any resources to make more of either, since the weapons wear out. Without bandages, enough anti-poison, and ranged weapons, avoid enemies at any cost. They will seek you out if they hear you. If you can't fidght one and it starts chasing you , lose them or run out of the area. If the enemies don't kill you via poisoning or bleeding, the cold or lack of food/drink WILL. Trying to catch animals for meat is useless without a ranged weapon. Good luck finding what you need to to get clean water from snow. Gas cans are almost everywhere but none of the vehicles run unless you manage to find one and the gas cans are heavy, so you can hardly carry one with everything else you'll collect by the time you find a vehicle. TL/DR: This game is unforgiving. So far, I've survived for 1 day I think, unlike some others. I decided to try this game because it sounded hard. I had no idea but I haven't opted for a refund yet either. Why? Because, it's not boring or stupid but a challenge.
At first, it was quite challenging to survive in the cold, harsh winter of Siberia. From hunger to thirst, I was searching for better weapons, armor, and loot while avoid/sneaking by mutants(can get pretty tense). Weapon ammo is scarce in the beginning so avoiding enemies is probably best. Had to move out of my safe house so I can travel farther into the randomly-generated, open-world map without wasting any more resources. From there, it wasn't as hard as before but still alot to do and explore. Character level-up is included. Crafting is very useful too. I can build my own wooden cabin with torches all around and a workbench to craft even more stuff. Sorry, no hand-holding here but you can use the ingame manual or actually die/learn like I did. The atmosphere makes me feel like I'm in The Thing (1982), which is one of my favorite horror movie. This game kinda reminds me of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games with the hard difficulties, creepiness, and loot except S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is more polished obviously. EDIT: Love how some of the negative reviews say this game is too hard... This game is one of my fav indie games for sure. Not everyones cup of tea. Tip: Alt -F4 if you're about to die lol and play on normal so you can respawn
Really interesting game so far! Something to know is that the game world is made of individual areas that are randomly scattered on a large world map. You simply fast-travel between areas on the world map, but once you reach an area you can explore it with your character. It's similar to games like Fallout 2 or Dead State. Combat is in real time, hack-and-slash style, but it's supposed to be a last resort. As far as I can tell, using stealth to avoid enemies is far more viable. Fighting only gets you hurt and makes you waste supplies, although you can find helpful loot on enemies. + The scavenging aspect of the game is really interesting. You'll have to thoroughly explore various locations to find stuff you need. The different locations are very nice and well-detailed, and quite large too. No two areas feel the same, and every element of the map has it's place and a purpose. There's also some hidden areas that you won't notice unless you pay attention when you explore. Searchable containers can only be highlighted with your mouse when you are very close to them, so you'll need to really search around for stuff and you won't immediately see everything that is searchable at a glance as soon as you enter a room. There's also a lot of locked doors that you can open in different ways, which adds some obstacles to your exploration and keeps you active. You'll also need to avoid the mutants as much as you can, which adds challenge to your scavenging. You can't just kill all the enemies in a building and then search it peacefully, you'll have to use stealth and be careful not to get caught. Finally, you'll need to plan your scavenging runs carefully. Make sure you pack enough gear with you, but don't take too much either or you won't be able to bring a lot of stuff back with you. You have to consider how far you are going, what you want to bring back with you, and what supplies you will be able to find or craft at your destination. If you're exploring a forest, you probably don't need to bring a lot of firewood and food with you. + Crafting is important. You can find a lot of stuff by scavenging, but you won't always get everything you need. To acquire the stuff that scavenging doesn't give you, you need to craft and cook. A handmade axe, bandages, clean water... Crafting isn't just an option in this game. When you get back to your camp after exploring another area, you need to start crafting the stuff that you need before you go out again. + The mutants are cool. They're creepy (as well as their names) and there's a bunch of different types. The models are also well detailed if you look closely, they have all sorts of unsettling physical attributes. They really make you wonder what exactly could have caused them to look that way. They really make you curious about the backstory, and I hope the game reveals lots of information about the mutation. + The survival aspect of the game is well developed. You have to watch your body temperature, your hunger and thirst, and various health attributes (poison, bleeding, burns, fractures...). You have to craft items to keep you alive and you even have to clean your water or make sure your food isn't contaminated. If you're a beginner don't worry, on normal difficulty the survival aspect is not too hard to manage. But it is a survival game, so you need to pay attention to these things and you can't simply ignore them. + If you die on normal difficulty, you can restart from the beginning of the area so you won't lose all your progress. To keep things challenging, the area also resets: monsters, searchable containers and items all change. There's permanent death on harder difficulties. + You develop your character's skills by finding a special medication. It's an interesting mechanic, you find the drug randomly by exploring or looting enemies. So obviously the more you fight or explore, the more likely you are to find that drug, but there's still a randomness element to it. + There are vehicles to help you move around and carry more things. They need fuel though. + Hunting wild animals is an option for surviving, but you probably can't survive solely on this. It's a good way to find food and animal pelts to craft clothing with. + Can't say I've noticed any bugs. There are probably a few, but so far I haven't seen any. The devs must really have worked hard to clean them. - The movement mechanic takes some getting used to. Your character seems slow to respond sometimes. It can be frustrating in the begnning if you try playing this game like a hack-and-slash, but it's fine once you realize that this isn't how the game is meant to be played. You're supposed to move stealthily, and melee fighting should only be a last resort. Also you're supposed to be really cold most of the time, and in real life that does make your reaction time slower. If your character had the reflexes of a ninja, combat would be far too easy and you would just slaughter monsters with no trouble. So the movement mechanic is not so bad, you have to get used to it and it can be a bit annoying at first, but after a few hours it's not really noticeable and overall it helps the game. Overall, I'd recommend this game to anyone who enjoys survival or scavenging games with horror elements. I'm actually surprised it isn't more popular, because despite minor flaws it has a lot going for it. Make sure you give it a few hours to convince you!
Frozen State is one of those games with many flaws that you keep playing anyway. Currently it's one of those '6/10' titles that could be much better, that you won't suggest to many people, but fans of the genre and setting ('Fallout in Syberia') will have some good time playing it anyway. Now to details. The core of the game is sustaining life (usual parameters plus temperature), which is satisfying and not so hard. All while looting stuff and progressing with items and attributes. All that happens very slow and in my opininon should be slightly faster. It's easy to get killed there so if it had no checkpoints I'd quit that game right away. First hours into the game I wouldn't even try to kill anyone - first, there's no interesting enough loot from mobs, second - it's not resource effective, you'll spend to much time licking your wounds. So for a few hours it's an ok stealth and grind game. And I actually like the part where you pick your own fights and learn to avoid dangerous enemies, as many modern games walk you by hand through safe zones and quests. So in the end Frozen State gives you this tingling feeling 'oh you wait big zombie, I know what I need for my next big gun and I'm coming for you right away... like in another 5 hours of gameplay'. Even though the game is not expensive, I have big concerns about it being ready to release very soon - as it says version 0.99. If I weren't invested 'stop being Early Access for 5 years' movement I'd say this game needs another 6 months to release. Looks of the game are ok, nothing special, not ugly, not beautiful. Items and crafting are ok, I've seen better, I've seen worse. I have mixed feelings about controls and character behaviour, I think it's somewhat clumsy, hard to control, not quite responsive. The interface is mediocre: you can't see the exits on the map and the marker is so small that you can barely guess the direction you are going. Gun play is ok, it feels more like a half-baked real-time tactics battle. Melee weapons are underwhelming, ranged combat is 'click to shoot from the safe distance, go back, rinse, reload and repeat' - that was my crossbow tactics. Another concern is that I could wish something more substantial than mindless RND grinding to pass the main quest. Now you may I ask why it's thumbs up? First of all, I may have a soft spot for 'Fallout'-like worlds and survival progression. Another thing is that there's plenty of negative reviews already and I'm trying to balance it a bit. There are small things that are interesting, like at night you literally can't see anything without flashlight (and battaries), so unlike in real life you have to sleep at night. Another thing - you have to find and equip the thermometer to get the temperature GUI. Another thing done right (for me) is that life sustaining is neither punishing nor burdening, so you have plenty of time for looting and discovering. For instance, there's Subterrain, which is better and more intriguing on all levels, but I don't like being punished, I want to cherish the new backpack I've almost died for and I want to bring it home and save there. You should pass if you are not a big fan of survival games. You should also pass if it's released as is without substantial time taken to polish it and add more meaningful content. Buy with discounts and when you played them (Wasteland, State of Decay etc) all already and missing these vibes. On several occasions, when dealing with one or another glitch (like disappearing corpse), I was hesitant about recommending this game at all, but now I settle on cheering up the developer so that they don't give up on game.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frozen State is currently priced at 3.59€ on Steam.
Yes, Frozen State is currently available at a 70% discount. You can purchase it for 3.59€ on Steam.
Yes, Frozen State received 324 positive votes out of a total of 514 achieving a rating of 6.10.
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Frozen State was developed by Flox Studios and published by Flox Studios .
Yes, Frozen State is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Frozen State is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Frozen State is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Frozen State 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, Frozen State 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, Frozen State does not support VR.
Frozen State is a single-player game.
No, Frozen State does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Frozen State does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Frozen State does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Frozen State 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.
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Flox Studios
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Flox Studios
Release
05 Aug 2016
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