
As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.
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About
Explore nature as a lynx and raise your cubs in the brutal, but beautiful, tundra.
Be on your guard, because you are both predator and prey. Feed your cubs and keep them safe and enjoy those precious moments of peace and tranquillity whenever you can. But also remember that your own survival is the only thing that will guarantee theirs.
Shelter 2 features more elaborate gameplay features than its predecessor and includes gameplay features such as stamina, movements, jumps and a variety of prey to hunt. Besides hunting skills, there are also maternal features such as calling the cubs closer, sniffing out prey, drinking water from rivers and lifting and carrying your cubs from harm’s way.
A vast wilderness awaits
The environments in Shelter 2 are significantly much larger than those in its predecessor, offering more freedom than ever before and allowing you to find favourite spots in which to return. In the game world, weather and seasons change - harsh winters and blooming summers await you. The music is created by Retro Family, awarded for their work on the Pid Soundtrack, and the visuals have been reinvented by adding dense atmosphere and lighting to the patterned graphical art style.
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Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $24.99 | 4.3Kreviews | 85% | — | $1.9M |
| $4.99−80% | 108ratings | 78% | — | not modelled |
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Reviews
Spent $6, $8 with the mountain DLC, and I feel alright about it. No way this game is worth $25 though. There is very, very little to do- you have kits, hunt about 5 different prey species until they grow, then the game ends. That's it. There are collectibles scattered around the map I guess. With the mountain DLC it gets a little more interesting but it's still a very barren game. Other species don't really do anything except spawn and run away from you and the world doesn't feel very alive. You'll experience everything the game has to offer within about an hour. If it's on sale and you (like my daughter and I) *really* enjoy games about nature/playing as an animal then I think it's a decent choice. At full price it's absolutely a waste of money. Oh and if you're using an Xbox controller you'll get stuck at the beginning when it prompts you to hold left shift to sprint- you can fix this by rebinding the control to something else until you're past the "tutorial" screen. There are posts about this from like 8 years ago but it was never fixed.
Лучшая серия игр касательно животных. Спасибо создателям за возможность испытать себя в роли матери :3
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish
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谢谢你制作组,给我抓兔子抓麻了
Необычайно прекрасная игра, подарившая детство. Графика на высоте, саундтреки, оригинальный стиль...глаза и душа отдыхают во время прохождения. Она относительно короткая, проходится на одном дыхании, из-за чего залипаешь в нее минимум на полтора часа. Будь я разработчиком, добавила бы онлайн и прохождение вне сюжета мамы-рыси.
[h3]Cute wildlife simulator with little replayability. Better fit for casual and new gamers such as kids.[/h3] [u]The Good[/u] + Unique graphics + Decent concept + Looks and feels cozy, despite it being very nature faithful [u]The Meh[/u] ~ Too many collectables ~ Easily gets visually cluttered ~ UI is a bit clunky with no context other than intro ~ Played on keyboard, so I can't say whether it's controller compatible or not [u]The Bad[/u] - Buggy, I had issues getting stuck because the lynx jumped of a cliff and landed on it's back like a turtle - Way too many collectables, some aren't even placed out on the map and require tutorials/bugs to find - Some encounters are just really annoying to deal with - Had a kit "die" for no apparant reason when it got stuck on terrain (possibly due to cut direct visuals and "fog") - The game loop is so simple it gets boring fast Closing statement: I wanted to give this game another try and complete it for once, but I found myself getting annoyed with it.
Mothers guard their cubs Across the cold northern plains Life begins anew
Shelter 2 is a short but genuinely emotional experience that surprised me with how attached I got to my lynx cubs — when one of them started wailing from hunger or got taken by a predator, it actually hurt. The stylized visuals and haunting music give the game a unique atmosphere that few games manage to pull off, and the open-world hunting loop is satisfying enough to carry you through the 1-2 hour runtime. That said, be aware this is very light on mechanics: hunting is simple, threats are rare, and the massive collectable system feels completely disconnected from the core loop of keeping your family alive. If you go in expecting a deep survival game you'll be disappointed, but if you want a brief, artistic, emotionally resonant experience about motherhood and the wild, it delivers — just wait for a sale.
Wonderful game! I will say it can be a bit buggy at times, and there's not a lot of challenge to keeping your kits alive. Once you know what the threats are, they're pretty easy to avoid. But the art style is beautiful, the gameplay is fun and relaxing, and I enjoyed playing and replaying through a long family tree.
It's a beautiful game that locks you in stress, paranoia and awe but however there isn't much to the game. No story, but you can make one up in your head and the map is absolutely breathtaking. Shelter 2 puts you in this world as a mother that makes you protect your children from anything and everything. You can collect so many fossils that aren't seen to the eye unless you search, or you have to be really quick with certain animals because they flee fast. You always have to find food or your cubs will starve, don't stand under/near trees when it rains or thunder because it'll start a fire, keep your eyes peeled in the snowy areas, don't waste your stamina it's very important, etc. I just love that kind of anxiety it puts on you. Buuuut wish I could put a neutral review instead of yes or no. You can get bored very easily if you've played it before, and if you don't like shaky or confusing controls, it's a skip. Not to mention the price.. it's so expensive for a game that you can easily complete in an hour or so. Replayability is a hard thing to do with this game in my opinion. If you love animals and have that parental/maternal feeling alongside survival, go for it!! Otherwise I think it's a skip for sure.
Невероятно атмосферная и красивая игра. Мне нравится, как смело разработчики экспериментировали с тайлами и фактурой разных поверхностей и животных. Это очень смелый и необычный визуальный стиль, которым я наслаждалась всю игру. Отдельное спасибо за саундтрек и саунд дизайн, он прекрасен! Игра очень маленькая, но ощущается невероятно приятно. Спасибо авторам! <3
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