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A Shelter Full of Cats

Devcats · 2024-12-09

SteamGOG

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 09, 2024 (Linux)

Everyone can be a hero! Help a cat rescuer take care of her rescuees and root for their adoption! Every cat deserves a chance to be loved. ❤️

98%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (163 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 12,136 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,250 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-12-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 19 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16316320242026Week of 2024-12-09: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.992024-12-092026-08-252024-12-09 — best price $4.492025-01-24 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-05-03 — best price $3.992025-06-16 — best price $3.992025-07-22 — best price $4.992025-08-09 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $3.992025-09-22 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-10-22 — best price $3.992025-12-01 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-02-12 — best price $3.992026-03-06 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-09 — best price $3.492026-05-05 — best price $3.992026-05-29 — best price $3.492026-06-12 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-17 — best price $3.992026-07-31 — best price $3.492026-08-14 — best price $3.492026-08-25 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
99.2%
earned "Welcome"
81.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-12-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,23681%65

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CatsCozyCuteColorfulRelaxingAdventureEmotionalWholesomeHand-drawnMinimalist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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