Is Frostpunk on mobile (Android/iOS)?

No, Frostpunk is not currently listed for mobile (Android/iOS). The full platform list: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Is Frostpunk on Steam?

Yes, Frostpunk is available on Steam.

Frostpunk - Plorex

Frostpunk

16Full Release

What this is

A frozen-world society builder where heat powers survival and civic choices reshape the last city.

What you actually do

You assign workers, balance heat and resources, pass laws, manage discontent, and explore beyond the city. Every shortage forces tradeoffs between efficiency, survival, and humane policies, with failure often teaching you how to plan the next attempt.

Verdict

Heat Management Meets Moral Pressure

Frostpunk turns city building into a desperate balancing act where heat, resources, and civic choices determine whether your society holds together. Its severe learning curve and restart-heavy failures are the central barrier, not a minor inconvenience.

User reviews first

Steam recent first

Is it for you?

What shines

Meaningful moral choices
Strong atmosphere and soundtrack
Rewarding resource optimization
High replay value
Polished city-building systems

What to know

Steep learning curve
Constant workforce micromanagement
Trial-and-error progression
Small, unreadable text
Occasional interface frustrations
Moral choices feel overly prescriptive

Quick facts

Genre

City BuilderSurvival

View

Isometric

Solo

Co-op

PvP

Length

11h

Entry

Can start here

Pricing

Paid

MTX

Account required

Active Support

Crossplay

+Best if

You enjoy learning from failure, optimizing under worsening conditions, and making choices with no clean outcome.

!Skip it if

Repeated restarts and constant workforce, heat, and resource micromanagement sound exhausting.

Developer

11 bit studios

Publisher

11 bit studios

Release

Apr 24, 2018

Game DNA

Rhythm

Fast pace

Depth

Deep & complex

Mood

AtmosphericChallengingImmersive

Structure

Branching

Also tagged

Resource ManagementStrategyPost-apocalyptic

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Your role and how it develops

Your role

You lead a struggling settlement, assigning labor, maintaining heat, securing supplies, shaping laws, and deciding which compromises the society will accept.

Learning and mastery

The opening is demanding, with limited guidance and important systems that are easier to understand after a failed attempt.

Replay and variation

Scenario-based survival pressure and different policy choices make repeated attempts meaningful, especially for players who enjoy refining their plan.

Systems you interact with

What you actually engage with

City construction

Place housing, workplaces, and essential services around the central generator.

Heat management

Keep critical buildings and homes warm as conditions worsen.

Resource logistics

Balance fuel, food, materials, and medical capacity against changing needs.

Workforce allocation

Move people between dangerous jobs, care work, research, and construction.

Laws and social order

Pass policies that shape hope, discontent, and the limits of acceptable action.

Research

Invest in technologies that improve the settlement's ability to endure.

Exploration

Send expeditions beyond the city to uncover supplies and context.

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Time investment

How long it takes

HowLongToBeat

Main story

focused run

11h

Main + extras

story and side content

25h

Completionist

full clear

56h

Session fit

What the time commitment feels like

When it clicks

Expect a focused opening in which early staffing, heat coverage, and supply choices matter immediately.

Session constraints

The game resists casual drop-in play because a failed run can erase substantial planning and force a restart.

Best session rhythm

It works best in sustained, attentive sessions where you can monitor several connected problems and react before they cascade.

DLC timing

No timing guidance for extra content is available yet.

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Review interpretation

Current mood

Recent players find Frostpunk gripping, bleak, and deeply rewarding despite its punishing survival challenge.

Why it works

Its tense city management, morally weighty choices, immersive atmosphere, and memorable soundtrack make survival feel personal.

Critic gap

Critics largely frame the difficulty as rewarding, while some players find the trial, and-error, restarts, and steep learning curve too punishing.

What players value

Meaningful moral choices

high

Players value how survival decisions carry emotional and moral weight rather than simple good, or-bad outcomes.

Tense survival management

high

Players find resource management, heating, and crisis response compelling when they succeed under pressure.

Atmosphere and soundtrack

medium

Players describe the bleak setting as immersive and repeatedly praise the soundtrack.

Evidence-backed risks

Very high difficulty and steep learning curve

highreviews and critics

Recent players report that resource demands, unclear mechanics, and repeated restarts can make the game feel excessively punishing.

Stressful, bleak experience

mediumreviews

Players describe the experience as panic-heavy, demoralizing, and darker than a relaxing city builder.

Trial, and-error progression can require restarting after major setbacks

highreviews and critics

Mistakes can end a run, and players report restarting repeatedly to learn the intended approach. Critics also note a high barrier to entry and uneven difficulty spikes.

topic

Minimum PC

Playable baseline

CPU3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor

RAM4 GB RAM

GPUGeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM

Recommended PC

Better target

CPU3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor

RAM8 GB RAM

GPUGeForce 970, Radeon RX 580 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM

Storage and usability

Disk, language and input

Install18 GB

Download18 GB

Free space8 GB

Languages12 listed

ControllerNot listed

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Support status

Developer activity

Events, not updates

Last game updateOct 20, 2025 · 9 months ago

Last official postJun 19, 2026 · 33 days ago

Updates (12 mo)1

Posts (12 mo)11

CadenceFrequent

SourceSteam

Official Steam news

Latest from the developer

Oct 20, 2025Patchopen
Achievements & Localization Quality Hotfix
Hello Citizens, Small Update addresses several issues reported by you recently and improves overall localization quality. Fixes & Improvements Fixed: The game no longer crashes when clicking Settings in the Main Menu . Fixed: The Newsfeed now correctly appears in the Main Menu . Fixed: Corrected the description of the...

Frostpunk

Heat Management Meets Moral Pressure

Is it for you?

What shines

What to know

What you actually engage with

How long it takes

What the time commitment feels like

Current mood

Why it works

Critic gap

Meaningful moral choices

Tense survival management

Atmosphere and soundtrack

Very high difficulty and steep learning curve

Stressful, bleak experience

Trial, and-error progression can require restarting after major setbacks

Playable baseline

Better target

Disk, language and input

Developer activity

Latest from the developer

Questions people search

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