Frostpunk similar games & best alternatives

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Frostpunk

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2018

Should you play it?

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?

What works

  • Deep moral and strategic decision making
  • Immersive and atmospheric setting
  • Engaging narrative and scenarios
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Free dlc content and developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited replayability after mastering strategies
  • Performance issues on some systems
  • Lack of sandbox or endless mode at launch
  • Fixed maps and limited customization
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Total War: ATTILA

  • Frostpunk 2

  • They Are Billions

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth

  • Miasma Chronicles

  • Darkest Dungeon® II

Less dominating

Games that feels like Frostpunk but with less domination over others

  • IXION

  • New Cycle

  • DarkSwitch

  • As We Descend

  • The Mims Beginning

  • Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

More relaxing

Games that feels like Frostpunk but with a more relaxing feel

  • Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

  • ALL WILL FALL

  • X2: The Threat

  • Age of Wonders 4

  • Driftland: The Magic Revival

  • ENDLESS Legend™ 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Frostpunk but with more competition against others

  • Imagine Earth

  • Garbage: Hobo Prophecy

  • Oriental Empires

  • Earth 2150 Trilogy

  • Anomaly 2

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Frostpunk 2

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth

  • Anomaly 2

  • Anomaly Korea

  • Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Frostpunk. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Frostpunk. These titles are not in What to play next.

Frostpunk: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026