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Shelter Manager

Hamsters Gaming · 2021-12-03

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.

Shelter Manager is a 2021 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed (62% of 278 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
62%
positive of 278 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

By the time the alarm starts ringing in the bunker, you still haven't found out what happened. You can only guess. One thing is certain - the world will never be the same again. There is a whole new reality waiting for you, where the struggle for resources with other survivors will become the main problem. Get to the truth. Find out what happened to the people on the surface.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (120 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 278 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.24 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
919120212026Week of 2021-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$8.242021-10-082026-03-262021-10-08 — best price $13.492021-12-03 — best price $11.992021-12-23 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $11.242022-02-14 — best price $11.092022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-09-26 — best price $14.992022-10-31 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-04-03 — best price $14.992023-05-15 — best price $14.992023-06-26 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-10-30 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-01-22 — best price $14.992024-03-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-15 — best price $14.992024-05-27 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-07-22 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992026-01-12 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

EconomySandboxBuildingMilitaryStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.