Frostpunk 2 News

Fractured Utopias DLC is Available Now!

[p]Hello Citizens,

Fractured Utopias is available now on Steam!

DLC is expanding the 8 existing factions in Utopia Builder Mode to make them feel even more integral to this mode. We’ve completely redesigned the main menu, adding one of the most requested features - the ability to force your starting faction.

After a year of improvements shaped by your feedback, this expansion takes the Utopia Builder even further with unique faction identities, new laws, over 100 fresh events, and buildings.

That’s not all! From the moment of DLC’s launch, all of the base game owners gain a Free Content Update with an additional map and additional Centrist Policies for existing laws.

Check out the Launch Trailer for the DLC, revealed during our 11 bit studios Digital Showcase:
[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][hr][/hr][h3]Create one of the Unique Faction Utopias[/h3][p] In Fractured Utopias, every faction now delivers its own distinct style of play.
[/p][p]The DLC features an overhauled starting menu where you pick from 8 already known factions, each shaping the future direction of your city. Your selection defines the kind of Utopia you’ll aim to create. Will you chase cutting-edge innovation with the Technocrats, or forge a disciplined, militaristic society under the Legionnaires? The path forward is entirely up to you.

Once you choose a faction, you immediately gain access to its exclusive skill tree, filled with unique buildings, hubs, and abilities to unlock. Advancing through the tree depends on completing actions that earn favour with the group you’ve aligned with.
[/p][p]Every faction also grants its own set of traits, offering passive boosts that enhance your city’s stability and productivity. As you progress, your settlement will slowly evolve to mirror the style and philosophy of your faction, making each playthrough feel genuinely tailored to the choice you made.

[/p][hr][/hr][h3]8 New Hubs and Housing District Variants[/h3][p] Depending on which path you choose to forge your Utopia, the look of your City will adapt to it. Build new Hubs and Housing Districts, now dedicated to each of the 8 existing factions. Use them to unlock new benefits that help you survive the Frost.

[/p][hr][/hr][h3]City Unbound and the Unique Tales Feature[/h3][p] This City Unbound is a special one for us because it marks the reveal of our very first Frostpunk 2 DLC!

Tales in Frostpunk 2 were always meant to be played alone or mixed for an extra challenge. This is a feature never seen before in any existing strategy game. They are narratively framed gameplay twists - stories that explore how ideology holds up under extreme pressure.[/p][p]They were designed to add a unique angle to your playthrough.

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Plus, you can play them in any configuration you want. Even all at once!
[/p][p]Check out the full City Unbound video with commentary from Łukasz Juszczyk - Game Director and Art Director of Frostpunk 2:

[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p] We want to give a huge thank you to our amazing community for your ideas, feedback, and support throughout the game’s development. We hope you will enjoy exploring the new DLC, discovering each faction’s unique style, and experiencing all the new challenges. We can’t wait to see how you build your cities and make each Utopia your own.

Brace yourself, as we are preparing more stuff for you next year!

For now enact your perfect Utopia![/p][p]
~ 11 bit studios Team[/p][p] [/p][p]
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Nominate Frostpunk 2 for the Labour of Love on Steam Awards 2025!

[p]Hello Everyone!
[/p][p]Nominations for the Steam Awards 2025 are now underway, and Citizens of New London ask you for your vote!

[/p][p]Our recent journey through last year, and the community encouraged us to make this request, starting with the Best Sim/Strategy Award of 2024, going through 4 big patches, introducing many hotfixes, releasing a well-received first Free Major Content Update, and there is still more to come with the first DLC coming this December.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you so much for your support and for being part of such an amazing community. Your feedback helps us all the time shape the New London and develop the Frostpunk setting even further.[/p][p][/p][p]Now you are the council! If you feel that Frostpunk 2 should be nominated, cast your vote for us until December 1st![/p][p][/p][p]Take care,[/p][p][/p][p]~ 11 bit studios Team[/p]

Frostpunk 2 just hit its cheapest price ever, ahead of the city-building game's first DLC

Whenever winter approaches, I always feel the need to dive into Frostpunk 2. Something about the world being blanketed by a permanent frost is both terrifying and enticing, plus it helps me feel warm in the comfort of my home. With the game's first DLC, Fractured Uptopias, just around the corner, now's the perfect time to pick up the sequel to one of the best city building games ever made.

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Frostpunk 2's first bit of DLC gets a seasonally appropriate release date, though it does sound a bit bare-bones

I know that with winter on the way, you might be wanting to play some summery games to remind you of what life was like before Jack Frost started nipping at your chestnuts. Put that to the side, perhaps, just for a while, as developer 11 bit studios have revealed the release date for Frostpunk 2's first bit of DLC, Fractured Utopias.

With winter about to seize half of the world in a frigid grasp once more, could there be a better time to hunker down at home with the Frostpunk 2 Fractured Utopias DLC - the first paid content patch since one of the best city-building games released last year? This new expansion adds a bunch of extra skill trees, over 100 narrative events, and lots more to, you guessed it, Utopia mode. That means you can struggle to survive the never-ending winter of the survival game as the hopefully non-hazardous version of the same season outside your house simply suggests you wear a coat outside as opposed to, say, six layers and ski goggles.