Ice Age DLC transforms Preserve game into a high-stakes frozen battleground on Linux, Steam Deck, Mac, and Windows PC. Thanks to the creative spark of developer Bitmap Galaxy, the new content enhances gameplay significantly. Now live on Steam with a discount.
Brace yourselves, Preserve just got a whole lot colder, wilder, and way more addictive.
Bitmap Galaxy and Grindstone have officially launching the Ice Age DLC for their relaxing but brain bending strategy gem, and it’s live right now on Linux and Steam Deck. If you thought you’d already mastered the art of ecosystem-building, get ready: this expansion is basically a love letter to players who crave complexity, control, and just a tiny bit of chaos.
This frosty new chapter doesn’t just add snow – it transforms the entire way you shape your world. Suddenly your peaceful biomes are battling shifting climates, melting rivers, and terrain that refuses to stay still. And honestly? It’s glorious. The Ice Age DLC is a game-changer.
Terrain That Fights Back – And Rewards You for Outsmarting It
For the first time in Preserve, you’re not just placing terrain… you’re evolving it. Twice.
The new terrain cards are simple on the surface but devilishly strategic:
- Small Snow & Large Snow: Drop these to blanket tiles in fresh white powder and immediately earn +1 point for every tile you freeze.
- Melt: Flip the script by turning those snow-covered tiles into lush fields for another +1 point each.
It’s a beautiful little scoring machine if you time it right – frost, thaw, flourish, repeat. But balancing all that while still supporting your delicate ecosystems? That’s where the real flex happens.
Ice Age DLC Release Trailer
Habitats & Animals – Survival Is a Puzzle
Like the Savanna expansion before it, habitat success now depends on tile colors. Your animals from the Continental and Savanna expansions are back, familiar but now forced to adapt within the Ice Age DLC world. Same mechanics, new pressure. Place carefully… or watch your plans crumble like thin ice.
Freshwater Just Leveled Up – Literally
The freshwater system gets a monster upgrade in the Ice Age DLC. Two new mechanics completely reshape your planning:
- Glacier: Drop one of these bad boys on the board and it instantly snows everything in a 2-tile radius. It’s climate control on command.
- Glacial Trail: A frozen river that must start at a Glacier and must end on a green tile, forming a new lake. Pull it off and you score +3 adjacency points every single time.
Forget regular rivers – Glacial Trails are the new royalty in this content.
Wonders of the Great Lakes – Ice Age DLC Endgame Power Plays
Five new lake Wonders join the biome, each with its own iconic shape. To place one, it has to sit on empty terrain and touch at least one lake formed by a Glacial Trail. Nail it, and you get a global boost to all your Glacial Trail adjacency bonuses. It’s a late-game jackpot that is due to reward smart layouts from the very start.
If you like Preserve for its chill vibe, clever puzzles, and “just one more tile” energy, the Ice Age DLC brings all that back with sharper teeth. It’s colder, tougher, and ridiculously satisfying. Especially when you pull off that perfect frost-to-field combo or carve the world with a glacier-fed mega river.
And the best part? It’s only $3.99 USD / £3.43 / 3,99€ with the 20% discount on Steam. Grab it, bundle up, and start engineering the most beautiful frozen ecosystem your Linux PC or Steam Deck has ever seen with the new Ice Age DLC.