Games like Frostpunk 2
If Frostpunk 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Frostpunk, MEMORIAPOLIS and Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its decisions have systemic consequences, faction relations shape gameplay and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Frostpunk 2 is a strategy and simulation game developed by 11 bit studios, set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard devastated Earth. Players manage a city struggling to survive perpetual winter, balancing district-management, resource-allocation, and population-control against faction-politics and ideology-propagation. The sequel introduces expanded heating-system automation and deep faction relations that shape gameplay significantly. Reviewers note the game offers systemic consequences where political decisions carry as much weight as survival logistics, and players describe the experience as contemplative, immersive, and tense. The Tales system adds replayability through branching narrative paths. Released in 2024 at $44.99, it runs at Playable status on Steam Deck and holds a 78% positive rating from over 9,000 Steam reviews.
About Frostpunk 2: Develop, 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.
Players who liked Frostpunk 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Frostpunk 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Frostpunk
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Frostpunk 2.
Top pick for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Frostpunk 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?
MEMORIAPOLIS
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Frostpunk 2.
Second-strongest match for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Frostpunk 2.
Ranked #4 for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
They Are Billions
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Endzone - A World Apart
WHY THIS
Shares population control and a stressful mood with Frostpunk 2.
Ranked #6 for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Floodland
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Frostpunk 2.
Ranked #7 for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Frostpunk 2.
Ranked #8 for Frostpunk 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Frostpunk 2
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IXION
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Frostpunk 2.
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Frostpunk 2.
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Banished
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Frostpunk 2.
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Surviving the Aftermath
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Frostpunk 2.
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Timberborn
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
This War of Mine
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Manor Lords
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation and a stressful mood with Frostpunk 2.
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
New Cycle
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Frostpunk 2.
Reviewers of Frostpunk 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Frostpunk 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
BeamNG.drive
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Frostpunk 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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More from 11 bit studios
Other recommendable Steam games by 11 bit studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Frostpunk
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
Frostpunk 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?
This War of Mine
WHY THIS
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Simulation with Frostpunk 2.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
The Alters
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation and an immersive mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2.
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Anomaly 2
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Anomaly Defenders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Anomaly Korea
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Frostpunk 2.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Frostpunk 2. Shares Strategy with Frostpunk 2.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.
Frequently asked about Frostpunk 2
- Does Frostpunk 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Frostpunk 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Frostpunk 2 cost?
- Frostpunk 2 is listed on Steam at 44.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Frostpunk 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Frostpunk 2 are Frostpunk, MEMORIAPOLIS, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation.
- Who developed Frostpunk 2?
- Frostpunk 2 was developed by 11 bit studios.
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