Survival city builder Frostpunk 2 sells 350,000 copies in 3 days, immediately covering its development and marketing costs: "The work doesn't stop here"
Sep. 23, 2024Frostpunk 2 has already broken even
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Just three days after launch, city-builder sequel Frostpunk 2 has already recouped its development and marketing costs.
In a tweet earlier today, developer 11-bit Studios said it was “super happy to announce that we’ve already exceeded 350,000 copies of Frostpunk 2 sold.” The tweet came early this morning, so that marks more than 100,000 copies per day since Frontpunk 2 launched on September 20.
That’s huge news, meaning that from here out, Frostpunk 2 is in pure profit territory. Obviously, that’s not how these things work out in reality, and while the studio has broken even, it still has to fund whatever comes next. Nevertheless, this does still count as a substantial hurdle, which it’s good to see Frostpunk 2 overcome.
As for what comes next, 11-bit has another game due to release this year - cloning-themed sci-fi survival gameThe Alters- but the studio isn’t done with Frostpunk yet. In that tweet, it also confirms that “the work doesn’t stop here, we are continuously working on improving your experience with hotfixes and patches, and your feedback here is invaluable.” It’ll be interesting to see whether the team sticks with Frostpunk now, however - it’s clearly a recipe for success, but it’s also been the brunt of the studio’s output, development-wise, for the last decade, whereas The Alters could spell the start of a whole new era.
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