Frostpunk 2 to release 2024

Plus brand-new trailer for society survival game

Marco Wutz | Jun 11, 2023

Frostpunk 2 to release 2024 /

You can slumber in that cryosleep a little longer, because Frostpunk 2 will be coming out in 2024 for PC. Set 30 years after the events of 2018’s society survival hit, Frostpunk 2 once again tests not only your survival and exploration skills, but also challenges you to manage a very quickly changing society that is under a lot of pressure and stress.

Coal is no longer the leading energy resource in Frostpunk 2, instead it’s all about oil – and that brings new opportunities as well as challenges for rebuilding society in the frozen wastes of this post-apocalyptic world.

Jakub Stokalski, the game’s co-director, described the studio’s aspirations for sequel as follows: “Frostpunk 2 builds on the conflicts of its predecessor – survival vs. human values, life vs. the arctic frost. But most importantly, it adds a new layer that is present in many aspects of the game – be it politics, society or technological progress – the conflict between humans and their nature.”

It’ll be up to players to decide what approach to politics they’ll take: Machiavellian ruthlessness or a willingness to compromise in the name of harmony? Whatever you end up choosing, you must be prepared to make great sacrifices in the name of survival once more.

The original game launched in 2018 and received fantastic reviews from critics and users alike, being hailed as one of the best survival city-builders to date. It managed to sell three million copies in as many years and was nominated for several awards, including “Best Narrative” at 2019’s BAFTAs.

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Published Jun 11, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg