Frostpunk

Intense overall intensity

Highest flag: Dark themes — graphic

What's in it

Dark themes graphic

High

The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a global disaster has led to a permanent ice age, driving survivors to desperate measures to keep their city running and its people alive.

Suicide & self-harm depicted

Moderate

Characters can be driven to desperation and may choose to end their own lives if conditions become too bleak.

Mutilation / body horror depicted

Moderate

Characters can lose fingers and toes to frostbite, and the game shows this consequence.

Violence cartoon/stylized

Low

Survivors are depicted as injured or dying from cold and starvation; the environment is the source of violence rather than combat.

Horror & psychological spooky

Low

A tense, oppressive atmosphere created by the constant threat of freezing, starvation, and disease.

Language mild

Low

Occasional mild profanity appears in dialogue and in-game text.

Who can reach your kid

User-created content

What it is

Frostpunk is a city-building survival game set in a post-apocalyptic ice age where players must manage a city's resources, workforce, and morale to keep its population alive. The game is built around making difficult choices that have real consequences, including child labor, forced overtime, and authoritarian measures. Its core experience is single-player with no online interaction, though players can create and share custom scenarios and save files. The game's tone is grim and bleak, and its mechanics are built around scarcity, cold, and the constant threat of failure.

How it's framed

The game frames its content through a lens of survival and moral dilemma, presenting players with choices that carry significant emotional weight and long-term consequences. Its narrative and systems emphasize the cost of keeping a city alive in a harsh, unforgiving world, and it does not shy away from depicting the darker outcomes of those decisions.

Details

Developer: 11 bit studios
Publisher: 11 bit studios
Released: Apr 24, 2018

Metacritic 84critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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