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Animal Shelter

Games Incubator · 2022-03-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

24
playing now
88%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.61★
PlayStation Store rating (321 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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)

Trailer

Animal Shelter trailer thumbnail

Animal Shelter Simulator - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 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 6% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 83k–187k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,162 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 81 observed days · $12.74 above the all-time low (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

5172026-09-14 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 34 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
65030Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 650 · peak 1,750May 2022 — avg 105 · peak 231Jul 2022 — avg 117 · peak 520Sep 2022 — avg 64 · peak 165Nov 2022 — avg 46 · peak 103Jan 2023 — avg 89 · peak 505Mar 2023 — avg 68 · peak 174May 2023 — avg 53 · peak 121Jul 2023 — avg 58 · peak 113Sep 2023 — avg 48 · peak 145Nov 2023 — avg 61 · peak 147Jan 2024 — avg 92 · peak 295Mar 2024 — avg 68 · peak 170May 2024 — avg 56 · peak 111Jul 2024 — avg 72 · peak 158Sep 2024 — avg 38 · peak 93Nov 2024 — avg 58 · peak 161Jan 2025 — avg 47 · peak 106Mar 2025 — avg 51 · peak 134May 2025 — avg 45 · peak 124Jul 2025 — avg 62 · peak 222Sep 2025 — avg 53 · peak 143Nov 2025 — avg 47 · peak 130Jan 2026 — avg 59 · peak 151Mar 2026 — avg 87 · peak 713May 2026 — avg 31 · peak 95Jul 2026 — avg 30 · peak 75Aug 2026 — avg 35 · peak 96
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.222022-03-232026-10-142022-03-23 — 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 $2.222026-09-02 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — 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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-04-02, latest 2023-08-13 (Steam store data)

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.

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