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Shelter cover art

Shelter

Might and Delight · 2013-08-28

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 28, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 28, 2013 (Mac)

Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?

0
playing now
85%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
2.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Shelter is a 2013 survival game developed by Might and Delight. In the game players control a mother badger who must protect and feed her cubs while travelling from their burrow to a new one. During the journey the cubs must be fed and are in danger from threats such as birds of prey and wildfires. It was released for Windows and Mac on 28 August 2013.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 149k–297k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,718 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.92 at Dreamgame (2018-05-07) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 35 of 50 observed days · $2.07 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-06-19 — best price $4.992015-09-18 — best price $9.832015-12-07 — best price $2.492016-03-31 — best price $9.992016-07-23 — best price $1.502016-11-30 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-26 — best price $0.992018-05-21 — best price $0.992018-09-13 — best price $7.792019-02-19 — best price $1.992019-09-04 — best price $1.992020-03-23 — best price $9.992020-07-10 — best price $8.892020-08-25 — best price $8.892020-10-02 — best price $7.342020-11-09 — best price $9.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-02-10 — best price $9.992021-03-24 — best price $9.992021-05-10 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-12-13 — best price $2.992022-04-26 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $4.492023-04-18 — best price $7.342023-11-29 — best price $8.892024-04-18 — best price $14.992024-10-08 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-11-17 — best price $14.992026-05-05 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

16252026-05-30 — 22 pageviews2026-06-02 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 26 pageviews2026-06-08 — 24 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-05 — 19 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

CuteCasualNatureStylizedSurvivalAdventureEmotionalOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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