Platforms
- PCSep 20, 20248.1playscore8.567 Critics7.527.8K Players
- PlayStation 5Sep 18, 2025NAplayscore8.010 CriticsNA0 Players
- Xbox Series X|SSep 18, 2025NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
82 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- While it'll never be optimal playing a dense city-building game on a console, Frostpunk 2 is the latest example that it can be done well.
Tyler Treese · Oct 07, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Frostpunk 2 is a brutal, beautiful, and unforgiving city-building game that builds on everything its predecessor did. It's fun for strategists, but challenging for beginners.
Sarwar Ron · Sep 30, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - 3.3 Beaucracy Punk Frostpunk is a story of those lonely few gathering together to weather the frozen tundra of an apocalyptic winter.
· Sep 26, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Frostpunk 2's console port isn't perfect, but this expansive city-builder is worth experiencing however you can.
· Sep 24, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Frostpunk 2's intricate city-building and immersive storyline overcome the challenges of bringing a strategy game from PC to consoles.
· Sep 18, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Frostpunk 2 is a beautiful, honest depiction of how far humanity can go when survival is the only ambition.
· Sep 18, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Frostpunk 2 remains one of the most compelling city builders and survival games in recent memory, and it's survived the transition to console in remarkably strong form.
Dom Leighton · Sep 17, 2025 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - In the end, Frostpunk 2 offers a deeply engaging experience that’s both thought-provoking and chilling. The political dynamics, resource challenges, and constant sense of survival make it unique among city-builders. I’d recommend this game to anyone looking for a story-rich, morally challenging experience. Just be prepared: Frostpunk 2 will test not only your strategy skills but also your emotional resilience.
Tom Henry · Nov 06, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The risk of too much-simulated suffering is that the most challenging decisions can leave you feeling emotionally detached, as the end often justifies the means. This dynamic makes Frostpunk 2 a unique experience where you can never truly be the ‘good guy,’ only ‘less bad.’ It’s better to play this in short bursts, as it will keep you from becoming emotionally numb to all the suffering in Frostpunk 2.
Pieter Jasper · Oct 09, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - Frostpunk 2 blends classic city development ideas with an interesting take on political horse-trading. The need to secure votes will push player outside of their comfort zone. I like the extra tension, but the two sides of the game sometimes feel disconnected from one another, especially when factions act irrationally as the survival of New London is in play. 11 bit studios has taken a risk by creating a sequel that is too different in terms of mechanics for some fans of the original. Frostpunk 2 isn’t as personal or granular but the political aspect is a good innovation and enhances the more traditional exploration and city building.
Cosmin Vasile · Oct 03, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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About the game
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Visit the Frostland 30 years after the Great Storm and face a new deadly threat to your City’s future – human nature. Build your City on a new scale by creating entire districts with different purposes: industrial, scientific, etc. Make sure that all parts of the City work in unison with each other like cogs of a giant, resource-hungry machine.
Erect The Council building where you’ll forge laws of the growing metropolis as well navigate between different factions and their ideas for the future. Make decisions about your City’s progress, face their outcomes, and above all keep the City safe from the consequences of internal unrest.
THE FROST NEVER ENDS
The game takes place 30 years after the apocalyptic blizzard that has taken place in Frostpunk. Earth is still overwhelmed by the neverending frost and harsh, icy climate. You play as the leader of a resource-hungry metropolis where expansion and internal conflicts are an unavoidable reality. It’s up to you to make decisions about your City’s future and face their consequences.
In Frostpunk 2 you can build your City on a new scale by creating entire districts with different purposes. Make sure that all parts of the City work well together as well as research technologies that will set the direction for your citizens’ progress.
THE CITY MUST NOT FALL
“Frostpunk 2 is still a game about the City and its society,” states Jakub Stokalski, game Co-Director and Design Director at 11 bit studios.
“But inner turmoils, sparked by rising social differences, mean that players will be facing new kinds of threats. We use a post-apocalyptic setup to tell a meaningful story about human ambition. Because ultimately, what can end us is not nature itself – it’s human nature.”
NAVIGATE BETWEEN FACTIONS AS A STEWARD
As the City grows, creating and passing new laws becomes a more complex matter. The people slowly divide into factions with different, often contradictory visions of the future.
The Council is a place where these ideas clash, sometimes violently. It’s your role as a Steward to ensure that the city will not fall because of those conflicts. Manage emerging crises while at the same time steering humanity towards a new destiny.
Developer: 11 Bit Studios