Frostpunk 2 sells over 350K copies in opening weekend
Painting by strategy of 11 Bit Studios.
Frostpunk 2 launched on September 20 and have become successful for 11-Bit Studios within three days.
The developer printed its city-builder survival sport has exceeded 350,000 copies in product sales. It launched on Mac and PC, with Xbox Sequence X|S and PlayStation 5 variations due in 2025.
Furthermore, 11 Bit acknowledged Frostpunk 2’s estimated earnings “already lined the prices we spent on producing and advertising the sport. Large, large thanks to you all to your assist! It (virtually) melts our frozen-solid hearts.”
How Frostpunk 2 stands with the distinctive, and on its maintain
For comparability, the distinctive Frostpunk offered 250,000 copies in three days when it launched totally on PC in 2018. Inside three years (and after launching on additional techniques), it hit 3 million copies, and, as of this earlier April, that grew to 5 million copies.
Frostpunk 2 has additionally outpaced its predecessor within the case of gamers. Per SteamDB, it opened to 35,233 gamers on September 20, a small up from the distinctive Frostpunk’s launch of 29,361 players in 2018.
Remaining 12 months, Sport Developer spoke with 11 Bit about Frostpunk 2’s emphasis on player-made opinions and the “human expertise.” Additional at present, we additionally talked about when to follow rigidity on gamers with out turning true right into a “jackass simulator.”
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