Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust is out now, giving 11 bit studios' society survival sequel a new paid scenario where heat is as dangerous as the cold. The DLC launched on June 23 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with Xbox marking the release through an official launch trailer.
Breach of Trust is the second DLC for Frostpunk 2, and its setting is the important break from the base game's familiar frozen-city pressure. The Steam page places the scenario in New Edinburgh, a city built near a volcano destabilized by the reckless use of geothermal energy to power its Generator. The result is a survival crisis driven by tremors, volcanic ash and the question of whether the city can hold together after the Old Captain has been removed.
That is a sharp fit for Frostpunk's best trick. The series has never been only about keeping numbers above zero. Its real tension comes from turning resource problems into political compromises, then asking players to live with the laws and factions they empowered. Breach of Trust pushes that idea through a different environmental disaster, where the city's heat source becomes the thing threatening to tear it apart.
The new scenario puts players in charge as First Citizen and adds a periodic Vote of Trust, which Steam describes as a direct check on approval. That gives the DLC a clearer political meter than simple unrest management. If the city starts losing faith while ash covers the sky, the nearby colony of Aurora becomes more than a side location. 11 bit says players will need to manage relations with the independent colony through trade, extortion or conquest.
The official feature list also confirms five communities and factions, two scenario maps, five new buildings and hubs, new laws and new environmental mechanics called Tremors and Volcano Night. Those details sound like familiar expansion material on paper, but the useful part is how they target Frostpunk 2's strongest systems: civic bargaining, emergency logistics and the uncomfortable line between survival planning and authoritarian control.
The Xbox store listing lists 11 bit studios as both developer and publisher, confirms a June 23, 2026 release date and says the DLC works with Xbox Series X|S and PC. Steam lists the PC version at $12.99 and notes that the DLC requires the base game to play. The base game itself is available through Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, PlayStation Store and Xbox, according to 11 bit studios' official Frostpunk 2 page.
Breach of Trust arrives as 11 bit studios continues treating Frostpunk as a long-running franchise instead of a single sequel release. In an investor update earlier this year, the studio said the wider Frostpunk franchise had reached more than 11 million players worldwide, and it named Breach of Trust as part of Frostpunk 2's 2026 DLC plan.
The main caveat is scope. Breach of Trust is a DLC scenario, not a new full campaign or a separate game, and the official materials do not frame it as a console-specific update despite the Xbox trailer. It is still a meaningful release for Frostpunk 2 players because it changes the disaster at the center of the city, then uses that pressure to test the same social machinery that defines the series.