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Meadow - A Shelter Game cover art

Meadow - A Shelter Game

Might and Delight · 2016-10-26

Steam

AdventureIndieMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 26, 2016 (Linux), Oct 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2016 (Mac)

Explore the vast and open landscape as a wild animal. Meadow is an online fable experience that lets old and new fans of the Shelter game series come together and explore a peculiar and wondrous world together.

Meadow - A Shelter Game is a $6.99 Adventure, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer game released in 2016, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 5942 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Unlike its predecessors, Meadow's narrative is established by the players in the adventures they, themselves create. There is no hunting, feeding, or survival - just exploration and communication. Band together with other animals, form uneasy allies or choose to explore alone. Whatever you decide, the open park life is one you will want to immerse yourself in.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Meadow - A Shelter Game trailer thumbnail

Meadow - A Shelter Game Announcement Trailer

≈250,629 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 149k–357k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,944 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-05-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 16 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2902026-09-15 13:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4241Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 18Jan 2017 — avg 49 · peak 122May 2017 — avg 65 · peak 179Sep 2017 — avg 94 · peak 539Jan 2018 — avg 67 · peak 137May 2018 — avg 39 · peak 117Sep 2018 — avg 424 · peak 14,940Jan 2019 — avg 34 · peak 113May 2019 — avg 26 · peak 72Sep 2019 — avg 20 · peak 145Jan 2020 — avg 23 · peak 53May 2020 — avg 38 · peak 100Sep 2020 — avg 16 · peak 44Jan 2021 — avg 20 · peak 56May 2021 — avg 18 · peak 147Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Jan 2022 — avg 13 · peak 43May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 30Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 22Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 37Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 68Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 27May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.492016-10-262026-07-092016-10-26 — best price $2.792017-06-05 — best price $2.992017-07-22 — best price $2.002017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-02-15 — best price $2.692018-05-16 — best price $1.502018-06-22 — best price $1.502018-07-18 — best price $2.242018-10-05 — best price $1.492018-10-29 — best price $1.492018-12-20 — best price $2.242019-03-28 — best price $2.992019-06-08 — best price $4.992019-09-14 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-03-23 — best price $2.992020-05-04 — best price $3.662020-08-01 — best price $4.992020-08-13 — best price $4.992020-08-25 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-23 — best price $3.662021-04-22 — best price $4.992021-10-05 — best price $3.662021-12-02 — best price $4.992022-05-23 — best price $4.992022-12-08 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-10-31 — best price $4.992024-02-27 — best price $6.992024-06-22 — best price $3.662024-11-23 — best price $4.992025-03-04 — best price $1.392025-09-29 — best price $2.092026-02-16 — best price $1.742026-05-19 — best price $1.392026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
46.8%
earned "A curious start - Badger Cub"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerMMOCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing12 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish…

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2016-10-26, latest 2023-12-07 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGCuteIndieCasualNatureRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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