Atmospheric frozen world and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The frozen landscapes are beautifully realized, and the overall feeling of the game is already remarkably well developed.”
Steam review · 20.3 h played ↗
Permafrost
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 72%Mostly Positive · 72%SpaceRocket Games2026Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Action
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 4 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $19.99
The verdict
A promising, atmospheric frozen survival game with co-op and a story, but the early access build has many quest bugs and performance problems. Skip it if you want polish or hardcore survival.
Great for
Early access fans of The Long Dark-style cold atmosphere, story-driven survival and co-op with friends
Main risk
Game-breaking quest bugs, crashes and low FPS in a build many call alpha quality
Since the last analysis (Oct 9)
Notable change
- New complaintBugged quests block progression (#2)
- New complaintFrequent crashes and lost progress (#3)
- New complaintJanky camera, movement and climbing (#4)
- New complaintToo easy, little survival challenge (#5)
- New complaintMap markers and keybinds don't save; multiplayer issues (#6)
- New praiseSatisfying hunting, building and survival loop (#3)
- New praiseDevs patch quickly and respond to feedback (#5)
- Complaint goneToo raw and unfinished
- Complaint goneJanky animations and poor AI
- Complaint goneCo-op is broken or half-baked
- Complaint goneWeak cold atmosphere and survival
- Complaint goneInventory and controls annoyances
- Praise goneRuns well for many players
- Praise goneGood potential and value for early access
- Praise goneSimple, approachable crafting and building
- Praise movedAtmospheric frozen world and visuals: #3 → #1
- Praise movedDog companion and story/quests: #6 → #2
What players love
Dog companion and story/quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it doubles as a 4 legged backpack! GREAT IDEA!”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Satisfying hunting, building and survival loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The bow and hunting are fantastic.”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“My wife and I enjoy playing co-op and exploring the world and dividing tasks and coordinating who should level up which skills.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
Devs patch quickly and respond to feedback
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“there are patches and updates almost daily”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization, low FPS and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I have set every graphics option to Low, yet I still experience constant frame drops, and my average FPS struggles to go above 40.”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Bugged quests block progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“after last update they made a new bug thats game breaking (cant progress main story at all )”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“This game is a crash fest !!!!”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Janky camera, movement and climbing
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“when aiming a weapon it randomly switches shoulder view. caused me to die many times.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Too easy, little survival challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Surviving is too easy and hunting is just not even fun as the animals are plentiful and walk right up to you.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Map markers and keybinds don't save; multiplayer issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Every time you re-log in the game, every region,marker, fast travel everything is gone..”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (x64)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (x64)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-12400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia RTX 3070 Ti 8GB or AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT 12GB
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (x64)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB
Storage30 GB available space
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