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Frostpunk cover art

Frostpunk

11 bit studios · 2018-04-24

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2019 (Xbox One), Apr 24, 2018 (Mac), Oct 11, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Frostpunk is a 2018 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (93% of 137405 reviews) sentiment.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1,662
playing now
93%
positive of 138k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
3.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (425 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (6.3k downloads)
4.59★
PlayStation Store rating (6,660 ratings)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 92% recommend · from 105 critics
38h
to beat · rushed 5.5h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,662 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Frostpunk is a 2018 city-building survival video game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. Players take on the role of a leader in an alternate history set in the late 19th century, in which they must build and maintain a city during an apocalyptic global winter. The player manages resources, makes choices on how to survive, and explores the area outside their city for survivors, resources, or other useful items. The game features several scenarios to undertake, each with its own stories and different challenges. The main campaign adopts a three-act structure, requiring players to grapple with internal conflict and societal turmoil in a divided city and survive a great storm that threatens to overwhelm the city, making sacrifices and morally grey ethical decisions along the way.

Trailer

Frostpunk trailer thumbnail

Frostpunk | Official Launch Trailer

≈480,028 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,662 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~767/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 16,565 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5M–8.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 138,035 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%
GreenManGaming$3.69-88%
GOG$4.49-85%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Fanatical (2024-06-28) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 173 of 224 observed days · $1.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.6k4.6k20182026Week of 2018-04-01: 4,592 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 666 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3,422 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 562 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,566 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,345 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,439 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,068 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,472 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,810 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,216 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,311 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,465 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,203 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,741 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,695 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,484 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,129 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 866 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,413 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,546 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,201 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,363 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,933 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,346 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,292 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 942 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.6k9772026-09-14 19:00 — 1,462 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,043 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,797 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,928 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,350 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,769 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,077 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,111 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,977 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,744 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,229 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,369 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,250 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,098 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,874 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,626 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,585 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,725 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,641 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,897 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,841 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,948 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,804 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,662 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
19k0Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 5,668 · peak 23,443Aug 2018 — avg 1,363 · peak 5,177Nov 2018 — avg 2,217 · peak 7,007Feb 2019 — avg 2,080 · peak 5,568May 2019 — avg 1,427 · peak 3,377Aug 2019 — avg 1,088 · peak 4,243Nov 2019 — avg 1,233 · peak 2,610Feb 2020 — avg 3,244 · peak 7,825May 2020 — avg 1,533 · peak 3,185Aug 2020 — avg 3,069 · peak 11,073Nov 2020 — avg 2,331 · peak 5,290Feb 2021 — avg 1,776 · peak 4,419May 2021 — avg 1,755 · peak 3,458Aug 2021 — avg 3,151 · peak 13,425Nov 2021 — avg 1,644 · peak 3,795Feb 2022 — avg 1,929 · peak 3,738May 2022 — avg 1,730 · peak 3,653Aug 2022 — avg 2,045 · peak 4,954Nov 2022 — avg 2,250 · peak 4,725Feb 2023 — avg 1,674 · peak 3,205May 2023 — avg 1,542 · peak 3,420Aug 2023 — avg 1,654 · peak 3,411Nov 2023 — avg 1,994 · peak 5,861Feb 2024 — avg 2,347 · peak 4,673May 2024 — avg 2,175 · peak 5,876Aug 2024 — avg 2,324 · peak 4,854Nov 2024 — avg 2,167 · peak 5,274Feb 2025 — avg 2,654 · peak 8,007May 2025 — avg 2,299 · peak 5,513Aug 2025 — avg 1,486 · peak 2,813Nov 2025 — avg 2,352 · peak 5,433Feb 2026 — avg 2,029 · peak 5,133May 2026 — avg 1,980 · peak 4,748Aug 2026 — avg 1,739 · peak 3,680
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1011012026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 101 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 16 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 13 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 13 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-25: 24 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 25 new positive2026-09-30: 14 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 35 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 27 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 24 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 28 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 26 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 27 new positive2026-10-08: 27 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 28 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 19 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 26 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 22 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$2.292018-04-132026-10-142018-04-13 — best price $29.992018-07-30 — best price $25.492018-10-15 — best price $29.992018-12-28 — best price $19.952019-04-04 — best price $17.992019-06-25 — best price $14.942019-10-08 — best price $14.992020-01-26 — best price $24.992020-04-17 — best price $29.992020-07-24 — best price $11.992020-10-01 — best price $10.802021-01-08 — best price $25.382021-04-08 — best price $29.992021-07-10 — best price $29.992021-09-21 — best price $29.992021-12-02 — best price $8.092022-02-25 — best price $29.992022-05-21 — best price $29.992022-08-23 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $5.692023-02-25 — best price $29.992023-05-26 — best price $22.042023-08-25 — best price $5.992023-12-05 — best price $5.992024-02-20 — best price $4.392024-05-16 — best price $5.992024-08-14 — best price $4.492024-11-16 — best price $22.042025-02-12 — best price $4.502025-05-24 — best price $4.502025-08-22 — best price $22.042025-11-05 — best price $2.372026-01-31 — best price $25.792026-05-01 — best price $3.742026-07-22 — best price $29.992026-09-10 — best price $4.502026-10-14 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4351562026-05-20 — 435 pageviews2026-05-24 — 199 pageviews2026-05-28 — 229 pageviews2026-06-01 — 224 pageviews2026-06-05 — 187 pageviews2026-06-09 — 225 pageviews2026-06-13 — 170 pageviews2026-06-17 — 179 pageviews2026-06-21 — 175 pageviews2026-06-25 — 239 pageviews2026-06-29 — 329 pageviews2026-07-03 — 341 pageviews2026-07-07 — 216 pageviews2026-07-11 — 222 pageviews2026-07-15 — 186 pageviews2026-07-19 — 234 pageviews2026-07-23 — 220 pageviews2026-07-27 — 242 pageviews2026-07-31 — 160 pageviews2026-08-04 — 209 pageviews2026-08-08 — 172 pageviews2026-08-12 — 176 pageviews2026-08-16 — 253 pageviews2026-08-20 — 197 pageviews2026-08-24 — 209 pageviews2026-08-28 — 183 pageviews2026-09-01 — 262 pageviews2026-09-05 — 239 pageviews2026-09-09 — 178 pageviews2026-09-13 — 169 pageviews2026-09-17 — 177 pageviews2026-09-21 — 211 pageviews2026-09-25 — 180 pageviews2026-09-29 — 202 pageviews2026-10-03 — 220 pageviews2026-10-07 — 279 pageviews2026-10-11 — 226 pageviews2026-10-12 — 231 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

93102026-09-30 18:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 229 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 741 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 931 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
49.7%
earned "Lost Souls"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing7 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2018-10-19, latest 2022-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51,0991%115
PS4 (PlayStation)5,6541%64
Windows (Xbox)3,6751%115
PS4 (PlayStation)1577%64

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

EconomyBuildingStrategySurvivalSteampunkColony SimManagementSimulationAtmosphericCity Builder

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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