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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)

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.

1
playing now
89%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 11% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 149k–357k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,942 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 17 of 25 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

1502026-08-06 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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

Player tags

RPGCuteIndieCasualNatureRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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