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The Sheltered

Benjamin Famiglietti · SA Industry · 2015-04-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"The Sheltered" is a top-down adventure game with an emphasis on exploration and decision making. Combining old school graphics and simple gameplay with modern storytelling and a multitude of choices, "The Sheltered" pushes a choice between safety and morals.

The Sheltered is a 2015 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $0.49, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed sentiment (64% of 53 reviews).

1
playing now
64%
positive of 53 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.31 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 17 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
660Apr 2015Jan 2026Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 0Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2023 — avg 66 · peak 2,364Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 35Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 201Jul 2025 — avg 32 · peak 117Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 27

▼ −27 avg players (−86.2%) vs prior month — Jan 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.312015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-22 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $0.492016-11-01 — best price $1.992023-10-09 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $0.892024-01-19 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $0.892024-04-16 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $0.892024-07-26 — best price $8.992024-09-25 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-04-04 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-08 — best price $4.992025-10-08 — best price $0.492025-12-05 — best price $4.992026-02-19 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-20 — best price $0.492026-06-25 — best price $0.492026-08-03 — best price $11.992026-08-21 — best price $11.992026-08-24 — best price $0.492026-08-27 — best price $11.992026-08-28 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionRPGMakerAdventure

Census log

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

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