11 bit studios announced on Monday that The Surge, Frostpunk 2’s third expansion, arrives on December 14, 2026, and that it is the last one. It comes to PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The studio has not announced a price, though the expansion already has a Steam page.
That closes the plan 11 bit laid out in November 2024: a free update and three paid expansions. Frostpunk 2 launched on PC on September 20, 2024, and reached PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on September 18, 2025. Fractured Utopias followed in December 2025 with eight new factions and a new map, and Breach of Trust arrived on June 23, 2026. The studio says “future support for Frostpunk 2 will be limited to maintenance” after The Surge.
Frostpunk 2 is a city builder where you keep a frozen city alive by committee. You zone districts for food, energy and shelter rather than placing single buildings, and every law goes to a council of 100 delegates. Most laws pass with 51 votes. The factions want different things, and each idea you adopt for one of them costs you goodwill with another.
What The Surge adds beyond a new map
The Surge is a story scenario with branching choices, set in a new region. Your people cross the frozen remains of the USA to reach a valley. They are chasing rumours of a relic left by "history's greatest mind," whom the announcement does not name.
The systems news is a new resource. 11 bit says it can raise city automation "to unprecedented levels," but the announcement does not give the mechanics. If it works the way automation usually does in a builder, it frees workers for other jobs. It does say the factions argue over how to use it, so the resource is also a new fight in the council.
Storm Harness technology is the other addition. Whiteouts are the catastrophic storms a Frostpunk city braces for, and this tech turns them into harvested and stored resources. That makes the worst weather in the game an income line, at least on paper. The valley also has caves and ruins to explore, with hidden treasure inside.
Where Frostpunk goes after Frostpunk 2
This is an expansion for players who finished the main story and want one more argument with the council. The setting goes on without Frostpunk 2. 11 bit is also making Frostpunk 1886, a rebuild of the 2018 original due in 2027, and an unannounced game in a new genre. If you have been waiting for a complete edition of Frostpunk 2, December 14 is the last piece.
