Frostpunk 2
Frostpunk 2 is the sequel to the highly acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated society survival game. The age of steam has passed and now, oil leads the way as humanity’s newest salvation. However, with new threats on the…
Frostpunk 2 is an indie developed by 11 bit studios, released 20 September 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $17.98 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 21 hrs to finish.
What Frostpunk 2 is
Frostpunk 2 is an indie game developed by 11 bit studios and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Frostpunk 2 is the sequel to the highly acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated society survival game that blended city building, strategy and management gameplay, creating a brand new genre. Its successor takes place 30 years after the apocalyptic blizzard storm, and Earth is still overwhelmed by the icy climate of neverending frost and harsh weather. You play as the leader of a resource-hungry metropolis where the expansion and search for new sources of power is an unavoidable reality. After the age of coal, conquering Frostland for the oil extraction industry is expected to be the new salvation of what’s left of humanity. However, change does not come easily, and not everyone in this new…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 79 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Frostpunk 2 holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 62.5 hrs, roughly 3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $17.98, that works out to about $0.86 per hour of the main story, or $0.29 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5-8400, 8 GB RAM and AMD RX 550 4 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti 4 GB VRAM / INTEL ARC A310 4GB VRAM. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $17.98 at Gamesplanet, 60% below its usual price. Across the 10 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $44.99 — a spread of $27.01 for an identical product. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Indonesia is the cheapest region we track at Rp 338,999 (about $18.78), while United Kingdom pays £37.99 — 2.7 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 20 on Steam, which is about $19.99.
What it launched against
Frostpunk 2 launched on 20 September 2024, within three weeks of Star Wars Outlaws, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Astro Bot. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Outlaws, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Frostpunk 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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