At any time when winter approaches, I at all times really feel the necessity to dive into Frostpunk 2. One thing concerning the world being blanketed by a everlasting frost is each terrifying and engaging, plus it helps me really feel heat within the consolation of my dwelling. With the sport’s first DLC, Fractured Uptopias, simply across the nook, now’s the right time to choose up the sequel to among the finest metropolis constructing video games ever made.
Frostpunk 2 expands upon the brutal world that the primary launched. Set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard struck Earth, you may take cost of New London, one of many remaining settlements, placing the destiny of the planet’s remaining residents in your arms. No strain, after all.
Most of the first recreation’s techniques return in full type, however you do not have to have performed the unique. The sequel helps you become familiar with the mechanics, whereas additionally introducing new ones like a citizen council, made up of varied factions, that you may appease (or keep away from). You may select to be on the mercy of choices made by others, or be a pseudo-tyranical chief, however the thought is to outlive, thrive, and increase past New London’s ever-encroaching partitions.
That provides a stage of political intrigue to the city-building recreation, including a brand new stage of technique that the unique did not have. All of it provides to an excellent however generally disturbing expertise; one which Reid McCarter referred to as “a better-rounded, even harsher follow-up to the unique’s idea,” in our Frostpunk 2 assessment.
Fractured Utopias launches subsequent month, bringing a definite new problem and extra selection to the sport’s open-ended Utopia Builder mode. For those who’re hoping to wrap your head round being the chief of New London (earlier than going into the enlargement, after all), you may seize Frostpunk 2 for simply $23.39 / £19.75 at Fanatical. That is the lowest worth the sport has ever been, and at a 48% low cost, there is no higher time to purchase it.
For those who’re hoping to seize this deal earlier than it goes, you may want to purchase your copy earlier than 4pm PST / 7pm EST on Monday, November 17, 2025, or by 12am GMT /1am CEST on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
