Frostpunk Reviews

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89 / 100
Apr 23, 2018

Frostpunk is a stressful, stylish, and addictive survival management game filled with incredibly difficult choices.

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IGN
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Apr 25, 2018

Frostpunk deftly mixes a variety of thematic ideas and gameplay elements into an engaging and unique, if occasionally unintuitive, strategy game.

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Recommended
Apr 27, 2018

A thrilling but thin survival twist on the city builder genre, oozing dark charisma and political dilemmas.

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
9 / 10
Apr 26, 2018

It may have the framework of an ordinary city builder but there's an insightful, and frequently disturbing, philosophical message at the heart of this cross-genre classic.

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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
9 / 10
Oct 10, 2019

Becoming one of the best city builders on consoles is the least of Frostpunk's achievements in this thought-provoking parable about the true cost of being in charge.

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8.8 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2018

Don't come to Frostpunk if you want sunshine, unicorns, and happy outcomes. This is a bleak game about making difficult decisions to survive inhospitable conditions

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9 / 10
Apr 24, 2018

Frostpunk is a brutal city-survival sim that thrives on forcing you to make tough choices in harrowing scenarios.

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8.5 / 10.0
May 1, 2018

Frostpunk is such a bizarre game. Playing through it mechanically and logistically leads to a relatively standard resource manager. However, by investing yourself in the town and the people within it, you allow in the crushing weight of the decisions you'll have to make and the emotional consequences that follow. They may not be affecting real people, but treating it as such is what this game is all about. It's an emotional roller coaster that will likely leave you more defeated after "winning" than when you first started, and that is incredible.

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9 / 10
May 3, 2018

Frostpunk is a truly harrowing game in the best possible way and one that will have you steeped in the harsh reality of eternal winter for dozens of hours to come.

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8 / 10
May 9, 2018

The game does lose a bit of its luster after you beat the main scenario, but the two additional stories do put what you learned to the test. I'm eager to see what new situations 11 Bit Studios adds to the Frostpunk in the future, as the concept has a ton of untapped potential.

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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2018

Frostpunk can get to your heart and let it frozen just with a few simple decisions and that's amazing.

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Unscored
Apr 24, 2018

Frostpunk is a city builder focused on story and setting over creativity. Minor issues hold it back but not enough to ruin its grim vision of alternate history. Buy it.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2019

Frostpunk Console Edition is the happiest I've been staring despair in the face. A fantastic city-builder where you really care about the people you're trying to save.

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Oct 10, 2019

If you have yet to play Frostpunk and enjoy city-builders you should absolutely give the console edition a look. It's a worthy port of a phenomenal game, and I hope to see more games brought over from PC given this sort of love and attention in the future.

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Unscored
Apr 23, 2018

Frostpunk may be one of the most tense, exciting city building survival games on PC, but for a game with such an emphasis on innate justice, and heat, it leaves you surprisingly cold.

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Oct 10, 2019

This is a staggering achievement that strategy game fans shouldn't miss out on.

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78 / 100
Apr 23, 2018

It may seem like there is no end in sight, no happy ending for those who survive, but with its fantastic presentation and no-nonsense attitude, Frostpunk is an exemplary game to learn from and with so many paths to go down, the replay value is through the roof, especially for gamers who happen to be a glutton for punishment.

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8.8 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2018

11 bit studios changed radically its formula from This War of Mine, and engaged in a compelling, well-written steampunk odyssey set in a frozen wasteland. The connection between gameplay and dynamic storytelling is impressive, and the result is a great experience.

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8 / 10
Apr 24, 2018

Frost Punk will test your city management skills to the max and keep you coming back for more.

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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 29, 2018

Frostpunk is a challenging city builder where your decisions have dramatic repercussions on the citizens you're tasked with looking after in a wintery apocalypse. It's a pleasant surprise that is definitely worth your time if you're looking for something different and brutally challenging.

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