The Frontier

The Frontier

Nikku Nomura · October 24, 2016 · Adventure, RPG, Indie, Early Access, Simulation

Buy The Frontier from Steam at $9.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $7.49
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The Frontier price by region

The Frontier costs $6.29 in Georgia (USD), £7.19 in the United Kingdom, $9.99 in the United States, €9.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$11.49 in Canada, NZ$12.39 in New Zealand, A$14.50 in Australia, R$20.69 in Brazil and zł35.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Frontier offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $6.29 $6.29 — 1
United Kingdom £7.19 £7.19 — 1
United Statesyour region $9.99 $9.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €9.99 €9.99 — 1
Canada CA$11.49 CA$11.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$12.39 NZ$12.39 — 1
Australia A$14.50 A$14.50 — 1
Brazil R$20.69 R$20.69 — 1
Poland zł35.99 zł35.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About The Frontier

\ Due to financial constraints, I'm currently unable to work on The Frontier full-time. I have no plans to cancel or stop working on the game; however, this will result in much slower and more inconsistent progress. If you're thinking about buying The Frontier, please bear this in mind and base your decision on how much you think you will enjoy the game in its current state.

The Frontier is a blend between business simulation and survival, exploration games. Starting from nothing: explore, gather resources, craft items, and try to survive your world — all while building up your business empire and great fortune.

Current Features



Business Simulation:
  • Foreign trade markets — buy/sell bundles, manage warehouses, and make shipments
  • Town populations affect supply, demand, and prices
  • Workshops — hire workers to help scale your production
  • Harvester Huts — hire Harvesters to automatically gather resources
  • Hire Couriers to transport items in your production chain
  • Specialists offer helpful services and item crafting

Survival and Exploration:
  • Character experience and leveling system
  • Character skill points and acquired skills
  • Large, randomly generated maps to explore
  • 5 different biomes to gather resources from
  • Survival — the player must secure food to survive
  • Permanent Death — running out of money will also result in game over
  • Farming and fishing
  • Resource surveys, growth and decay

The Frontier — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

The Frontier impresses players with its massive world, extensive crafting options, and developer's responsiveness to feedback, having recently fixed control and UI issues that were previously problematic. However, the game is still quite sparse in content as an early alpha title, leaving players cautiously optimistic about its potential rather than fully satisfied with its current state. Most reviewers suggest waiting to see how the game develops given the active development, though those interested in survival games with community-focused developers may find it worth exploring early.

Recommended Oct 30, 2016
REVIEW UPDATE: I wrote a negative review few weeks ago, because some control and UI issues. With the latest update the DEV fixed everything I described. I am impressed. This is the Kind of developer we need. The Game is still pretty empty at this point, but its early alpha. I cant say how this game will be when finished, but I can say that the dev is very active and listens to the players, so have my upvote!
13 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 16, 2016
This game has a lot of craft options, the world is huge, i can imagen the time the developer spend on creating this In general this game is about surviving, But its about much more then just your own character https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRcNev5oV8
12 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 4, 2021
Im liking the game so far, will update the review after i play a little bit more.
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