Sheltered 2

Sheltered 2

Released Sep 2021

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

45% positive · 2,208 reviews
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All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Sheltered 2 launched on September 21, 2021. The developer (Unicube) shipped one major content update after launch — the Pets & Pests update on April 29, 2022 — which added pets, pests, new objects, gameplay systems, and balancing changes. Following that release, the developer issued several feature and balance patches through July 2022 to refine the update. A developer blog from October 29, 2021 discussed plans for improved character models, but this was an early post-launch communication about work-in-progress features, and no subsequent announcement confirmed these were ever shipped as a named update or standalone release. The most recent developer communication was a security patch on October 4, 2025, addressing a Unity engine vulnerability — a maintenance update with no indication of new content. There has been only one major content release in the game's post-launch history, and the developer has made no announcements of upcoming content, roadmaps, or future updates since mid-2022. With no unreleased DLC on the store, no outstanding developer commitments, and no sustained pattern of major content updates (only a single post-launch content drop followed by years of silence), the game appears to have concluded its content development with the Pets & Pests update in April 2022.
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Pets & Pests major content update released, adding pets (dogs, cats, chickens), pests (rats), new objects, meals, and significant gameplay and balance changes.
news post · Apr 29, 2022 source content shipped
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Security patch issued to address a Unity engine vulnerability. No new content mentioned; purely a maintenance update. Last official developer communication as of today's date.
news post · Oct 4, 2025 source ambiguous
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About this game

It's been twenty years since the world as we knew it ended. The last of humanity splintered into opposing factions. Will you unite or conquer?

Building upon the original 2015 fan-favourite, Sheltered 2 brings new challenges and deeper strategic gameplay. You are tasked with creating a leader and building up your faction whilst managing resources and tackling threats both natural and human. Everything from starvation and dehydration to radiation poisoning and enemy raids can prove fatal.

Sheltered 2’s new Factions system is pivotal to a base’s success. Send out expeditions to explore the vast wasteland and forge relationships, or bitter rivalries with other camps. Trade resources to grow and thrive together; or go head-to-head with rivals in an expanded combat system and grow your foothold in the wasteland. Will you ally with or dominate the other factions?

Features:

Factions: New to Sheltered 2, the Factions system allows you to create relationships with other groups that will provide your base with resources and support. Or grab your weapons and take things the old-fashioned way.

Resource Management: Balance the needs and wants of your survivors, manage scarce resources, craft what you need and maintain the shelter’s equipment to keep the group alive.

Faction Leaders: New in Sheltered 2, the faction leader is the most important member of a shelter, boasting their own unique and powerful traits, the faction leader will be pivotal to success, with their death meaning game over.

An Unforgiving Wasteland: Starvation, asphyxiation, extreme temperatures and combat are just some of the challenges you’ll face in the harsh wasteland of Sheltered 2, and without the ability to respawn, every decision could be fatal.

Combat & Weapons: When negotiations fail, wield a huge variety of makeshift weaponry against hostile outsiders. Fight to the death in turn-based combat to win the critical resources you need to survive.

Characters: Your survivors have their own personalities, traits, desires and a huge list of skills to acquire. Customise them to your liking and make your faction members unique and individual.

Vehicles: Find and fix more vehicles to explore the wasteland with, from Bicycles to Pick-up trucks.

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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