Frostpunk 2
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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.
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7,889 reviews
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32.6 hours played
Written 17 days ago

The overall experience of the game is completely different from Frostpunk 1. And that is where opinions will change. Frostpunk 1 offered a personal and individualistic approach to the city. Every person's demise felt like a tragedy. Like a village of friends and family that you try to protect from the bitterness of frost. Frostpunk 2, takes on a new approach. Instead of trying to keep the city alive, you're tasked with keeping the city from tearing itself apart. Thousands upon thousands of people, all with their own dreams, hopes and opinions. The death, turns from tragedy into statistic. The mentality of each player is what will define their opinions and reviews over this game. I say, give this game a try with a new mindset. it is not Frostpunk 1 and it is not going to play as one. While the fundamentals are there, the focus is shifted from the glory of the generator, to the squabbling of your fellow inhabitants of the city. When venturing into the wild was once considered extremely dangerous, now it is incentive in other to expand. Frostpunk 1 taught players how to survive. Frostpunk 2 will teach them how to thrive.
22.1 hours played
Written 6 days ago

Frostpunk 1 made me care about every life. Frostpunk 2 made me care about which faction would be least annoying about bread.
1.9 hours played
Written 24 days ago

Gotta say... i didnt like this game. i was addicted to the first game but the UI, mechanics, and resource allocation for this one was not as intuitive and at times... very frustrating. i also didnt like how it was less story driven and you had less interaction with the "people" living there. it was lackluster and very boring alot of the time. pretty bummed out and i wouldnt recommend this to anyone.
389.7 hours played
Written 16 days ago

If you're looking for a good strategy game, you'll probably find Frostpunk 2 very fun, if you're looking for Frostpunk 1 with more content, then you may not really enjoy this. The game is good, the graphics look good even on low settings and there are plenty of city details, the UI might seem complicated at first but the game introduces every element in easy to understand chunks with tutorials and a prologue, the gameplay is entretaining and replayable, always keeping you On The Edge. The moral aspect of the original Frostpunk is still here BUT, on a more macro scale; instead of making hard decisions for individual or a couple of citizens, you choose the fate of hundreads if not thousands of people, which might be why some FP1 fans didn't like the sequel. I have heard that some people say that they think the game feels too 'disconected' from the citizens, but for me at least, it feels way more connected, since now there are some events that help you visualize the situations in the city from the perspective of it's inhabitants, communities and factions form depending in the direction of the city's society, and you can see the profiles of the delegates in the council hall with some details about their life, it actually feels like they each have their own personality and likings instead of just wanting to be alive like in the first game, which isn't bad, but it just feels like it is something that could only be done better in FP2. At the time that i'm writing this, the game has received many optimisations, a major content update and more promised updates alongside DLCs, so far i have very much enjoyed the game and i wait for more to be added and improved. (sorry if my english isn't good, i tried my best to not make any spelling mistakes)
0.7 hours played
Written 6 days ago

The game feels meh compared to the first one. The UI goes from simple and intuitive to a cluttered mess, filled with an abundance of useless graphic elements. The tutorial is useless and teaches you little more than the absolute basics. It's also very demanding on PC— even more so than other modern games. I wouldn't say the game is bad, but it's nowhere near as good as the first.
12.3 hours played
Written 5 days ago

After 400 hours put in the first game, I was very excited for the sequel. I really wanted to like it, but unfortunately it fell flat. For me, it's missing the charm and reminder of daily struggle for the people. It's also very confusing to figure out and the tutorial didn't help me much. I feel like it's made to be too complicated when it shouldn't be. I will just stick to playing the first game for now.
15.7 hours played
Written 21 days ago

This is by no means a terrible game per se, but its not what the sequel to Frostpunk should have been. By over-complicating the base game with additional features that nobody wanted, the studio ruined what made Frostpunk a great game. The first game was simpler, and better. Furthermore, by ditching the previous single scenario setting you have locked us in a room with the worst parts of the game with no means of escape. Even on the easiest setting of the game there are so many factors that have to be addressed lest they get out of hand, that the actual base difficulty of the game remains Nightmare mode. The most accurate and simple review i can give, summed up in one sentence is this: this game made me miss the original game, and want to play IT, not its sequel.
102.9 hours played
Written 20 days ago

huge downgrade from first game. devs legit went yeah, frostpunk good, time to make a sequel with the most cliche theme, unity, which admittedly isn't inherently bad per se, but instead of actually making tough decisions, you are just a robot spamming buildings, specifically patrol towers for the main story and congratulations you have just beaten the game cuz having high guard count is all it matters to combat protest especially going for the captain ending. lacking health care? place hospitals, high squalor? place ventilation tower. high crime? patrol towers. minimal braincells usage. absolutely 0 emotions put into this game. just because there are some text flying around telling you the citizen hates x isn't going to make me change anything because it actually doesn't change anything. idk it can't be only me, the game lacks so much depth that the first of the series have. just look at the ending. FP1: a whole timeline of you struggling, the citizens' thought of your reign, reminiscing each moment you went through; FP2? a whole ass essay telling you you finished the game. what..? not to mention just build just spam communication hub for infinite trust. where's the logic in that. it breaks so much immersion to the game, in fact i'll touch on this too now that i'm typing it. honestly FP1 already had some issues with material balance but FP2 is just abysmal. why would you ever go for steam instead of oil when a few (1-3 max btw) vent towers compensate for all squalor, i survived the catastrophic whiteout and completely avoided the -4000 materials deficit squalor problem by abusing a few ventilation towers in steward diff DUDE who actually programmed this crap there's NO WAY this is not something you don't realize, either that or it's the most brain dead gameplay mechanic of all time. not to mention other issues other than food and cold can just be solved by building spam. after the early game difficulty peak the rest of the game is just genuinely free. where's the acutal gameplay value, i personally don't have fun playing this game. devs mentioning "making the game harder" in their 11bit youtube as if you guys shouldn't be focusing on something else more significant. graphics are also crap considering this is suppose to be the better version. in some sense FP1 is better, the freezing border and steaming water when the temp drops and temp increase respectively. In the last autumn, minor details- birds, ocean wave- the whole map changes to snowy at the end. in contrast, FP2 is just flat white landscape with terrain (sometimes). completely diffferent detail quality once again other things: seen literal line of code while hovering the temperature GUI of course the complete control wipe upon the free dlc recently the new utopia builder map still doesn't require frostbreak when discovered as colony prob more but me tired, just disappointment for someone with 500hr and counting on FP1 never thought i'd rant so much on first review, just how it is when the game you love is so ....ed
21.2 hours played
Written 23 days ago

I really enjoyed Frostpunk 1 and I still find myself going back to replay maps and challenge myself. Sadly I can't say the same for this game. They added some nice touches but it lost the epic battle for survival. The struggle against the cold and resources was replaced by a boring political fight. In FP1 every choice carried weight behind it and had me re-adjusting my playthroughs trying to find the perfect combination. FP1: A single engineer died! Where did I go wrong? FP2: 1000 people died, who cares. I detest the new research and law system. I'm fine with voting for laws and negotiation but having to vote on a idea I just researched was a pain. Swaying the vote in your favor is not even hard so it's just extra steps. I also thought it was an added annoyance to have to conduct research to unlock new laws that could be passed. The previous tree structure worked perfect. Now I have to spend time researching labor just to unlock the next voting option. To be honest, researching feels like the only activity in the game besides exploring the frost land. I waited for the DLC to drop so I could play a bit before I wrote this review. Sadly I have to say skip this game or wait for a good sale if you are a fan of the first game. The developer made a misstep in what people loved about the first game. Maybe I'll give it another go when they drop another free content upgrade but I might just delete the game to free up disk space.
211.0 hours played
Written 6 days ago

I enjoyed the game before the recent update. In the previous iteration it felt like a balancing act between heat, materials/goods/food/politics. This new version makes it all about heat management in a way that is artificially made difficult by the developers via the "generator capacity". Pretty much all your research needs to be toward heat and getting your heat output to withstand a whiteout at the expense of everything else. I find myself constantly in death spirals - no heat, unrest, injuries /sick way up get voted out. I will be scaling back playing this game, in my book the balance of challenge vs fun is not worth it.
105.4 hours played
Written 21 days ago

I have over 7000 hours in FP1 -- so you can say I might be a super fan. To say I was excited for FP2 is an understatement. I really tried to like it, but simply couldn't. It might be a very fine game on its own, but for many of us FP1 fans who bought this game because we enjoyed the original FP experience, this just was not it. There's nothing I can say about why that hasn't been said by others already so I won't even try. This might be my first and only Steam review ever. Sad conclusion to a 7000 hours love story.
2.6 hours played
Written 16 days ago

Buy the first game, fall in love, then come to this and be heartbroken. I bet this game is incredible, honestly, just such an unbelievable and unprecedented departure from the first game's entire gameplay and its identity with it. Lovely game you guys have here, just not for me. Until they add a Frostpunk 1 mode to this game, I have no purpose in playing it.
22.5 hours played
Written 30 days ago

This game is a true sequel to the original, in that it evolves the story while staying true to the theme and feel. As many have said, this is not just more of the same, these are two quite different games. Buy this game if you, like me, really wanted humanity to succeed, and love being the guy making it happen in a bigger, better way. If you wanted to know "what happened after", while building a truly winter-breaking society. Do not buy this game if you wanted more despair, doom and gloom, and/or really hate politics. While there is certainly pressure to succeed, it does not feel as personal, nor as immediate to me as the original did. *Spoler alert* Also, don't buy this game if you wanted more backstory and answers. They are not forthcoming :-)
19.4 hours played
Written 14 days ago

Great game but it keeps crashing and I lose progress which makes me not want to continue to play :(
32.8 hours played
Written 25 days ago

Positive They tried to do something interesting with a politics/faction system, but it should've been fleshed out more. Negative Completely lacks the atmosphere of the first Frostpunk, and all city-building aspects are stripped bare to the point where this feels more like a mobile-game. Bad optimisation makes my GPU have to work hard to at all run this. My pc hasnt had this problem with any other new game at max graphics. The soullessness of Frostpunk2 combined with 11bit studios shift into much more aggressive marketing feels like a scam. Conclusion A massive disappointment. ----------------------------------------- Edit after dev response. Tech support is not needed as Ive uninstalled the game, and have no interest in reinstalling. I would refund it if I could, but I made the mistake of preordering. Lesson learned. Cheers.
2.1 hours played
Written 4 days ago

not a city builder anymore, placing zones is boring
29.1 hours played
Written 28 days ago

Definitely a bit of a departure from the first, but not all in a bad way. It doesn't rehash everything you'd expect if you played the first game while still giving a satisfactory continuation. the new council mechanic is interesting to deal with and the game as a whole fulfills being a challenging city builder without overly complicated mechanics that make your eyes glaze over
24.5 hours played
Written 2 days ago

Incredible game with great messages and themes, forces you into to genuinely complex moral decisions that make you want to go back and try it again without making those same sacrifices only to realize that the city may fall without it.
101.2 hours played
Written 2 days ago

Game is alot of fun unless you try and get every achievement than its a gruling slog but i did it cause i have no life 10/10
16.7 hours played
Written 2 days ago

I liked the game and i definitely can suggest this game to people who already played the first serie
30.4 hours played
Written 2 days ago

This game is very different from the first one, which I loved. I was initially very put off by how far removed from the original's play style FP2 is, HOWEVER, once you get over the fact that it is a very different game, you will absolutely love it. I am now convinced that stepping away from the original's playstyle, whilst keeping the thematic skeleton, has resulted in a fantastic game rather than a rehashing of an old one.
9.8 hours played
Written 2 days ago

Just got to chapter 4...! I really love this game. People have argued that it is too macro compared to the original, and there's some truth to that. It would be nice if factions had leaders with a personality, whom we could interact with. Also, I feel like there are too many possible laws to enact and especially technologies to research. Most of my choices are perfectly random at this point. Same with the various sites I discovered in the Frostland. Next game I will max out the difficulty level to see if this makes my choices more meaningful. Still, I want to keep playing because I love city builders and survival games, the aesthetics are wonderful and I'm sure the coming DLCs will improve upon this first experiment. One last thing : the people who prefer the 1st game *should play the first game* I mean... What would be the purpose of making the same game twice? The first FP game already have dozens of hours of incredible gameplay and the devs have exhausted that formula. They wanted to take the franchise in a new direction and it was reasonable for them to do so. Be supportive!
15.7 hours played
Written 2 days ago

I jumped into Frostpunk 2 with zero experience from the first game, and honestly? I’m loving it. After reading the reviews, it feels like a lot of the negative ones are from people expecting the exact same game again. This one is different—but that’s not a bad thing. Yeah, it gets confusing sometimes. The UI and systems can be a little overwhelming at first, but once you mess around and figure it out, it really clicks and you keep moving forward. It’s not hand-holdy, but I kinda like that. It makes the progress feel earned. The vibe is dark and tense, and the decisions actually feel heavy. You’re not just managing a city—you’re trying to keep people from tearing each other apart. And the visuals? Insane. Cold never looked so good. If you’re new like me, don’t be scared off. Stick with it—it’s worth it.
118.4 hours played
Written 5 days ago

had my doubts in the beginning, but after 100 hours and one free content update i can say that this is a perfect sequel, i can't stop thinking about this game and buying the first frostpunk game while high was the best decision of my life, highly recommend even tho mining children
26.1 hours played
Written 6 days ago

Beautiful sequel to an incredible game. I'm a bit surprised on the Mixed reviews. I feel like it delivered everything it promised, and brought a lot of new mechanics, and narrative depth to a game that was already highly replayable.
52.3 hours played
Written 7 days ago

Good game. Played Frost Punk 1 before and enjoyed it. When Frost Punk 2 was announced I really liked the new mechanic idea. Really fun new mechanic, but feels easier than Frost Punk 1, chose Officer difficulty in story mode (2/4 difficulty). Exploration was very nice. Wish there was more. Story felt short but got me hooked to the very end.
36.2 hours played
Written 7 days ago

I really enjoyed Frostpunk 2 the expanded world and greater focus on politics made for some of the most enjoyable experiences playing a video game I've had. The visuals are stunning and the city building is fun especially in how you must interact with the cold on a massive scale. However, it is no masterpiece, and it is by no means the same game as the original so if you were looking for the exact same game Frostpunk 2 might not be for you. Frostpunk 2 is in many ways held back by it's predecessor most people came in expecting the same game but that isn't what is here. TLDR: Frostpunk 2 is a great game held back by being the sequel to one of the greatest games ever made.
22.3 hours played
Written 9 days ago

I rarely write a deeply reflective review like this, but Frostpunk 2 deserves it. --- The Good --- - Atmosphere & Worldbuilding: This game nails the bleak tone. The tension between survival and ideology, the way hope and despair tug at your citizens—it’s haunting and compelling. Every policy you pass, every choice you make feels weighty. - Visuals & Audio: The art direction captures the cold not just physically, but emotionally. Frost isn't just environmental—it's ideological. The sound design amplifies that with subtle, chilling effects. - Complexity of Systems: The mechanics of faction management, resource balancing, and ideological conflicts make this more than a city sim. It's a moral experiment. You're not just managing coal—you’re managing people’s fears, hopes, and resistance. --- The Mixed --- Pacing & UI: The game can feel sluggish in the early midgame, with slower progression and an interface that sometimes hides critical info. It's manageable, but a bit of polish here would go a long way. Faction Depth: While the factions are conceptually rich, some feel underdeveloped in actual gameplay impact. They challenge your choices, but not always in ways that feel dynamic or reactive over time. --- The Not-So-Great --- Replayability (So Far): Compared to the original, the replay value isn't immediately obvious. The story paths diverge, yes, but the city’s fate often funnels toward a similar handful of endings. Hopefully, post-launch updates or DLC expand this. Optimization: There were occasional performance hitches during larger city expansions. Not game-breaking, but noticeable. --- Verdict --- 8.5/10. A strong, thoughtful sequel that deepens the original concept, even if it’s not without rough edges. Ideal for players who want more than just resource juggling.
37.5 hours played
Written 9 days ago

I've enjoyed my time playing the game. I like city builders and enjoyed both installments. Frostpunk 1 is a little more memorable for some reason. But I keep finding myself coming back to this one to beat it cause for some reason I don't read how things work and just play so that's a me problem I wasn't expecting the drastic difference in building from one and two but is was fun non the less. I hope there can be some DLC in the future with some more exploration on the big map cause i enjoyed that part of the game the most
16.0 hours played
Written 10 days ago

It is far from a frostpunk 1.5 the scale is larger and more distant, how ever with the new free content update the addition of heat in the districts give back some of the stress that lacked at launch. The art style and atmosphere is still unmatched, and the added politics make it more difficult in my opinion. I would def recommend the game, just be prepared that it will not feel like a frostpunk 1 dlc or expantion, it is a logical leap to the next step in this world.
26.6 hours played
Written 10 days ago

Game mechanics is different than the previous one, not in a bad way. It's like, some small concerns from the previous game have been taken away here, and some new features have been added.
120.9 hours played
Written 11 days ago

This is a worthy sequel to the first game. It carries on from where new london left off and finds a meaningful way to move the story on past the first game. Its mechanics are just as deep and there are many levers to pull to interact with how your people live. The skill floor to have fun is low but the skill ceiling is increibly high. I'm still finding new and harder challenges to overcome. The devs did a 10/10 job. Would highly reccomend to anyone who loves a great strategy game
9.0 hours played
Written 12 days ago

A very unique idea and a very interesting game for people who want to try something not classified as mainstream. However the U.I. is not good enough and the graphics could have been better. I do like the policy making in the game, it isone of the interesting things. I enjoy the constant attempt to fix the people's problems but then more and more new problems arise. I would say the game is 7/ 10 for me
18.8 hours played
Written 12 days ago

It's not good as the first one but still decent city building game with many hours to play, this is my favorite city building series.
82.2 hours played
Written 13 days ago

This isn't the personal, survival-focused game that the first Frostpunk was. This game is about building a society and creating new horizons now that the survival is mostly handled. Don't go into this expecting to play like the leader of a ragtag bunch of survivors. Go into this expecting to play the guy who came after. You are not a Captain, you are a Steward. And it's your job to make sure the new society thrives. When looked at from that angle, it's much easier to give this game a thumbs up.
26.0 hours played
Written 14 days ago

Game is just as good and engaging as the first, just different and on a larger scale. Not understanding the hate on this one.
10.3 hours played
Written 14 days ago

Initial impressions are mostly good; however I did find it harder to get into than the Frostpunk 1. Although I can't pin it on any one thing. I did find navigating the UI more frustrating that the first game and it's very easy to miss something that needs your attention. Frostpunk 2 is more grand-strategy than it is city builder which is different from the first game, but it strikes a good balance.
21.4 hours played
Written 15 days ago

Overall, this is a fantastic game with deep mechanics and engaging strategic choices. That said, a quality-of-life improvement would make late-game play much smoother: Smart workforce allocation. There’s no way to automatically shift workers into districts experiencing high mortality. When a new crisis hits, you end up micromanaging each city’s labor pool instead of focusing on the bigger picture. If the developers added optional automation settings, one that reallocates labor it would streamline management and let us concentrate on the game’s best parts: expansion, exploration, and long-term strategy.
31.0 hours played
Written 15 days ago

Like many others, I was a huge fan of the first game so color me stoked when the sequel was announced back in 2021. When it finally released back in Sep 2024 I eagerly downloaded it and played it to jump back into the fun. Unfortunately, other games at the time kept my attention away such as Space Marine 2 (Played it more on XBox hence why my hours on it here on Steam is low). But after playing this game a lot recently I can give an honest review on what I think about this game and how it compares to the original. When it comes to fundamental gameplay, it is similar to the original where you develop and maintain a city to keep it up and running in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by an eternal winter. But when it comes to core mechanics, it is vastly expanded upon as now you are developing and maintaining a potentially vast metropolis in Frostpunk 2. For example, instead of constructing individual buildings to produce harvest/produce resources, you construct entire districts to do so. Instead of managing hundreds of pops at most (My best playthrough in Endless back in the first game reached 800), you are now in charge of maintaining thousands of people in your city. Instead of having the "Book of Laws" to decide how your society goes, you now have a city council that votes and decides what laws are passed and what aren't. In addition to the city council, political factions now form in your city, each one deciding what way how your city develops and how its society adapts or reacts to the unrelenting cold and near endless blizzards of this eternal winter. Basically this is no longer a post-apocalyptic game but a [i]post[/i]-post-apocalyptic one. The reasons for this are that it has been decades in-universe since the first game, where people were struggling to establish a settlement and survive the first months/years of this new yet unforgiving cold world. But now in Frostpunk 2, people have developed into a new civilization where its society has adapted to the Frostland to a certain degree. This shows in the story where New London is no longer the humble settlement built from wood and housing a few hundred of people in the first game but is now a sprawling urban center constructed from steel and home to thousands. Its society having developed further since then that instead of having one singular Captain lead the city, it is now led by a Steward who heeds the words and advice from the political factions of New London within the city council to decide on how governance over the city is decided. Though still dangerous, the world-ending and apocalyptic event known as [b]The Great Storm[/b], the "final boss" of the main story from the first game, it is nothing more but a hazardous weather phenomenon that people need to prepare for when it is detected (Think of tornadoes or hurricanes coming every few or several years). In fact, while Frostpunk 1 had you struggle against the hardships of Mother Nature, you now have to make sure your city survives the intensifying force of human nature. Yes, you heard that right. The "final boss" encounter for this game's story is your own people themselves, as the factions of New London eventually clash and erupt the city into a civil war that needs to be ended through words or by the sword. Honestly I love this change, it really drives home how far New London and its society has developed in-universe while also struggling to keep its city from collapsing due to politics. And as usual, the soundtrack is amazing. Piotr really knows how to make the listener feel like he or she is experiencing the world of Frostpunk in-person based off sound along. And the geniuses at 11bit know how to make it work with the audio design. The music really gives off a developed, industrial vibe that fits Frostpunk 2 like how Frostpunk 1's OST conveys trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. [b]My final rating for Frostpunk 2 game is an 8.5 out of 10.[/b] Its core mechanics is vastly expanded or changed when compared to the first game so don't be expecting something like Frostpunk 1. And for many that is already enough reason not to like it, as you have seen from other reviews or from the general reaction of players when this game released. When Bricky went over this game in his video on Youtube he described Frostpunk 1 as being the signature City Builder no different to other games in the genre while Frostpunk 2 is more of a 4X or Grand Strategy game in comparison. And I would say that description is apt, it probably explains why I like this game compared to others. So if you are willing to go through the 4X/ Grand Strategy aspects of this game to give it a try then play Frostpunk 2, it is an amazing game IMO. If not then just wait until its on sale. My only real gripe with this game is that Endless Mode isn't really endless, my current playthrough ended the game by having me, the Captain, die in-universe due to old age. I suppose it makes sense for gameplay, once you develop your city enough everything gets boring because you have achieved nearly everything. My city of Underlight developed a society build off the core principles of Adaptation (Icebloods) and Tradition (Lords) so in-universe my people were ready to face the Frostland without me. But at the end I would at least like to see some kind of scoreboard or see something similar to the main story to see a basic timeline on how my city developed as I progressed.
102.1 hours played
Written 23 days ago

Compared to the original Frostpunk, this is very clearly a step in a different direction. You no longer manage a community of up to 700 people but a metropolis of thousands up to tens of thousands. It's no longer about individual hubs and buildings but whole districts, that being said, it's a grander scale that plays into politics and factions. Nevertheless, I loved the first game, bought the second one as well and at first, it felt overwhelming and vastly different. You can get used to the changes over time, as did I. There are some mild hick ups that the developers are constantly addressing and have recently released an expansion with lots of fixes and overhauls. With all that being said, if you were fan of the first game, I recommend you play this one as well, altough it still seems like an inferior successor, it's a game of its own genre and worth playing. [b]7.5/10[/b]
57.4 hours played
Written 25 days ago

Thrilling end of the world city building game. Took me ~20 hours to understand the game and feel like I was "playing" (vs. learning). Storytelling is outstanding. I feel a chill go down my back as I navigate the saga of survival. I do miss how personal Frostpunk 1 was. The sequel feels very disconnected from the society you rule over, which is sorta the point. I do wish there was a way to be the hands on captain again, maybe lead a band of pilgrims across the frostland and start anew...
49.4 hours played
Written 26 days ago

I loved Frostpunk 1 and was excited to start this game. Luckily, I had read to expect a different game and after some adjustment I really started to enjoy this game. Personally, I like having to manage many resources and needs. My only complaint is it can be very disruptive to have to swap screens from the city, to frostland, to colonies. It can throw off the flow to be interrupted by requests. The first one only have frostland or city was a tad more straightforward and easier to navigate. Overall though, I enjoy the progression from small survivalist to large city with 1->2.
106.7 hours played
Written 26 days ago

It has some jank like an early access game but development is still continuing. Good sequel to the first one.
28.9 hours played
Written 26 days ago

I enjoyed playing this game quite a bit, the mechanics have been vastly improved compared to Frostpunk 1, more build freedom, and more interesting developments. The introduction of multiple competing factions in addition to the regular environmental challenges also adds a fun twist to it.
26.5 hours played
Written 27 days ago

It's not frostpunk 1.5. They've really mixed up the formula. So I understand there's some disappointment. But it really is a damn good game. Rated on it's own merit it holds up really well. And I respect that they had the courage to redevelop their formula for a new scale. It does give a really nice feeling of progression from the first game.
15.3 hours played
Written 27 days ago

New player to the Frostpunk series, but I have found Frostpunk 2 fairly easy to start and learn the basics. Looking forward to the game developing :-)
33.2 hours played
Written 28 days ago

Brilliant game. Don't let the reviews deter you, as they did me. Only just finished my first play-through after the recent major update and I thoroughly enjoyed it. More-so than FP1 even. Made me feel and consider a lot more. Keen for another play-through on a harder difficulty, to see the difference of the other path. Few issues with displaying information in my opinion. Need a 'history of events' panel, because if you miss something, there's no way of telling. Only indicator is a drum noise or something similar.
35.6 hours played
Written 29 days ago

The long whiteout has come. Do you hear us steward? Here us o' ashen one, so that we might praise the sun again when the whiteout comes to it's end.
23.5 hours played
Written 29 days ago

A well-made sequel of the original- a sequel in its truest sense, keeping the stakes and fun of the original but advancing the gameplay and scale to what makes sense in a sequel scenario. While not what one might expect if looking for more of the OG, I still recommend yall try it it's fun
13.8 hours played
Written 29 days ago

Main story review, light mechanics spoilers below: Frostpunk 2 is an excellent follow up to the first game. It takes the first game's base mechanics and scales it up, giving you more to manage and more challenge. There might be some personal stakes/emotion lost in the translation from 400 people towns to 40,000 people towns, but the larger scale opens up so much fun and challenging content that it evens out. The factions system, in particular, I really enjoyed. It delved deeper into the somewhat shallow politics system from the first game. I enjoy that there's a proper council/congress as well. Overall just an excellent city builder/survival experience. The only thing that sucks is that the soundtrack isn't quite as good as the first game's. Highly recommend! 9/10