Indie · March 15, 2016
Sheltered (2016)
Panting, scared, the shelter airlock smashes down behind you. You wish you did not have to go outside, but you do. It would be easier to give up. But you don’t. The hardship, the hunger, the thirst. The fear. You keep reminding yourself why you stay alive. Why you do this. Then you hear it. “Daddy you’re back.” You wife’s face lights up and you open a bag full of medical supplies. You need not tell her how you got them. You simply enjoy your small victory in this, the harshest of times. In the post-apocalyptic world, you must keep your family alive in your underground bunker in this deep strategy game from Unicube... Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic disaster management game that gives a whole new meaning to the term “nuclear family”. Given a head-start over the billions lost in a nuclear holocaust, you must gather as many supplies as possible en route to the concrete underground shelter that will soon become your family home for the foreseeable dreary future. With all hope lost, how will you cope in this bleak new world? How you handle the many moral choices you'll encounter on a daily basis could be the difference between your family surviving or dying. Combat claustrophobia, radiation and mental exhaustion as you cling desperately to life in the cramp, cold and scary underground shelter. You’ll have to leave the scant protection the shelter offers behind as you’re forced to venture outside into the dangerous desolate wasteland to scavenge for vital supplies which could ensure your families survival for just one more day. Feature List Family comes first : Keep your family alive and protect them from the ravages of the harsh post-apocalyptic world. Make the shelter a home : Maintain your shelter - keep it secure, habitable and make sure that the family have enough resources to survive. Protect your shelter from hazards and infiltration! Customisation : Your family is unique to you; you decide their gender, names and their appearance. RPG mechanics : As your family develop, their stats will adapt with an evolving experience and trauma system. Attributes, strengths and weaknesses will dynamically change based on your choices. Crafting system : Create comforts for your family’s shelter and weapons for combat. Exploration : Send out your family to explore and gather resources for everyday living and crafting. Recruitment system : Recruit outsiders with different personalities, integrate them into your shelter life and earn their loyalty. Dynamic encounter system : Your family will encounter various threats including roaming factions and feral beasts. Turn-based combat : For those that cannot be reasoned with, violence can be used as a last resort. Your family may depend on it. Pets : Your pet is family too. Choose between the dog, cat, fish, snake or horse. Vehicles : Make exploration quicker and safer.
Indie releases from 2016
29 Indie titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Survival · 419
- Base-Building · 316
- Post-apocalyptic · 310
- Pixel Graphics · 219
- Strategy · 210
- Management · 177
- Resource Management · 157
- RPG · 153
- Building · 131
- 2D · 124
- Indie · 122
- Singleplayer · 119
- Simulation · 114
- Crafting · 114
- Open World · 96
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 6.1k Steam reviews | Top 41% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 82% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 76% |
| Metacritic | 62/100 | Genre average 77 — top 97% of Indie titles |
| Engagement hours | 12 h average | Top 52% for session depth among Indie |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
82%Mostly Positive · 6.1k reviews
5.0k positive · 1.1k negative
Metacritic
62/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
6.5/10
Curator recommendations
5.3k
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Russian
- Italian
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Simplified Chinese
Press Quotes
“Mmmm, dad casserole.” 5/5 – Digital Spy “Complex and deep.” 7/10 – IGN Spain “Sheltered is definitely an interactive, interesting and exciting survival-management game.” 4.5/5 – Gaming Cypher
Release & Availability
| Release date | Mar 15, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Unicube, Team 17 Digital Ltd |
| Publisher | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| Base price | $1.49 -90% |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
12h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
Achievements
18
Steam unlocks available
Editions & Packages
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