A few hours into my first campaign in city-building survival game Frostpunk 2, I was asked whether I thought parents should be able to accompany their kids into quarantine. A mother had been waiting ...

Frostpunk made a name for itself in 2018 when the designers took a simple icey base builder and gave it higher stakes, aesthetics and intent than other games. It was a short game but brought an ...

I had failed to stockpile enough food. My people were starving in a frigid world of ice and darkness. I had pushed my food gatherers into overtime, I had enforced rationing, and yet we still starved.

Max has loved video games ever since he booted up his friend's N64 and played Mario Kart. He quickly spent all his allowance on any game he could get his hands on, and spent hours playing a dusty PS2.

It’s more demanding than a conventional strategy game, but this society-survival game will present a rewarding challenge for ‘Stewards’ who want to guide their snowy dystopia through the hardships of ...

Jason is a classic jack-of-all-trades writer who loves to cover most topics, though gaming has always been his strong suit. After spending the better part of the past decade freelancing for various ...

The original Frostpunk surprisingly appealed to me, despite my usual disdain for city builder and strategy-style games. I adored the gritty, dark, and often disturbing post-apocalyptic setting of ...

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As my city of New London burns and the people revolt over years of conflicting policies gone awry, I’m already mulling over how I want to approach my next Frostpunk 2 run. The last one, probably my ...

Frostpunk, the 2018 post-apocalyptic city-builder, dominated my every waking thought when I first started playing it — at this point I’ve sunk almost 90 hours into the game. But, after 15 hours of ...