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Is Frostpunk 2 on Game Pass?

All of the details revealed during March’s Xbox Partner Showcase on whether Frostpunk 2 is coming to PC Game Pass on day one or not.

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Is Frostpunk 2 on Game Pass? The long-awaited sequel to 11 Bit Studios’ superb survival sim had more information revealed during March 2024’s Xbox Partner Showcase. A new trailer shows how you will manage a frozen colony as the storm intensifies and tensions grow within the starving citadel. If it’s anything like the first installment, one wrong step could seal the fate of your people.

Frostpunk 2 is the successor to one of the greatest strategy games in recent years. Compared to contemporaries like Civilization 6, Age of Empires, and Crusader Kings, in the original Frostpunk your power and consequences lie in the smallest decisions. Since the Frostpunk 2 release date is not inching ever closer, here’s everything you need to know about whether Frostpunk 2 is on Game Pass.

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Is Frostpunk 2 on Game Pass?

Frostpunk 2 will be available on Game Pass on PC from day one. This was confirmed during the first official gameplay trailer, but was reconfirmed along with the release date during the Xbox Partner Preview stream in March 2024. Frostpunk 2 will also be available on Xbox Series X|S Game Pass when the console version of the game is released.

As for the gameplay itself, you’re not conquering worlds and forging huge new societies. Instead, you’re deciding how many people should be sent to collect wood, who gets the last of the food rations, and whether you have the resources available to build a makeshift tent for one starving family. It’s equal parts brutal and beautiful.

While you can play it from day one on PC Game Pass, Frostpunk 2 also has a beta running in April for seven days which you can access by preordering the game. You’ll be able to do so on Steam – where it is currently the fifth most wishlisted game – as well as the Windows Store, Epic Games Store, and GOG. Preordering will also give you early access 72 hours before the game’s release.

While you wait for the arrival of Frostpunk 2,here are some management games to allow you to get some practice in, as well as a list of must-have upcoming PC games releasing in 2024 and beyond.

 

Dave is a Guides Writer at PCGamesN. He's partial to a good Soulslike and is always up for a hunt in Monster Hunter Rise. If he's not playing fighting games like Street Fighter 6, you'll find him bashing badniks in Sonic games or demolishing demons in Diablo 4. Outside of guides, Dave also attends preview events, including Dragon's Dogma 2 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, writing features about GTA 6 and the best Steam indies, and reviewing games, most recently WWE 2K24 and Mortal Kombat 1. Before PCGN, Dave wrote for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and TheSixthAxis. Just don’t talk to him about old games, board games, pro wrestling, or birdwatching; he won’t shut up about any of them!