Frostpunk

Frostpunk

Steam Deck Playable

11 bit studios · City Builder · Apr 24, 2018

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

93%
Very Positive
137k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 137k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Its mechanics keep the gameplay fresh, even if it could have used a few extra tutorial pop ups to explain the new systems better.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Onboarding: The quest log is a great feature that really keeps you on track so you know exactly what you need to do in the game, and how long you've got left to do it.
77 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It kind of feels like this game just has one music track - it's good, very emotional and tonally right for this game.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics: It has a very nice 2D art style for a lot of the events and cutscenes and the actual gameplay looks nice too.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay78 reviews
Story and characters77 reviews
Audio32 reviews
Graphics26 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty29 reviews
93%
Optimization8 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes9 reviews
56%
Performance6 reviews
83%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
115
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.