Frostpunk
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How do players who really played Frostpunk rate it? TrueGG Rating 95.3%

Release date: Apr 24, 2018 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start
  • Players who want a good story and characters
  • Players who care about visuals and music

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
95.3%
▲ +2.6 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 3,337 reviews

TrueGG, all time
95.2%
Steam overall
92.7%
Japanese, all time
90.4%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.1% of all reviews. Their positive share is 64.5%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h48%841–2 h80%962–5 h88%5285–10 h93%82710–20 h94%1,23320–50 h96%1,18850–100 h96%534100–200 h96%262200+ h98%120Positive share by playtime0–1 h8448%1–2 h9680%2–5 h52888%5–10 h82793%10–20 h1,23394%20–50 h1,18896%50–100 h53496%100–200 h26296%200+ h12098%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h47.6%—84
1–2 h80.2%50.0%96
2–5 h87.9%0.0%528
5–10 h92.7%50.0%827
10–20 h93.6%85.7%1,233
20–50 h96.3%100.0%1,188
50–100 h96.3%100.0%534
100–200 h95.8%100.0%262
200+ h98.3%100.0%120

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 43% had 20+ hours and 6% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Frostpunk has a TrueGG Rating of 95.3%: the positive share among 3,337 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 92.7%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 95.2%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 4% of the total, and only 64% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs (less than at launch), boredom, and updates and the developers (less than at launch). Positive reviews praise the story and graphics and music.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 90.4%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (92.6% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on technical quality (Crashes & bugs). They have declined since launch, so things may have improved. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs13% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch
  • Boring / repetitive12% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Updates & developers10% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Story16% of positive reviews (9% of negative)
  • Graphics & music9% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 決断＋ サバイバル＋ シビア＋ 緊張感＋ 環境＋ 不満＋ 体験＋ ギリギリ− instead− unplayable− restart− crashes− certain− lack− click− tutorial

Counted from 382 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating92.7%All time, all languages · 138,101 reviews
Adjusted rating92.6%Weighted by trust (95% range 92.3%–92.8%), −0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews85.5%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−7.2pt vs overall) · 567 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%19%
Very short text37%17%
Key activated outside Steam17%14%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games11%7%
Over 100 reviews written4%5%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.790.80

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 15.8 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 2018-04: +4,592 / −666 2018-05: +3,422 / −562 2018-06: +1,022 / −160 2018-07: +546 / −97 2018-08: +684 / −120 2018-09: +656 / −102 2018-10: +688 / −106 2018-11: +3,566 / −119 2018-12: +785 / −123 2019-01: +755 / −124 2019-02: +716 / −143 2019-03: +470 / −92 2019-04: +487 / −105 2019-05: +419 / −90 2019-06: +1,345 / −116 2019-07: +1,439 / −84 2019-08: +333 / −77 2019-09: +327 / −70 2019-10: +460 / −52 2019-11: +1,440 / −67 2019-12: +2,068 / −117 2020-01: +3,472 / −251 2020-02: +1,810 / −107 2020-03: +1,216 / −83 2020-04: +1,311 / −91 2020-05: +884 / −62 2020-06: +1,465 / −113 2020-07: +1,203 / −85 2020-08: +1,741 / −143 2020-09: +834 / −65 2020-10: +963 / −83 2020-11: +1,695 / −116 2020-12: +1,361 / −77 2021-01: +1,055 / −74 2021-02: +841 / −68 2021-03: +929 / −72 2021-04: +926 / −76 2021-05: +898 / −54 2021-06: +1,061 / −129 2021-07: +798 / −78 2021-08: +1,484 / −105 2021-09: +956 / −65 2021-10: +1,129 / −90 2021-11: +866 / −64 2021-12: +870 / −67 2022-01: +1,299 / −95 2022-02: +753 / −91 2022-03: +642 / −124 2022-04: +661 / −46 2022-05: +646 / −51 2022-06: +824 / −72 2022-07: +778 / −55 2022-08: +879 / −58 2022-09: +697 / −43 2022-10: +667 / −44 2022-11: +1,130 / −59 2022-12: +1,149 / −92 2023-01: +973 / −75 2023-02: +539 / −32 2023-03: +1,215 / −88 2023-04: +791 / −48 2023-05: +539 / −45 2023-06: +806 / −58 2023-07: +973 / −63 2023-08: +597 / −23 2023-09: +659 / −42 2023-10: +702 / −62 2023-11: +858 / −53 2023-12: +1,413 / −116 2024-01: +1,546 / −106 2024-02: +658 / −70 2024-03: +1,201 / −88 2024-04: +884 / −58 2024-05: +840 / −67 2024-06: +854 / −82 2024-07: +2,363 / −196 2024-08: +1,052 / −67 2024-09: +2,933 / −212 2024-10: +1,346 / −80 2024-11: +940 / −55 2024-12: +1,292 / −82 2025-01: +1,382 / −103 2025-02: +1,123 / −83 2025-03: +834 / −63 2025-04: +897 / −68 2025-05: +942 / −68 2025-06: +610 / −34 2025-07: +852 / −59 2025-08: +493 / −31 2025-09: +719 / −51 2025-10: +850 / −57 2025-11: +944 / −58 2025-12: +1,215 / −83 2026-01: +1,095 / −70 2026-02: +598 / −42 2026-03: +568 / −42 2026-04: +1,257 / −122 2026-05: +706 / −51 2026-06: +753 / −70 2026-07: +814 / −64 2026-08: +521 / −39 2026-09: +451 / −38 2026-10: +346 / −34 2018/042019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 92.1% 2023-11: update 2018-04: 87.3%2018-05: 85.9%2018-06: 86.5%2018-07: 84.9%2018-08: 85.1%2018-09: 86.5%2018-10: 86.6%2018-11: 96.8%2018-12: 86.5%2019-01: 85.9%2019-02: 83.4%2019-03: 83.6%2019-04: 82.3%2019-05: 82.3%2019-06: 92.1%2019-07: 94.5%2019-08: 81.2%2019-09: 82.4%2019-10: 89.8%2019-11: 95.6%2019-12: 94.6%2020-01: 93.3%2020-02: 94.4%2020-03: 93.6%2020-04: 93.5%2020-05: 93.4%2020-06: 92.8%2020-07: 93.4%2020-08: 92.4%2020-09: 92.8%2020-10: 92.1%2020-11: 93.6%2020-12: 94.6%2021-01: 93.4%2021-02: 92.5%2021-03: 92.8%2021-04: 92.4%2021-05: 94.3%2021-06: 89.2%2021-07: 91.1%2021-08: 93.4%2021-09: 93.6%2021-10: 92.6%2021-11: 93.1%2021-12: 92.8%2022-01: 93.2%2022-02: 89.2%2022-03: 83.8%2022-04: 93.5%2022-05: 92.7%2022-06: 92.0%2022-07: 93.4%2022-08: 93.8%2022-09: 94.2%2022-10: 93.8%2022-11: 95.0%2022-12: 92.6%2023-01: 92.8%2023-02: 94.4%2023-03: 93.2%2023-04: 94.3%2023-05: 92.3%2023-06: 93.3%2023-07: 93.9%2023-08: 96.3%2023-09: 94.0%2023-10: 91.9%2023-11: 94.2%2023-12: 92.4%2024-01: 93.6%2024-02: 90.4%2024-03: 93.2%2024-04: 93.8%2024-05: 92.6%2024-06: 91.2%2024-07: 92.3%2024-08: 94.0%2024-09: 93.3%2024-10: 94.4%2024-11: 94.5%2024-12: 94.0%2025-01: 93.1%2025-02: 93.1%2025-03: 93.0%2025-04: 93.0%2025-05: 93.3%2025-06: 94.7%2025-07: 93.5%2025-08: 94.1%2025-09: 93.4%2025-10: 93.7%2025-11: 94.2%2025-12: 93.6%2026-01: 94.0%2026-02: 93.4%2026-03: 93.1%2026-04: 91.2%2026-05: 93.3%2026-06: 91.5%2026-07: 92.7%2026-08: 93.0%2026-09: 92.2%2026-10: 91.1% 2018/042019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2023-11-10 The Invincible is out now! 93% → 93% (+0.1pt)

Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 10 20 30 40 2026-09-19: +23 / −1 2026-09-20: +28 / −1 2026-09-21: +19 / −0 2026-09-22: +21 / −3 2026-09-23: +9 / −3 2026-09-24: +20 / −5 2026-09-25: +19 / −2 2026-09-26: +18 / −1 2026-09-27: +27 / −1 2026-09-28: +13 / −0 2026-09-29: +15 / −2 2026-09-30: +11 / −1 2026-10-01: +15 / −3 2026-10-02: +21 / −2 2026-10-03: +23 / −4 2026-10-04: +20 / −4 2026-10-05: +28 / −0 2026-10-06: +26 / −4 2026-10-07: +33 / −1 2026-10-08: +12 / −4 2026-10-09: +19 / −3 2026-10-10: +29 / −1 2026-10-11: +25 / −1 2026-10-12: +18 / −1 2026-10-13: +18 / −0 2026-10-14: +15 / −0 2026-10-15: +13 / −1 2026-10-16: +4 / −2 2026-10-17: +15 / −0 2026-10-18: +12 / −3 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2018-044,59266687.3%
2018-053,42256285.9%
2018-061,02216086.5%
2018-075469784.9%
2018-0868412085.1%
2018-0965610286.5%
2018-1068810686.6%
2018-113,56611996.8%
2018-1278512386.5%
2019-0175512485.9%
2019-0271614383.4%
2019-034709283.6%
2019-0448710582.3%
2019-054199082.3%
2019-061,34511692.1%
2019-071,4398494.5%
2019-083337781.2%
2019-093277082.4%
2019-104605289.8%
2019-111,4406795.6%
2019-122,06811794.6%
2020-013,47225193.3%
2020-021,81010794.4%
2020-031,2168393.6%
2020-041,3119193.5%
2020-058846293.4%
2020-061,46511392.8%
2020-071,2038593.4%
2020-081,74114392.4%
2020-098346592.8%
2020-109638392.1%
2020-111,69511693.6%
2020-121,3617794.6%
2021-011,0557493.4%
2021-028416892.5%
2021-039297292.8%
2021-049267692.4%
2021-058985494.3%
2021-061,06112989.2%
2021-077987891.1%
2021-081,48410593.4%
2021-099566593.6%
2021-101,1299092.6%
2021-118666493.1%
2021-128706792.8%
2022-011,2999593.2%
2022-027539189.2%
2022-0364212483.8%
2022-046614693.5%
2022-056465192.7%
2022-068247292.0%
2022-077785593.4%
2022-088795893.8%
2022-096974394.2%
2022-106674493.8%
2022-111,1305995.0%
2022-121,1499292.6%
2023-019737592.8%
2023-025393294.4%
2023-031,2158893.2%
2023-047914894.3%
2023-055394592.3%
2023-068065893.3%
2023-079736393.9%
2023-085972396.3%
2023-096594294.0%
2023-107026291.9%
2023-118585394.2%
2023-121,41311692.4%
2024-011,54610693.6%
2024-026587090.4%
2024-031,2018893.2%
2024-048845893.8%
2024-058406792.6%
2024-068548291.2%
2024-072,36319692.3%
2024-081,0526794.0%
2024-092,93321293.3%
2024-101,3468094.4%
2024-119405594.5%
2024-121,2928294.0%
2025-011,38210393.1%
2025-021,1238393.1%
2025-038346393.0%
2025-048976893.0%
2025-059426893.3%
2025-066103494.7%
2025-078525993.5%
2025-084933194.1%
2025-097195193.4%
2025-108505793.7%
2025-119445894.2%
2025-121,2158393.6%
2026-011,0957094.0%
2026-025984293.4%
2026-035684293.1%
2026-041,25712291.2%
2026-057065193.3%
2026-067537091.5%
2026-078146492.7%
2026-085213993.0%
2026-094513892.2%
2026-103463491.1%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19231
2026-09-20281
2026-09-21190
2026-09-22213
2026-09-2393
2026-09-24205
2026-09-25192
2026-09-26181
2026-09-27271
2026-09-28130
2026-09-29152
2026-09-30111
2026-10-01153
2026-10-02212
2026-10-03234
2026-10-04204
2026-10-05280
2026-10-06264
2026-10-07331
2026-10-08124
2026-10-09193
2026-10-10291
2026-10-11251
2026-10-12181
2026-10-13180
2026-10-14150
2026-10-15131
2026-10-1642
2026-10-17150
2026-10-18123
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days92.3%741
Last 180 days93.0%4,847
All time92.7%138,101
Japanese, last 180 days84.2%19
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