When it made it's debut back in 2018, Frostpunk quickly became one of our favourite city builders. The experience presented an often bleak look at trying to keep a society going in the midst of an ice-age and blended city planning with tough moral choices. Today, developer 11 Bit Studios has announced that Frostpunk 2 is in development - and the sequel will take place after the events of the first outing.

Where the remnants of humanity are looking at oil as being the thing to keep the lights on.

In Frostpunk’s successor, players are once again tasked with playing as the leader of a resource-hungry metropolis where the expansion and search for new sources of power is an unavoidable reality. But the apocalyptic world has moved on. After the age of coal, conquering Frostland for the oil extraction industry is expected to be the new salvation of what’s left of humanity. However, change does not come easily, and not everyone in this new multi-layered society will welcome this new direction.

With the success of the original the studio has also grown in size, and with that the scope of the follow-up. "What players should expect is a wide universe of choices, freedom to shape the society and the city however they see fit - and reap the consequences," states Jakub Stokalski, Frostpunk 2 Co-Director. "Frostpunk 2 builds on the conflicts of its predecessor - survival vs human values, life vs the arctic frost. But most importantly, it adds a new layer that is present in many aspects of the game - be it politics, be it society, be it technological progress - the conflict between humans and their nature."

This is definitely great news, again, we loved the original. And on that note if you haven't checked it out yet, Frostpunk is currently free-to-play on Steam this weekend and also 70% off.