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Permafrost

Permafrost

Permafrost is a story-driven survival sandbox set in a frozen, post-apocalyptic world. Discover a vast lore-rich open world, alone or in co-op with up to 4 players. Explore, scavenge, craft, and build a network of shelters to outlast the cold.

Released Oct 9, 2026 Developer SpaceRocket Games Publisher Toplitz Productions Platforms Windows Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpExploration
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-21)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-21 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-09.

72.6%positive1,938 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Except for The Long Dark, there really is not much in the way of winter survival games. I've only been playing an hour or so but I must say I'm enjoying it so far. The game is not perfect, some of the animations are a little janky, but nothing catastrophic or game breaking. I…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 24 found this helpful

“Lovely game so far! I don't know why there are so many negative reviews about performance and mouse control. The game runs fine on my 7900 XTX with everything set to max, hitting 100 FPS without any upscaling. I've played for a good hour now, and the game hasn't crashed once.…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 175 found this helpful

“Guys, I'm sorry. Give this one more time in the oven, it is not good. And that is really unfortunate, there is some amount of passion in this one, something that makes me want to keep it in my library for later but the technical production value is abysmal. The game crashed…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

42achievements
11.9%median completion
1.5%rarest: The Hell Has Frozen
93.3% of players 90.5% of players 89.8% of players 88.6% of players 87.7% of players 83.7% of players 78.2% of players 57.8% of players 50.8% of players 50.5% of players 39.5% of players 31.6% of players 26.8% of players 26.2% of players 26.1% of players 24.9% of players 24.3% of players 22.3% of players 18.7% of players 15.4% of players 12.4% of players 11.9% of players 11.5% of players 10.3% of players 10.2% of players 10.2% of players 9.9% of players 9.0% of players 9.0% of players 7.2% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 5.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 2.9% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 93.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.3%Tool Time — Craft your first tool.
90.5%Schematic Starter — Unlock the first recipe in the blueprint tree.
89.8%Smash It! — Break a destructible object.
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%The Hell Has Frozen — Hidden achievement
1.5%Heads Up — Hidden achievement
1.5%Cartographer — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-10-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99−20% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-21 11:53 UTC
$24.99base price
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-12
US19.99 USD−20%
EU19.99 EUR−20%
UK17.59 GBP−20%
Australia30.39 AUD−20%
Canada27.99 CAD−20%
Japan2,239 JPY−20%
Brazil79.20 BRL−20%
China95.20 CNY−20%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Japan≈$14 China Brazil Canada US Australia EU UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-21). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 10-12 10-13 10-15 10-17 10-19 10-21

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 21, 2026
Quest, Item and Equipment Fixes

Hello everyone! A new patch is live, focused on the quests many of you were stuck on. Quests & Story Progression Fixed "The Lost Wife" and "The Way Home" not being completable. Fixed "Breaking the Rad

Oct 16, 2026
Gamepad Improvements & Crash Fix

Hello everyone! Another patch is here! This one focuses on gamepad controls, with a lot of improvements based on your feedback, plus a crash fix and a few fixes for animals and audio. Here's what's ne

Oct 15, 2026
Gamepad, Fast Travel & Quest Fixes

Hello everyone! We wanted to drop a quick update on how things are going since launch. We've already pushed several patches, and a lot of the improvements you've seen came straight from your feedback,

Oct 14, 2026
Quest Fixes, Fewer Crashes & More Moon Rock

Hey survivors! First, thank you for playing Permafrost and for all the reports and feedback you've sent since launch. They've helped us a lot. Sorry this update took a bit longer than planned. We want

Oct 11, 2026
Quest Fixes & Steam Invites

Hey survivors! The cold isn't the only thing that's been stopping you out there. Some of you have found quests frozen in place, especially when steps are done in a different order or items get picked

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-10-09.

GenresAction, Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Online Co-Op · Exploration · Crafting · Building · Action · Multiplayer · Co-op · Post-apocalyptic · Open World (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian *
Achievements42
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (x64) Processor: Intel Core i5 8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 30 GB available space