Frostpunk 2

Frostpunk 2

Steam Deck Playable

11 bit studios · City Builder · Sep 20, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $22.49.

75%
Mostly Positive
27k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 27k player reviews · updated a day ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
A very nice addition if you enjoyed core loop of main game and want some new stuff that is a bit less streamlined compared to main story.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Adds a lot of replayability with different factions, maps and goals.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Pros: Nice graphics, interesting changes to the gameplay of the original; is courageous in making changes to a winning formula instead of just rehashing the original.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Visually game looks incredibly nice, the soundtrack is an absolute blast, just as in FP1.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
FP2 is optimized decently.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters79 reviews
Gameplay60 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Optimization8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty36 reviews
67%
Interface10 reviews
40%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes17 reviews
24%
Bugs14 reviews
29%
Performance8 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $22.49 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $22.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
79
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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