The first storm changes everything.
Fronts roll through. Snow gathers in the valleys. After the first big storm, migratory elk descend to their winter range, and mule deer and pronghorn follow them to the low sagebrush. Learn where they go and why.
A game in development by Saddlepoint Games
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The country keeps its own time.
Discover the rangeA living hunting simulationConcept artwork · Not gameplay
The Northern Range
Know the country.
Earn the hunt.
Fifty square miles of Yellowstone’s elk winter range, shared with mule deer, whitetails, moose, pronghorn, and bighorn sheep. Weather moves through, the herds move with it, and the world carries on with or without you.
Move slowly. Stop often. Read the sign. In The Northern Range, finding an animal begins with understanding the land it lives on. Every track, bed, and rub goes into your journal and sharpens your picture of the animal you’re following.
No marker leads you to a trophy. The knowledge is yours to earn.
A world in motion
You’re part of
the ecosystem.
The hunt unfolds inside a larger story. More than 100 species share the map, from bison on the valley floor to pikas in the high rocks. Weather changes the country. Predators follow the herds. The animals respond to you.
You’re not the only hunter.
Wolves, cougars, grizzlies, and black bears pursue the same animals you do, and ravens and coyotes find what they leave behind. Their presence is part of the country you’ll need to read.
Every season leaves a legacy.
Across decades of simulated time, the animals you hunt age, breed, and pass traits to the next generation. Hunt one place too hard, and the herd moves on.
The hunter’s journal
A little sign.
A clearer picture.
Your journal builds each animal’s home range from the evidence you find. What begins as scattered observations becomes an understanding of where an animal lives.
Explore the kinds of evidence you’ll learn to read.
Reading the rangeField notes
Where has it been?
Follow the evidence.
A track is a piece of an animal’s story. Record what you find, then keep looking. Each observation adds to the home range taking shape in your journal.
Where does it stop?
Notice the quiet places.
A bed adds another place to your understanding of an animal. Put it alongside the tracks and other sign you’ve recorded. The picture grows with each discovery.
What has it left behind?
Learn to see the details.
A rub is another clue in the country. Add it to your journal and connect it with the evidence you already have. Knowing the herd takes more than a single find.
Find sign. Build knowledge. Return with a better understanding.
Independent game development
Worlds worth learning.
We’re building The Northern Range around a simple belief: the more you understand a world, the more rewarding it becomes.
For Saddlepoint Games, that starts with country that changes, wildlife with a life of its own, and discovery that belongs to the player.
Meet The Northern Range