It’s been an awesome journey through Early Access and we are really excited to announce that we have finally reached the destination of a full release! Thanks to all those of you who have been playing our game and supporting us through Early Access, we hope you have enjoyed it thus far and will continue to do so for some time. We have released an update for the final release candidate, the details of which we will post shortly. See below for a final feature list of the main release.

9 Mayhem-filled multiplayer maps
9 Characters each with their own unique VO
7 Game Types from Invasion to Race to Headhunter
Over 30 different rules to change with thousands of ways to play
54 Single Player Challenge Maps
Local Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Steam Achievements & Leaderboards
Tweakable pre-game options
OST - Digital version of soundtrack

To celebrate the full release we're offering a 40% discount. It's the perfect time to get your friends invovled (so you can beat them!)

Thanks again to all those that have supported us through Early Access and welcome to the new Brawlers that are joining us going forward.

We’ll see you in the game and the forums!

It’s been an awesome journey through Early Access and we are really excited to announce that we have finally reached the destination of a full release! Thanks to all those of you who have been playing our game and supporting us through Early Access, we hope you have enjoyed it thus far and will continue to do so for some time. We have released an update for the final release candidate, the details of which we will post shortly. See below for a final feature list of the main release.

9 Mayhem-filled multiplayer maps
9 Characters each with their own unique VO
7 Game Types from Invasion to Race to Headhunter
Over 30 different rules to change with thousands of ways to play
54 Single Player Challenge Maps
Local Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Steam Achievements & Leaderboards
Tweakable pre-game options
OST - Digital version of soundtrack

To celebrate the full release we're offering a 40% discount. It's the perfect time to get your friends invovled (so you can beat them!)

Thanks again to all those that have supported us through Early Access and welcome to the new Brawlers that are joining us going forward.

We’ll see you in the game and the forums!

We noticed a lot of Smith families suddenly popping up after the last update (oops), but fear not we are here to end the wasteland suffering of the name Smith. Today’s patch fixes some issues with Sheltered such as invisible characters and faulty showers.

-Fixed an issue where family surnames would appear as ‘Smith’ in the save slot menu.
-Fixed an issue with the generator not correctly providing power for showers.
-Fixed an issue where collected schematics were vanishing following save data load.
-Fixed an issue where special weapons were not correctly increasing stats.
-Fixed an issue where characters would not appear when zoomed out in certain resolutions.

We’ve got some really exciting features coming soon that we really can’t wait to tell you about and we’ve been reading through all your feature requests, so make sure you keep them coming.

Love Dean, Sonny & Team 17

We noticed a lot of Smith families suddenly popping up after the last update (oops), but fear not we are here to end the wasteland suffering of the name Smith. Today’s patch fixes some issues with Sheltered such as invisible characters and faulty showers.

-Fixed an issue where family surnames would appear as ‘Smith’ in the save slot menu.
-Fixed an issue with the generator not correctly providing power for showers.
-Fixed an issue where collected schematics were vanishing following save data load.
-Fixed an issue where special weapons were not correctly increasing stats.
-Fixed an issue where characters would not appear when zoomed out in certain resolutions.

We’ve got some really exciting features coming soon that we really can’t wait to tell you about and we’ve been reading through all your feature requests, so make sure you keep them coming.

Love Dean, Sonny & Team 17

The rumours you’ve been hearing in the showers are true. The Escapists: The Walking Dead will be playable at EGX 2015! It’s the first time that it will be playable in the UK so make sure your escape plans are in place (and don’t forget the duct tape).

For Prisoners that have been in solitary, The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a brand new, stand-alone game, set in the Walking Dead universe. You play as Rick Grimes, the leader of a band of survivors in a story that faithfully matches the timeline of the comics. You’ll have to use your old tricks and learn some more, like how to shoot shambling zombies. It will be coming soon to PC and Xbox One!


Get over to The Escapists: The Walking Dead community hub immediately for your headcount and hit follow so you’ll be the first to find out all the news!

Another way to keep up with all the latest news, follow Zombie Jimmy Locke on Twitter .

For your glimpse of The Escapists: The Walking Dead we highly recommend you check out Martyn Littlewood's preview video from when he visited the Team 17 office.

The rumours you’ve been hearing in the showers are true. The Escapists: The Walking Dead will be playable at EGX 2015! It’s the first time that it will be playable in the UK so make sure your escape plans are in place (and don’t forget the duct tape).

For Prisoners that have been in solitary, The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a brand new, stand-alone game, set in the Walking Dead universe. You play as Rick Grimes, the leader of a band of survivors in a story that faithfully matches the timeline of the comics. You’ll have to use your old tricks and learn some more, like how to shoot shambling zombies. It will be coming soon to PC and Xbox One!


Get over to The Escapists: The Walking Dead community hub immediately for your headcount and hit follow so you’ll be the first to find out all the news!

Another way to keep up with all the latest news, follow Zombie Jimmy Locke on Twitter .

For your glimpse of The Escapists: The Walking Dead we highly recommend you check out Martyn Littlewood's preview video from when he visited the Team 17 office.

You can now start collecting trading cards, crafting badges and earning emoticons!

How do I collect trading cards?

Just play Sheltered!

As you try and survive the trauma of eating your shelter recruits (after all, family comes first) you’ll occasionally be rewarded with trading cards.

Once you’ve collected the necessary cards you can craft a Sheltered badge, which will give you an XP boost and emoticons.

You can now start collecting trading cards, crafting badges and earning emoticons!

How do I collect trading cards?

Just play Sheltered!

As you try and survive the trauma of eating your shelter recruits (after all, family comes first) you’ll occasionally be rewarded with trading cards.

Once you’ve collected the necessary cards you can craft a Sheltered badge, which will give you an XP boost and emoticons.

Sheltered has been out on Early Access/Game Preview for just over two weeks and it’s been an amazing to see how the community (You guys and gals) has embraced the game. Some of you have been with us since the Kickstarter campaign, and some of you are newer to the wasteland, but we want to thank you all for your continued enthusiasm and support.

We feel that Sheltered is now in a state where we can really start looking to the future. Obviously fixes and gameplay tweaks will continue, but we wanted to show you what’s in store for Sheltered as it evolves. We’ve split it into a few categories so that you can get an honest and realistic expectation of what we’re working on and the order that things are likely to hit. This is still a work in progress and all of these ideas can and will be influenced by the feedback you’re giving.

Currently in the works:

• Complete overhaul of the combat system
• Quest and scenario system
• Lots more content – new objects, items, characters, locations

Features in the not-too-distant future:

• Loyalty system for recruits – earn their respect
• Recruits with personalities – could they have a nasty streak?
• Shelter hazards – fires and floods?
• Shelter breaches and infiltration
• Wildlife and the ‘Unhinged’ – more adversaries
• Leaderboards and achievements
• Enhanced radio functionality
• More pet types

Longer term plans:

• Bloodlines – extend your family lineage
• Endgame – overarching goal(s) to work towards
• New game modes – different ways to play including difficulty settings

Hopefully you’re as excited about this as we are, so sound off in the comment with your thoughts.

Love Sonny, Dean + Team 17