Permafrost Survive the endless winter
Your complete field guide to the frozen-Earth survival craft from SpaceRocket Games. Cold-survival, crafting, biomes, your dog, and co-op.
A frozen world that wants you dead
After a chain of catastrophes shattered the Moon, an endless winter buried the Earth in ice. You play Rook, an engineer drawn into the cold by a radio signal from a friend long believed lost. Scavenge, craft and build a network of shelters across a vast, open world where every storm is a death sentence and warmth is the only currency that matters.
This wiki maps it all: how to read the cold, what to craft first, where to shelter, and how your dog keeps you alive.
- Early Access
- August 21, 2026
- Platforms
- Steam, GOG, Epic
- Developer
- SpaceRocket Games
- Publisher
- Toplitz Productions
- Players
- Solo or co-op (1-4)
- Setting
- Frozen post-Shattering Earth
Beat the cold
Frostbite, storms and a creeping chill are the real enemy. Read the warmth, hunger and exhaustion systems before they read you.
Craft and build
Scavenge ruins, craft gear that matters, and raise a network of shelters and outposts to push deeper into the ice.
A dog at your side
A loyal dog scouts ahead, warns of danger and hauls supplies. Your most valuable companion in the white hell.
Survive together
Face the world solo or with up to three friends in co-op. Split the work, share the warmth, last longer.
Where to begin
All guides
Permafrost Beginner's Guide: How to Survive Your First Days
New to Permafrost? This beginner's guide covers your first hours in the frozen world: managing cold and warmth, what to scavenge and craft first, finding shelter, and keeping your dog companion close.
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Permafrost Release Date: When Does Early Access Launch?
Permafrost launches into PC Early Access on August 21, 2026, on Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store. Here is the confirmed date, what Early Access includes, and everything we know about the road to 1.0.
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Permafrost System Requirements (PC): Can You Run It?
The official Permafrost PC system requirements, from the minimum GTX 1060 / RX 590 spec to the recommended RTX 3070 Ti setup. Here is exactly what you need to run the frozen-Earth survival game.
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Permafrost: Everything We Know So Far
A living overview of Permafrost: the story, setting, gameplay, dog companion, co-op, biomes and weather, the August 21, 2026 Early Access date, and everything else confirmed about SpaceRocket Games' frozen survival game.
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Permafrost Crafting Guide: What to Make First
A practical crafting guide for Permafrost: how scavenging and crafting work, the gear to prioritize early, and how crafting ties into warmth, shelter and pushing into colder biomes.
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Permafrost Base Building Guide: Shelters & Outposts
How base building works in Permafrost: using the free building system to raise heated shelters, fortify outposts, and connect a network of bases that lets you survive deeper into the frozen world.
Read guideExplore the frozen world
Three growing reference sections cover everything you need to last a winter, from the systems that kill you to the gear that saves you.
Permafrost news
Be ready before the first storm
Bookmark the wiki as we map the whole frozen world. New guides land through the August 21, 2026 Early Access launch.