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Shelter 2 cover art

Shelter 2

Might and Delight · 2015-03-09

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 09, 2015 (Mac), Mar 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2015 (Linux)

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.

2
playing now
85%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Shelter 2 is an open world survival video game developed by Might and Delight for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The game is a sequel to 2013's Shelter. It was released on March 9, 2015 and, like its predecessor, was made available on Steam as a digital download.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 84 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 108k–259k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,316 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Dreamgame (2018-05-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 29 of 45 observed days · $3.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.492015-02-252026-08-302015-02-25 — best price $13.492015-08-14 — best price $7.492015-10-21 — best price $14.952015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-03-31 — best price $14.992016-07-15 — best price $5.102016-11-10 — best price $5.992017-04-22 — best price $14.992017-09-26 — best price $14.992018-05-15 — best price $14.992018-08-13 — best price $2.992019-01-10 — best price $12.742019-11-03 — best price $14.992020-04-29 — best price $11.012020-07-22 — best price $13.392020-09-08 — best price $14.992020-10-18 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-01-23 — best price $14.992021-03-03 — best price $14.992021-04-18 — best price $13.392021-05-26 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $3.742022-03-21 — best price $4.492022-08-19 — best price $4.492023-03-17 — best price $11.012023-10-20 — best price $2.492024-03-21 — best price $11.012024-07-14 — best price $24.992025-02-05 — best price $24.992025-06-29 — best price $11.012026-03-05 — best price $6.242026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2722026-05-29 — 13 pageviews2026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 27 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
29.6%
earned "Circle of Life"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4164%26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteDarkDramaIndieNatureSurvivalAdventureEmotionalDystopian Simulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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