Frostpunk
Shares rank 18 of 21 city builder games by recommenders
People recommend it for its grim, atmospheric city-building and how hard it is to stop playing once a run starts.
People recommend it for its grim, atmospheric city-building and how hard it is to stop playing once a run starts.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Atmospheric, grounded industrial setting
“very grounded and pragmatic, so it's all dirty and loud and belching flames/smoke”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2” “the paths in the snow that are gradually disappearing when left unused”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2” Hard to stop playing
“I couldn't quit the game and finished my first (and only) run at 5am.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2”
Other city builder games people recommend
The four most recommended other city builder games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimCity 3000 | 23 | 2 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
| SimCity 2000 | 20 | 7 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| SimCity | 20 | 12 | 63% | 9 | — | — |
| Cities: Skylines | 20 | 18 | 53% | 9 | — | — |
| FrostpunkThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I couldn't quit the game and finished my first (and only) run at 5am.”
“the paths in the snow that are gradually disappearing when left unused”
“very grounded and pragmatic, so it's all dirty and loud and belching flames/smoke”
“it does a lot of other things that are closer to what the article talks about”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.