Frostpunk is coming to mobile and you can sign up for Early Access now

A ruthless survival city builder in your pocket

Marco Wutz | Jan 10, 2024

Frostpunk is coming to mobile and you can sign up for Early Access now /

Frostpunk 2 is not the only game from the franchise created by Polish developer 11 Bit Studios to become available in 2024 – Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice is a free-to-play mobile game coming to Android and iOS with Early Access for users in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Philippines starting soon. Interested mobile gamers can sign up on their respective store to be considered for participating in the playtests.

Developed by Chinese studio NetEase Games in partnership with 11 Bit Studios and published by South Korean company Com2uS, Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice follows the original recipe and puts players in charge of a freezing city built around a giant steam engine. Users need to keep their town warm as the eternal ice closes in, making sure that their population survives all of the trials and tribulations this extreme weather scenario has to offer.

Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice will bring the eternal ice into your pocket :: NetEase Games / 11 Bit Studios / Com2uS

In the mobile version, new features like guilds, resource trading, and an animal shelter will be introduced to provide for player interaction.

“Com2uS has a proven track record in translating iconic IPs from entertainment and sports like The Walking Dead to Major League Baseball into immersive mobile experiences that can be enjoyed everywhere,” commented Jihoon Han, head of the Com2uS Game Business Division. “We are excited to incorporate feedback from the core user base to create an enjoyable experience for global players.”

Meanwhile 11 Bit Studios is busy putting the finishing touches on Frostpunk 2, which is going to be an evolution of the original game, transitioning from a city survival game to a society survival game – an extremely intriguing plan, as our Frostpunk 2 gamescom 2023 preview has shown.

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Published Jan 10, 2024

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