Every Frostpunk game, ranked
All 2 Frostpunk games we hold, spanning 2018 to 2024: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 164,074 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Frostpunk (GamingPickz Score 8.0), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Frostpunk games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Nintendo
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Frostpunk games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
Frostpunk at a glance Released 2018 Studio 11 Bit Studios Player sentiment 93% positive of 137,121 Critics 84/100 Price $29.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 8 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 93% shrinks to 93.0 on 137,121 reviews, then blends with the 84 critic aggregate, giving 8.0.
What the data supports- 93% positive across 137,121 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Small install at 8 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
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Frostpunk 2
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.1GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFrostpunk 2 at a glance Released 2024 Studio 11 bit studios Player sentiment 75% positive of 26,953 Critics 85/100 Price $44.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 30 GB Accessibility 6 declared features Raw 75% shrinks to 75.1 on 26,953 reviews, then blends with the 85 critic aggregate, giving 7.1.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Frostpunk game we can score is Frostpunk at 8.0. The lowest is Frostpunk 2 at 7.1, a 0.9-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Frostpunk at $29.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Frostpunk, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Frostpunk entries on Steam:
- Playable: Frostpunk, Frostpunk 2
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Frostpunk games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
| Nintendo | 1 of 2 |
The Frostpunk series, game by game
Every Frostpunk game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2018
Frostpunk
8.0Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process? (Steam)
Plot
In the game, the eruptions of Krakatoa resulted in a volcanic winter , leading to the collapse of civilizations worldwide. The game is set in an alternate 1886 when the eruptions of Krakatoa and other unknown events trigger a worldwide volcanic winter . This in turn led to widespread crop failure and the death of millions. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Frostpunk received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic . It sold over 250,000 copies within three days of its release, over 1. 4 million within a year, 3 million within three years, and over 5 million within six years. (Wikipedia)
- 2024
Frostpunk 2
7.1Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall. (Steam)
Plot
In 1886, New London survives the "Great Storm" that followed the collapse of the British Empire , prospering under the leadership of "the Captain". After 30 years of rule, the Captain is dying, New London is overcrowded, and the Generator—the coal-fired steam engine that has provided heat and power to the city—is running out of fuel. In the prologue mission, a band of wanderers settles in the remains of an oil-fired Dreadnought train and uses its furnace… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Frostpunk 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic , and 95% of critics recommended the game, according to OpenCritic . Sales By September 24, 2024 (four days after global launch on PC), the game had sold more than 350,000 copies and had already recouped its development and marketing costs. As of December 2024, the game had sold 592,000 copies and generated $18. (Wikipedia)
Frostpunk, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Frostpunk vs other series
How Frostpunk stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Frostpunk games are there?
We hold 2 Frostpunk games in the catalogue, released between 2018 and 2024. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Frostpunk game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Frostpunk rates highest at 8.0. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Frostpunk games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2018 to 2024. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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