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You can literally imperil the lives of an entire generation of youth by putting a child labor law on the books. Unlike so much other steampunk, though, this mechanized Victorian vision doesn’t ignore the human cost of industrialization. There’s a sweat-of-the-brow beauty under the layer of sleet. As the game’s name hints, there’s a steampunk-in-progress art style that starts with generally believable structures and culminates in coal-fueled spider mechs and iron limbs that put amputees back to work at the end of the tech tree. That’s not to say you can’t enjoy the horizon you sculpt. And to do that, it constantly hits you with choices between two bad options. True to developer 11-Bit’s pedigree ( This War of Mine), Frostpunk wants you to confront what you’re willing to sacrifice to keep on living. Nor is it a creative exercise in making the most aesthetically pleasing city possible. This is not a slow and relaxing sort of playground like SimCity or Cities: Skylines. Loyal, placated citizens are a resource just like anything else in this grim take on the usual city-management simulation.

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That latter option won’t seem so clever, either, when those sick workers can’t collect the coal that fuels the city generator that keeps everyone from freezing to death or the wood and steel needed to build new structures.

Another option is to cut the gruel with sawdust, though that might make residents (aka potential workers) sick.

Ordering the cookhouses to liquefy food rations into soup will feed more people, for instance, but it will also raise discontent.

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This reality is reflected in a series of political and technological upgrade trees that usually trade one pro for another con.

The world has already come to an icy end, after all. Nobody is ever really happy in the world of Frostpunk. Your job is to manage these four societal factors-though not necessarily fix them. The citizens of this frozen, alternate-history England are cold, hungry, restless, and despairing. Links: Steam | Official websiteOne part survival game and one part city builder, Frostpunk doesn’t give you time to play around.

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