Frostpunk 2

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

11 bit studios · Released Sep 20, 2024

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 75% of 27K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 72% of 150 in 30 days
Playing now: 551; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 months ago; Jul 2, 2026

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

75% of 27,140 reviews are positive · 72% of 150 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Frostpunk 2 system requirements

As published by the developer.

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.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 79
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, Simplified Chinese. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian.