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Frostpunk 2

11 bit studios · 2024-09-20

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 18, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 20, 2024 (Mac)

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Frostpunk 2 is a $44.99 Simulation and Strategy game released in 2024, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 27083 reviews).

561
playing now
75%
positive of 27k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
5.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
37
Nexus mods (70k downloads)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (1,227 ratings)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 93% recommend · from 121 critics
21h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 63h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$44.99
steam price (US)

561 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Frostpunk 2 is a city-building survival video game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. Set 30 years after the original game, Frostpunk 2 tasks players to take on the role of a leader in an alternate history early 20th century in order to build and manage a city during a catastrophic, worldwide volcanic winter that almost completely destroyed human civilization while making morally and politically controversial choices to ensure its survival. The game was released for macOS and Windows PC on September 20, 2024, with a later release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S on September 18, 2025.

Trailer

Frostpunk 2 trailer thumbnail

Frostpunk 2 | Launch Trailer

≈394,746 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 561 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 624 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity up 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,552 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 547k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,336 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.03 at GameBillet (2026-04-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 132 of 167 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.5k5.5k20242026Week of 2024-09-20: 5,515 positiveWeek of 2024-09-20: 2,037 negativeWeek of 2024-09-27: 1,454 positiveWeek of 2024-09-27: 497 negativeWeek of 2024-10-04: 578 positiveWeek of 2024-10-04: 225 negativeWeek of 2024-10-11: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-10-11: 146 negativeWeek of 2024-10-18: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-10-18: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-10-25: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-10-25: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 723 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 233 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k3662026-09-15 12:00 — 622 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 664 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 401 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 841 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 961 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 425 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 524 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 749 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 488 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 846 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 796 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 445 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 437 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 788 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 753 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 494 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 815 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 681 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 486 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 885 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 866 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 442 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 561 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k426Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 2,838 · peak 7,956Nov 2024 — avg 1,065 · peak 2,567Dec 2024 — avg 1,265 · peak 2,394Jan 2025 — avg 884 · peak 1,998Feb 2025 — avg 564 · peak 1,351Mar 2025 — avg 531 · peak 1,237Apr 2025 — avg 426 · peak 934May 2025 — avg 1,084 · peak 2,838Jun 2025 — avg 548 · peak 1,260Jul 2025 — avg 514 · peak 900Aug 2025 — avg 447 · peak 831Sep 2025 — avg 491 · peak 1,093Oct 2025 — avg 475 · peak 1,105Nov 2025 — avg 515 · peak 1,118Dec 2025 — avg 1,301 · peak 3,189Jan 2026 — avg 895 · peak 1,754Feb 2026 — avg 623 · peak 1,429Mar 2026 — avg 546 · peak 985Apr 2026 — avg 900 · peak 2,253May 2026 — avg 494 · peak 959Jun 2026 — avg 844 · peak 3,319Jul 2026 — avg 878 · peak 2,195Aug 2026 — avg 554 · peak 1,147
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
42422026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 42 new positive2026-09-21: 12 new negative2026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$15.222022-06-102026-08-182022-06-10 — best price $99.992024-09-20 — best price $35.592024-10-06 — best price $44.992024-11-02 — best price $31.492024-11-28 — best price $30.232024-12-16 — best price $26.992025-01-05 — best price $33.062025-01-22 — best price $44.992025-02-08 — best price $27.992025-03-10 — best price $44.992025-03-26 — best price $31.492025-04-08 — best price $44.992025-04-22 — best price $31.492025-05-15 — best price $31.492025-06-03 — best price $33.062025-06-28 — best price $21.562025-07-15 — best price $24.062025-07-31 — best price $29.242025-08-21 — best price $22.432025-09-08 — best price $32.292025-10-01 — best price $25.492025-10-18 — best price $29.242025-11-04 — best price $44.992025-11-21 — best price $20.302025-12-06 — best price $44.992025-12-22 — best price $18.572026-01-13 — best price $37.322026-02-01 — best price $20.992026-03-03 — best price $26.992026-03-25 — best price $44.542026-04-10 — best price $16.712026-04-27 — best price $17.752026-05-20 — best price $19.982026-06-10 — best price $22.502026-06-25 — best price $17.502026-07-14 — best price $37.912026-07-30 — best price $44.992026-08-13 — best price $17.782026-08-18 — best price $18.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

463802026-05-17 — 122 pageviews2026-05-21 — 111 pageviews2026-05-25 — 118 pageviews2026-05-29 — 110 pageviews2026-06-02 — 153 pageviews2026-06-06 — 126 pageviews2026-06-10 — 113 pageviews2026-06-14 — 124 pageviews2026-06-18 — 104 pageviews2026-06-22 — 130 pageviews2026-06-26 — 209 pageviews2026-06-30 — 206 pageviews2026-07-04 — 177 pageviews2026-07-08 — 160 pageviews2026-07-12 — 163 pageviews2026-07-16 — 140 pageviews2026-07-20 — 137 pageviews2026-07-24 — 144 pageviews2026-07-28 — 158 pageviews2026-08-01 — 101 pageviews2026-08-05 — 118 pageviews2026-08-09 — 127 pageviews2026-08-13 — 80 pageviews2026-08-17 — 118 pageviews2026-08-21 — 123 pageviews2026-08-25 — 104 pageviews2026-08-29 — 116 pageviews2026-09-02 — 176 pageviews2026-09-06 — 149 pageviews2026-09-10 — 110 pageviews2026-09-14 — 131 pageviews2026-09-18 — 111 pageviews2026-09-22 — 162 pageviews2026-09-26 — 115 pageviews2026-09-30 — 113 pageviews2026-10-04 — 204 pageviews2026-10-08 — 126 pageviews2026-10-12 — 147 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

36902026-10-01 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 369 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 336 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "The End is Just the Beginning"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-09-20, latest 2026-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1210%79
Windows (Xbox)4,9810%79
PS5 (PlayStation)5211%80

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SequelStrategySurvivalSteampunkManagementSimulationAtmosphericCity BuilderSingleplayerBase-Building

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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