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Animal Shelter

Games Incubator · 2022-03-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 25, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 03, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 21, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!

Animal Shelter is a 2022 Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4129 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

23
playing now
88%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Your main goal in Animal Shelter will be to look after, treat, and give shelter to those under your care. You will have plenty of work to do with the shelter, which will become a refuge for any creature in need and will certainly help in finding suitable future owners. Keep in mind that the future owner-pet duo must complement each other. Your main goal? Finding a suitable home for your pets!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 350 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 83k–186k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,129 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at GameBillet (2026-04-08) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 61 of 83 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31931920222026Week of 2022-03-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7562026-08-07 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 57 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 55 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 59 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 65 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 35 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 40 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.222022-03-232026-08-262022-03-23 — best price $17.992022-08-31 — best price $15.992022-12-22 — best price $13.992023-04-14 — best price $12.992023-09-29 — best price $11.992024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-03-23 — best price $10.002024-04-25 — best price $15.082024-06-11 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $5.802025-01-01 — best price $8.002025-02-10 — best price $6.392025-03-23 — best price $19.992025-05-24 — best price $15.082025-06-28 — best price $4.902025-07-25 — best price $4.562025-08-19 — best price $3.652025-09-17 — best price $19.392025-10-17 — best price $3.802025-11-20 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-17 — best price $2.832026-03-26 — best price $3.702026-05-11 — best price $2.992026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-06-14 — best price $16.842026-07-23 — best price $2.222026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.3%
earned "First paycheck"
19.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,5041%125
PS4 (PlayStation)2233%57
PS4 (PlayStation)1172%57

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DogCatsCuteIndieCasualLife SimAdventureEducationRealisticManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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