Frostpunk 2 Ignites with Its First Expansion: Breach of Trust Launches Today
Frostpunk 2's first major paid expansion, Breach of Trust, launched today on PC and consoles, sending players to a new city — and a new kind of catastrophe.
New Edinburgh and the Volcano Problem
Where the base game dropped players into a world killing itself with cold, Breach of Trust plants them in New Edinburgh, a settlement built atop geothermal vents to harness volcanic energy. Generations of overuse cracked the ground beneath the city, and now the volcano is destabilizing. Two new environmental hazards define the scenario: Tremors, periodic earthquakes that damage infrastructure and create grinding repair cycles at the worst possible moments, and Volcano Night, ash-cloud eruptions that simultaneously cut visibility and halt production, forcing fast decisions under severe time pressure.
The expansion functions as a standalone scenario — New Edinburgh is entirely separate from the main campaign's story — with its own maps, factions, buildings, and laws. 11 bit studios describes it as a complete narrative arc rather than a side chapter.
The Vote of Trust
The DLC's central mechanical addition is the Vote of Trust, a public approval meter that runs from the first turn to the last, measuring whether citizens believe in the First Citizen's leadership. Unlike the original game's Society stability gauge, the Vote of Trust is framed explicitly as political accountability: poor crisis management, broken promises, and bad calls erode the count, and if it collapses entirely, the First Citizen shares the fate of their predecessor. It reframes the Frostpunk feedback loop as ongoing democratic scrutiny rather than passive social tension.
Factions, Diplomacy, and the Aurora Colony
Five new communities and factions arrive with distinct ideologies and demands. An independent colony called Aurora appears on the map, introducing genuine diplomacy: players can negotiate alliances, compete for shared resources, or pursue Aurora as a partner in managing the volcanic crisis. Two new scenario maps, new building types, and new laws complete the content slate.
Where to Get It
Breach of Trust is available now on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and Windows), Xbox Series X/S, and PS5. Xbox Game Pass subscribers receive the DLC at no additional cost. The original Frostpunk is also confirmed to be coming to Nintendo Switch later in 2026.