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To The Rescue!

Little Rock Games · indie.io · 2021-11-02

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 02, 2021 (Mac), Nov 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

To The Rescue! is a charming dog shelter simulator. Take care of unique dogs and find the right homes for as many of them as you can. Upgrade your shelter, control disease outbreaks, learn each dog's preferences, and make tough decisions, all while helping support real-world animal shelters!

To The Rescue! is a Casual, Indie, Simulation released in 2021 for $19.99, with 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 2162 reviews).

5
playing now
65%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
12h
to beat · rushed 11h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

In To The Rescue!'s main story mode you can progress from housing dogs in your own garage to running a giant, efficient shelter of your own. There will always be events that keep you on your toes, and story threads that develop between them.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (552 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,523 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,162 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$4.34-78%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at IndieGala Store (2023-11-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 156 of 200 observed days · $0.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39539520212026Week of 2021-11-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1254Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 125 · peak 433Jan 2022 — avg 43 · peak 99Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 43May 2022 — avg 22 · peak 121Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 40Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 36Mar 2023 — avg 32 · peak 293May 2023 — avg 22 · peak 70Jul 2023 — avg 22 · peak 55Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 40Nov 2023 — avg 19 · peak 91Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 58Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 43Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.492021-11-022026-10-152021-11-02 — best price $15.992022-04-07 — best price $19.992022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-09-01 — best price $10.002022-12-09 — best price $19.992023-02-02 — best price $7.992023-04-01 — best price $19.992023-06-09 — best price $8.002023-07-22 — best price $4.992023-09-27 — best price $19.992023-11-08 — best price $19.992023-12-10 — best price $19.992024-01-31 — best price $19.992024-03-08 — best price $19.992024-04-05 — best price $4.482024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-06-20 — best price $4.182024-07-30 — best price $19.992024-09-12 — best price $4.992024-10-22 — best price $15.082024-12-05 — best price $7.892025-01-21 — best price $15.082025-03-03 — best price $7.992025-04-14 — best price $7.192025-06-04 — best price $7.192025-07-29 — best price $14.692025-09-04 — best price $8.992025-10-23 — best price $8.992025-12-03 — best price $7.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $13.942026-05-21 — best price $7.042026-06-20 — best price $15.892026-08-10 — best price $13.942026-09-10 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.34
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-12-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)280%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

2DDogCuteCasualBuildingLife SimStylizedTop-DownManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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