ICY: Frostbite Edition
Fair · RPG · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $12.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 6.4h 19.6h to 100%
- Value
- $2.03/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 403 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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How to read this
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About the game
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1004 MB of memory, DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities, 1.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 68 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 12 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Wartales ($34.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG ($17.99, scores 40).
More about ICY: Frostbite Edition
The main story runs 6.4 hours. Doing everything runs 20, 3.1 times as long.
The drop-off
41% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Froze my brain to crystals, still thought I could boss. Recruited granny with jam plus ex con. We ate canned beans, argued morals, sang off key at sunrise. Best winter trip without a hat. My toes still tingle, totally worth it
2 more reviews
Gotta say: Didn't think it would hook me like it did. I like Post-Apoc and I like narrative driven games, as long as they are smart and well written (which this game is), but I just figured Icy: Frostbite Edition would be a few hours of moderate fun. Instead I was pleasantly surprised to find an addictive, just-one-more-turn Endless Questbook adventure experience. I even like the combat, which is deckbuilder-ish...
ICY is a choose your own adventure with light survival elements. You lead your ragtag band of survivors through a frozen post apocalyptic wasteland in order to rescue your friends and maybe even find a home. The story is decent but not outstanding there are a few branching paths which culminate in a small number of endings. The combat is simple but surprisingly tense as you and your opponents race to kill or be...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
ICY: Frostbite Edition scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/680480/icy-frostbite-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.