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Frostpunk 2

Post-apocalyptic city builder focused on survival, resources, and faction politics

11 bit studios · Released Sep 20, 2024

SimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
73% of 22K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
71% of 172 in 30 days
Players
823
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
4 months ago
Jul 3, 2026
Minimum PC
RX 550
8 GB RAM · 30 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)

What is Frostpunk 2?

A single-player city-building strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world locked in winter. As the Steward, you expand districts, manage heat and resources, research technologies, pass laws, and balance rival factions through a multi-chapter campaign or the open-ended Utopia Builder sandbox.

For you if...

  • +you prefer large-scale district planning over individual worker management
  • +you enjoy balancing scarce resources and competing political factions
  • +you want both a campaign and open-ended sandbox play

Not for you if...

  • −you want hands-on control of individual citizens and buildings
  • −you prefer survival tension over macro-scale political management

What players say

73% of 21,729 reviews are positive · 71% of 172 in the last 30 days

Players praise the larger-scale district planning and political balancing between factions. The most common complaint is that this macro focus feels detached and repetitive, with less hands-on city management and immediate survival tension than the first game.

Players over time

▲ +12% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 823 players on Nov 7, 2026.

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Oct 28, 2026388
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Oct 23, 2026382
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Oct 20, 2026359
Oct 18, 2026526
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Oct 11, 2026554
Oct 10, 2026459
Oct 9, 2026472
Oct 8, 2026423
Oct 7, 2026505
Oct 6, 2026538
Oct 4, 2026545
Oct 3, 2026509
Oct 2, 2026440
Oct 1, 2026493
Sep 30, 2026434
Sep 29, 2026477
Sep 27, 2026549
Sep 26, 2026500
Sep 25, 2026472
Sep 24, 2026448
Sep 23, 2026551
Sep 23, 2026428
Sep 22, 2026426
Sep 21, 2026800

How many players finish Frostpunk 2?

28% of Steam players have unlocked «The Ambitions of New London», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Frostpunk 2 screenshot 1

Frostpunk 2 system requirements

Minimum: RX 550, 8 GB RAM, 30 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5-8400
Graphics
AMD RX 550 4 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti 4 GB VRAM / INTEL ARC A310 4GB VRAM
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
SSD required.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 3700x / Intel Core i7-10700
Graphics
AMD RX 5700 8 GB VRAM / NVIDIA 2060 Super RTX 8 GB VRAM / INTEL ARC A770 8GB VRAM
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
SSD required.

Does Frostpunk 2 have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Frostpunk 2 run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
79
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, Simplified Chinese. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian.

Does Frostpunk 2 use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

3 DLC available.

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