Frostpunk 2 simply hit its least expensive worth ever, forward of the city-building sport’s first DLC

Every time 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 proper time to choose up the sequel to the most effective 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 will take cost of New London, one of many remaining settlements, placing the destiny of the planet’s remaining residents in your arms. No strain, in fact.

Lots of the first sport’s programs return in full kind, 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 assorted factions, you can appease (or keep away from). You’ll be able to 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 develop past New London’s ever-encroaching partitions.

That provides a stage of political intrigue to the city-building sport, including a brand new stage of technique that the unique did not have. All of it provides to an excellent however typically traumatic expertise; one which Reid McCarter known 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. Should you’re hoping to wrap your head round being the chief of New London (earlier than going into the growth, in fact), 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 not any higher time to purchase it.

Should you’re hoping to seize this deal earlier than it goes, you will 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.