

After the age of coal, conquering Frostland for the oil extraction industry is expected to be the new salvation of what’s left of humanity. You play as the leader of a resource-hungry metropolis where the expansion and search for new sources of power is an unavoidable reality. Its successor takes place 30 years after the apocalyptic blizzard storm, and Earth is still overwhelmed by the icy climate of neverending frost and harsh weather. The original Frostpunk was well-received: we described it as a "thrilling but thin survival twist on the city builder genre, oozing dark charisma and political dilemmas" in our Frostpunk review.Frostpunk 2 is the sequel to the highly acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated society survival game that blended city building, strategy and management gameplay, creating a brand new genre. Because ultimately, what can end us is not nature itself - it's human nature." We still use that post-apocalyptic, frozen setup, to tell a meaningful story about human ambition, societies striving for their ideas, and the consequences of hard decisions which are not always respected by everyone.

"But this time the inner turmoils, sparked by rising social differences, mean that players will be facing new kinds of threats that are beyond the bare survival from the first game. "Frostpunk 2 is still a game about the City and its society," said co-director and design director Jakub Stokalski. You can certainly see that in the new story trailer, above. And once they feel like they've tamed the frost, and the bonding survival instinct has faded, their human nature will come into play, driven by ambition that could spiral The City into the fall." Reads the press release: "Most notably, however, people changed. The sequel will be set 30 years after the original, with years of whiteouts giving the world a clean slate just as The City grew and progressed. The year 2024 was correct at least, but we'll have to wait for a more specific date.


That said, a release date for the game leaked on SteamDB last year, listing the game as 2nd January 2024.ġ1 bit studios disputed the leak at the time, with a jokey "liars shall be punished" message on Twitter. Though a sequel to the popular, icy city-builder was announced back in August 2021, an official release window was never announced.įrostpunk 2 | The City Must Not Fall Trailer That's straight from developer 11 bit studios, which made the announcement at today's PC Gaming Show. Frostpunk 2 is set to launch on PC in 2024.
