Permafrost

Buy73%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

SpaceRocket Games · Open World Survival Craft · Oct 9, 2026

Player review score
73%
Mostly Positive
Price
$19.99−20%
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Concurrent players not sampled yet.

All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio1 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Permafrost?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Crashes: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 272 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise272 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
68 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
The building mechanics and crafting system are good enough in my opinion.
Crashes
Players who bring up Crashes mostly praise it.
39 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
I have had no crashes or stutters or other things like that.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
30 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
Story wise, there's actually quite a lot of depth here already, I could take it or leave it with a survival game but I was pleasantly surprised by what's in place, I think there's plenty of room for refinement of characters and locations, but again there's enough there that I feel like they are showing us what they are planning to do with the story, and I'm a fan.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
27 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
They have bought that world to life visually, it's detailed, the graphics are great the character looks awesome and the foundations for movement are a really solid starting point, the building is also really robust gives me Valheim vibes with a really free building experience.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
23 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
While it is an incredible, relaxing, yet eerie solo experience, playing in up to 4-player online co-op with friends to divide responsibilities makes conquering faction territories a blast.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
15 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
Combat is decent, aside from lack of reaction when getting damage or diff animation from animals espcially when trying to damage you.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay68 reviews
Crashes39 reviews
Story30 reviews
Graphics27 reviews
Co-op23 reviews
Combat15 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Performance
80% still recommend
Interface
88% still recommend
Multiplayer
73% still recommend
Bugs
71% still recommend
Optimization
70% still recommend
Audio
78% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support
  • Steam Input API Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$19.99$24.99−20%

The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.

1 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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