Frostpunk 2

Like its predecessor, Frostpunk 2 is a city-building survival video game. Set in New London in 1916, 30 years after the "Great Storm" of the original game, the game explores the consequences of the advent of the petroleum industry, and players assume the role of the city's new leader, "the Steward", who replaces the now-deceased "Captain" (the player character from the first game). The city is struggling with overpopulation, food, and coal shortages, among other issues. Unlike the original game, Frostpunk 2 allows players to build a much larger city.

Players can now construct districts instead of individual buildings. Each district serves a particular function, such as providing food, energy, or shelter. Specific buildings can be placed in each district to unlock additional functions. Each district, however, also costs players resources, and players need to plan the design of their cities before expanding.

In 1886, New London survives the "Great Storm" that followed the collapse of the British Empire, prospering under the leadership of "the Captain". After 30 years of rule, the Captain is dying, New London is overcrowded, and the Generator—the coal-fired steam engine that has provided heat and power to the city—is running out of fuel. In the prologue mission, a band of wanderers settles in the remains of an oil-fired Dreadnought train and uses its furnace to make camp before a "Whiteout" storm. Afterward, they set out to find New London.

By this time, the Captain has died, and his loyalists have named a new leader as Steward. The choices during the prologue determine the route that New London took in the first game's campaign, which then determines the beginning faction: either the Stalwarts (Order) or the Faithkeepers (Faith). In either case, both will favour defeating the frost by progressing technology.

Similar to the first game, Frostpunk 2 was developed by 11 Bit Studios. A team of about 70 people worked on the game's development and production. While the original game was about enduring and surviving an apocalypse, the sequel focused more on keeping a city prosperous, building for a better future, and adapting to a new set of challenges and circumstances. According to game director Jakub Stokalski, while extreme temperature and other natural hazards may still lead to a city's collapse, "social survival is even more important" and mismanaging the populace and not being able to satisfy the demands of various factions may lead to "tension and conflict".

Stokalski added that "Frostpunk 2 is really about this observation that we can only come together so far to overcome the obstacles in front of us, and that ultimately the biggest enemy is always human nature". The team took inspirations from stories of towns and cities rebuilding following a period of hardships.

Frostpunk 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic, and 95% of critics recommended the game, according to OpenCritic.

By September 24, 2024 (four days after global launch on PC), the game had sold more than 350,000 copies and had already recouped its development and marketing costs. As of December 2024, the game had sold 592,000 copies and generated $18.5 million in revenue.