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2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable93 % positive−90 % ~~29.99 €~~ 2.99 €

Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.

Choices with consequences
Dark, serious atmosphere
Tactical depth
Lavish presentation

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The closest matches for Frostpunk are Ixion, Beholder and This War of Mine. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Frostpunk special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ixion

88 %Match

2022PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable78 % positive33.99 €

Lavish presentation
Tactical depth
Dark, serious atmosphere

As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.

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Beholder

Choices with consequences

As a state-appointed apartment manager in a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and make morally heavy decisions. Time, money and conscience are all scarce, and your choices lead to many different endings.

This War of Mine

Choices with consequences

Instead of soldiers, you guide a group of civilians through a besieged city, maintaining your shelter by day and scavenging dangerous ruins by night. Harsh moral dilemmas between survival and humanity make it a haunting, unforgettable experience.

Crying Suns

Choices with consequences

As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check

Choices with consequences

Papers, Please meets the zombie apocalypse: you screen survivors at the last checkpoint and decide whether to admit, quarantine, or eliminate them. Between inspections you expand your base and defend against hordes.

Yes, Your Grace

Choices with consequences

You rule a kingdom from the throne room, hearing petitioners and making tough moral calls with scarce resources. Your decisions shape your family, your subjects and the fate of the realm.

Against the Storm

Lavish presentation

A roguelite city builder where you found new settlements in the endless rain, juggling resources, species needs and looming storms. Randomized maps and conditions keep each run fresh, while meta-progression steadily expands your options.

Floodland

Pure single-player experience

A city-building survival game set in a world flooded by climate change, where you scavenge resources, build a settlement and make hard choices to unite rival clans.

Undying

Strong, story-driven narrative

Bitten by a zombie and doomed, Anling spends her remaining days protecting her young son Cody and teaching him how to survive. A bleak, emotional post-apocalyptic adventure about parenthood and sacrifice.

War Hospital

Choices with consequences

You run a British WWI field hospital, treating the wounded, managing scarce resources and making morally heavy decisions. The blend of real-time management and a grim narrative makes it especially harrowing.

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