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Sheltered cover art

Sheltered

Unicube · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2016-03-15

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 15, 2016 (Linux), Mar 15, 2016 (Mac), Mar 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 16, 2016 (Xbox One), Oct 25, 2017 (iOS), Oct 25, 2017 (Android)

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter. 

Sheltered is an Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 6282 reviews).

35
playing now
82%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (2.3k downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (829 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic survival game developed by Unicube. Team17 published it on 17 March 2016, for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch. Players control a family that survives a nuclear war by taking refuge in an abandoned underground war shelter that they found. As their supplies run low, the family must scrounge above ground.

Trailer

Sheltered trailer thumbnail

Sheltered - Launch Trailer (Nintendo Switch)

≈585,247 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 133 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,616 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 157k–377k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,282 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$2.74-82%
GOG$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.47 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 157 of 206 observed days · $1.27 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

67102026-09-15 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 52 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 31 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 44 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 50 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 51 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 50 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 57 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 35 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 48 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 67 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 26 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 40 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 60 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 38 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31826Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 318 · peak 753Dec 2015 — avg 101 · peak 288Apr 2016 — avg 252 · peak 480Aug 2016 — avg 118 · peak 272Dec 2016 — avg 134 · peak 344Apr 2017 — avg 91 · peak 173Aug 2017 — avg 202 · peak 729Dec 2017 — avg 132 · peak 281Apr 2018 — avg 85 · peak 160Aug 2018 — avg 110 · peak 309Dec 2018 — avg 134 · peak 300Apr 2019 — avg 72 · peak 132Aug 2019 — avg 81 · peak 165Dec 2019 — avg 62 · peak 115Apr 2020 — avg 91 · peak 189Aug 2020 — avg 66 · peak 149Dec 2020 — avg 56 · peak 96Apr 2021 — avg 59 · peak 140Aug 2021 — avg 54 · peak 103Dec 2021 — avg 40 · peak 66Apr 2022 — avg 46 · peak 96Aug 2022 — avg 43 · peak 83Dec 2022 — avg 41 · peak 67Apr 2023 — avg 30 · peak 58Aug 2023 — avg 39 · peak 73Dec 2023 — avg 31 · peak 57Apr 2024 — avg 39 · peak 72Aug 2024 — avg 39 · peak 79Dec 2024 — avg 31 · peak 63Apr 2025 — avg 28 · peak 57Aug 2025 — avg 34 · peak 59Dec 2025 — avg 42 · peak 86Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-08-052026-10-142015-08-05 — best price $14.992016-01-09 — best price $13.952016-06-18 — best price $14.992016-12-09 — best price $14.992017-06-12 — best price $5.092017-11-22 — best price $3.742018-04-19 — best price $3.752018-10-01 — best price $3.742019-01-05 — best price $14.992019-05-10 — best price $3.742019-09-27 — best price $14.992019-12-13 — best price $3.742020-03-19 — best price $2.542020-06-20 — best price $2.972020-09-26 — best price $12.722021-01-07 — best price $14.992021-04-26 — best price $12.522021-07-26 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $3.742022-01-24 — best price $3.292022-04-18 — best price $14.992022-08-08 — best price $2.692022-12-01 — best price $12.592023-04-04 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $2.642023-11-16 — best price $13.082024-02-28 — best price $13.082024-05-22 — best price $2.992024-08-28 — best price $2.002024-11-27 — best price $2.392025-02-14 — best price $2.522025-05-19 — best price $2.542025-08-30 — best price $12.422025-11-22 — best price $1.682026-03-01 — best price $12.892026-05-19 — best price $2.992026-08-22 — best price $2.992026-10-09 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2332026-05-31 — 13 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 21 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 16 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 13 pageviews2026-10-06 — 17 pageviews2026-10-10 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "Handyman"
21.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,4478%18
Xbox One (Xbox)3,2484%21
PS4 (PlayStation)1,84613%22
Windows (Xbox)12226%21
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

2DRPGIndieBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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