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- Story – 10-15 hours
- Story + Utopia Builder – 30-40 hours
- Completionist – 50-100 hours
Assigning a specific playtime to Frostpunk 2 is somewhat of a tricky endeavour as it is with most city-builders with a sandbox mode. One player might spend 12 hours beating the story then never touch the game again, while another might complete the story, all the sandbox scenarios, and unlock every trophy, pushing the playtime past the 100 hour mark.
Nevertheless, we’ll walk you through some ballpark figures for how much time you’ll want to set aside to play Frostpunk 2.
How long to beat Frostpunk 2
To complete the story campaign, you’re looking at anywhere from 10 to 15 hours. This will vary depending on the difficulty level and how familiar you are with the series. Even on the lowest difficulty setting, it’s challenging so we can see a good portion of players spending more than 20 hours on the story. It is quite a lot tougher than the original Frostpunk so you’ll want to factor in a few hours to get used to the new mechanics, systems, and whatnot.
If you want to complete the story and play through a few of the Utopia Builder scenarios (Frostpunk 2’s sandbox mode), around 30-40 hours should give you a good taste of what the game has to offer, though you can easily surf past this mark.
For completionists aiming to unlock all 51 trophies and achievements, our estimate is that you’ll need anywhere from 50-100 hours of playtime. This includes completing the story mode on different difficulty settings, ticking off some obscure and very situational achievements, and sampling of the scenarios in the Utopia Builder mode, even possibly having a go at the Survivor mode that drastically ups the challenge.
For die-hard fans, there’s no really no cap on how many hours you can sink into Frostpunk 2. You get out of it what you put like in most city-builder games. It’s designed to be highly-replayable with a generous selection of settings you can tweak to personalise each game to your liking.
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