Frosthaven Early Access Gets Its First Major Free Update

The latest content will be out for free on October 23, 2025.

Frosthaven, the follow-up to 2021's strategy RPG Gloomhaven, will see the release of its first major content update later this month. This latest update, titled Awakening Protocol, comes with a huge amount of new features and content, including new playable characters.

Awakening Protocol's new content:

• The Unfettered Storyline: Confront the machine uprising, driven by a mysterious and formidable leader.

• 3 New Playable Heroes: Unlock 3 powerful new heroes and reshape the battlefield with bold new strategies.

• 5 New Bosses: Battle mechanical and unknown horrors, equipped with challenging abilities.

• 18+ More Quests: Explore new areas and confront dangerous threats.

• 1 New Building: Expand your settlement’s capabilities with the Town Hall.

• 8 Building Upgrades: Enhance and build up Frosthaven even further.

• 40+ New Items: Discover many new tools, weapons, and gear.

• Challenges: Tackle unique objectives that offer additional risk and reward.

• Job Postings: Complete new side quests from the Town Hall and increase your party’s capabilities.

This all new storyline sees the player explore the great facility of an ancient civilization that fell into ruin millennia ago. The Unfettered, forged for service and abandoned to rust, now rise with vengeance, driven by an enigmatic leader and a relentless plan.

We've had a ton of fun with Frosthaven early access thus far here at JetsonPlaysGames, so additional content and storylines to work though sounds like a great addition to an already great time. One of my largest personal complaints was the lack of playable characters, which can force some awkward decisions for full groups of players. Three additional characters to choose from alleviates that quite a bit, offering more party composition variety so players don't feel as forced into one role or another.

What is Frosthaven?

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Frosthaven is a dark fantasy strategy RPG, and is the story of a small outpost far to the north of the capital city of White Oak. Set in the same world as the 2021 title Gloomhaven, the people of Frosthaven must contend with harsh weather and ferocious foes in order to survive. Developed by Snapshot Games Inc., Frosthaven (digital version) attempts to convert the complex mechanics and deep world of the tabletop version into a video game format.

In our preview for Frosthaven's early access, Taylor Rioux said "I came away quite impressed with the depth and breadth of what is available to the player within Frosthaven. For an early access title, there are a large number of scenarios and events to engage in, as well as deep, complex mechanics to contend with. It’s too early to speak much on the overarching narrative, but early impressions are strong here, too, as the game is deftly written in the cutscenes and events throughout. If you have played the tabletop version, you’re getting more of the same, but this is a strong recommendation for anyone who enjoys tactical RPGs or tabletop RPGs at home."

Image Credits: Snapshot Games Inc.