Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 84 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 84
  2. Negative: 0 out of 84
  1. Oct 21, 2024
    It feels different to the original one but, at the same time, is pure Frostpunk experience. A great and hardcore strategy game with tons of moral choices and unexpected situations. [Recommended]
  2. Sep 18, 2024
    The grittier art style in Frostpunk 2 is beautiful, and building the game on Unreal Engine gives it a level of polish that leaves me wishing I could see the original in the same way. Frostpunk 2 was built on Unreal, in part, because 11 bit studios wanted to enable modding for the game. And honestly, that could be its saving grace.
  3. I want to love Frostpunk 2, and I think that's precisely why so much of this review is negative. It deserves recognition for the courage to push into something new rather than play it safe. It's far more compelling, interesting, and super atmospheric than its peers, but that ambition has cost it a singular intensity and focus that leaves its fresh narrative and design too contradictory to carry it to the same heights.