Simulation · September 20, 2024

Frostpunk 2 (2024)

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Frostpunk 2 elevates the city-survival genre to a new level. Take the role of a Steward and lead your city through a cascade of calamities taking place in a postapocalyptic, snowy setting. Build large city districts with their string of endless needs and demands. Navigate through conflicting interests of factions that populate your metropolis. As the needs of the city grow and factional power at its core rises, only you can steer the society towards an uncertain future. The world is overtaken by an ever present winter, which makes expansion of the city the only way for the survival of mankind. In order to grow, the metropolis needs resources like coal and oil, just like its citizens require food and warmth. In Frostpunk 2, it's your job to tackle this never ending circle of supply and demand. The number of your citizens steadily grows, making the task of governing them and satisfying their demands all the more challenging. As the Steward you will have to maneuver carefully across the interests of many groups inhabiting the city. People of your city want to have a voice in how you run things. Each faction has its own ideology and ideas for the future, yet they also have one thing in common - insatiable thirst for power. Choose your allies in the Council Hall wisely. Make tough life-and-death decisions as you allocate heat across your city, supported by new research topics and heat-oriented laws. Choose districts that need the most warmth with the help of the Heat Management system with a detailed temperature overlay. The story of Frostpunk 2 introduces a multi-chapter saga set in the frozen wastes. Spanning across the life of the Steward this campaign lets you feel the burden of leadership as you take the responsibility for thousands of lives. At the same time, the sandbox mode called Utopia Builder with infinite play time leaves you room for boundless social and infrastructural experiments. Frostpunk 2 comes with a comprehensive and versatile modding tool. FrostKit will let you create your own maps, models, and scenarios inside the game. Now, only your imagination can limit the destination your city is heading to!

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Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume21.6k Steam reviewsTop 23% in Simulation
Positive rating76% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 69%
Metacritic85/100Genre average 75 — top 18% of Simulation titles
Concurrent peak525 playersTop 26% in Simulation by live player count
Engagement hours17 h averageTop 59% for session depth among Simulation

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 274
  • City Builder · 270
  • Survival · 248
  • Resource Management · 216
  • Post-apocalyptic · 179
  • Simulation · 126
  • Singleplayer · 121
  • Steampunk · 99
  • Sequel · 80
  • Management · 76
  • Atmospheric · 72
  • Base-Building · 68
  • Choices Matter · 66
  • Political Sim · 56
  • Great Soundtrack · 55

Peer Simulation titles

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up
  • Turkish

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Ukrainian

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Adjustable Text Size
  • Adjustable Difficulty

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Other

  • Single-player
  • Save Anytime

Reception Metrics

Steam community

76%Mostly Positive · 21.6k reviews

16.4k positive · 5.2k negative

Metacritic

85/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

18.6k

Peak concurrent players

525

Press Quotes

“Frostpunk 2 is the most engrossing city builder I've played since the first.” 9/10 – GamesRadar “A sequel that takes the thrilling cold-survival city-building heart of Frostpunk and evolves it in every way.” 5/5 – Eurogamer “Frostpunk 2 pushes the boundaries on what a city-building game and a survival experience can be.” 9/10 – Windows Central

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

17h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

9h

Current engagement

Achievements

71

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 20, 2024
Developer11 bit studios
Base price$26.99 -40%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

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Content Notes

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Nudity, Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

Editions & Packages

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