Shelter 2
Skip · Narrative · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Under the fair line today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$24.99Skip
Typical seasonal cut
$6.2475% offFair
- Cost per hour▼
- $13.15/hr
- Reviews▼
- 85% of 4,323
- Critics
- 58 players 27 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 33% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.24 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 1.9h
- To 100%
- 10h 5.3x the story
- Achievements
- 26
Price and sales
- Sales
- 69 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.49 December 2017
- Sale every
- 56d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 4% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 82% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
30% start to 1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 69 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 33 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Shelter ($14.99, scores 44) outscores it, and so does Endling - Extinction is Forever ($29.99, scores 59). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Shelter 2
58 from critics against 85 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
3 of the 373 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 1,106 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 33 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.9 hours. Doing everything runs 10, 5.3 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Good story game! It has a bit of replay ability if you're a collector or just like to see the different areas, each run is about 2 hours. I didn't personally get super into finding all the little things, because it's a little repetitive after a few runs, but it's still a beautiful art style that I like to return to occasionally. Sound design is very pretty too. It's less guided than Shelter 1 or Paws. I liked the...
2 more reviews
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.
Fun simulater with just enough danger to keep you focused. love the look and sound track
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig), 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Shelter 2 scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/275100/shelter-2Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.