Frostpunk Nintendo Switch has a locked date: October 19, 2026. 11 bit studios announced the port of its survival city builder with a demo and pre-orders already available, according to Gematsu.
The game launched on PC on April 24, 2018, reached PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 11, 2019, and iOS and Android on October 29, 2024. This version is not a new game. It is the original Frostpunk, the one built around the generator, not Frostpunk 1886, the revisit the studio is still preparing with extra content.
What the studio described
In the text reproduced by Gematsu, 11 bit studios says Frostpunk launches on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on October 19. There would be two editions: the base game, with a 30 percent launch discount, and the Complete Edition, with a 35 percent discount, including The Rifts, The Last Autumn, and On The Edge.
Eurogamer.de, covering the same announcement, read the release as a port of the original Switch, playable on Switch 2 through compatibility, not as a separate native edition of the new console. Both readings are circulating on the same day. What both reports confirm is the October 19 date, the eShop demo, and the launch discount on both editions.
Why it matters
Frostpunk asks for sessions of management, laws, research, and Frostland expeditions. Bringing that loop to Nintendo's handheld changes where it is played, not the premise: the player still runs New London under cold, scarcity, and political consequence. The studio also points to Endless Mode, with Serenity Mode aimed at building without the pressure of the main scenario.
What the reports consulted do not yet detail is full price, target performance, and whether there are technical differences between Switch and Switch 2. 11 bit studios is still working, in parallel, on Frostpunk 1886, described as a revisit of the original with substantial new content.
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