The game follows the life cycle of a mother lynx, starting as a pregnant animal preparing her den for the coming litter, giving birth, and continuing in to a journey of parenthood where nurturing her cubs is paramount for survival. Shelter 2 includes more elaborate gameplay features than its predecessor, such as stamina, different types of movements, jumps and a variety of prey to kill. Besides hunting there are several maternal features such as calling the cubs closer, making sure they drink water from rivers and lifting and carrying your cubs from harm’s way. 

Players of Shelter 2 set out to explore huge open territories from a safe haven - the den. A central place in the world where the lynx can always return to, either to gather strength, or to place bone trophies and other pickups such as rare plants and leafs. In addition, environments in Shelter 2 are much bigger and allow a lot more freedom than ever before, allowing players to replay the game and find favorite spots to return to. 

Similar to its predecessor, Shelter 2 will create a certain abstract mood via the unique imagery and sounds. The visuals have been reinvented by adding dense atmosphere and lighting to the patterned graphical art-style.

The world of Shelter 2 is growing. Mountains is an add-on package that introduces a vast highland area and a strong new fauna that can act as both predators and prey. Amongst others, the eagle from the first Shelter makes a strong return.

The Lynx mother Inna and her cubs discovers a new area on their journey. A vast mountain landscape where dense lowland forests leads up to the vistas of the mountain tops. But they are not alone on the high peaks. The fauna here blurs the line between predators and prey, and the Lynx family must use both wits and agility to overcome the challenges of this new world.

Features

• A vast new area to explore. High peaks and dense lowlands makes the journey go vertically
• Foxes, bears, and birds of prey now populate all parts of the world. Certain animals acts as both prey and predator
• New secrets and hidden areas to explore
• 2 new pieces of original music
• New weather effects and 4 new lighting schemes. A rich winter evening, a misty autumn, and cold spring and a vivid summer palette
• New collectables and achievements, as well as a new unlockable Lynx skin

The add-on package will be available on Steam this summer.