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Frostpunk: Victorian Edition

Frostpunk is a city-building survival game developed and published by 11 bit studios. Players take on the role of a leader in an alternate-history late 19th century, in which they must build and maintain a…

31 December 2018

Frostpunk: Victorian Edition is a simulator developed by 11 bit studios, released 31 December 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Frostpunk: Victorian Edition is

Frostpunk: Victorian Edition is a simulator game developed by 11 bit studios and released in 2018. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Liquid Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is set in an alternate 1886 where the eruptions of Krakatoa and Mount Tambora, the dimming of the Sun, and other unknown factors caused a worldwide volcanic winter. This in turn led to widespread crop failure and the death of millions. This event roughly lines up with the historical 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, a volcanic event that led to global cooling. In response to this, several installations called "generators" were built by the British Empire and the United States in the coal-rich North, designed to be city centers in the event that dropping temperatures force mass migration from the south. In all scenarios, the player is the leader of a city around a generator, and will have…
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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.

What it launched against

Frostpunk: Victorian Edition launched on 31 December 2018, within three weeks of Gris, Dusk, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and Judgment.

Released around the same time: Gris, Dusk, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Judgment.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Frostpunk: Victorian Edition come out?
Frostpunk: Victorian Edition was released on 31 December 2018 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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