Sheltered

 PC
Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Game Over Online
    Mar 30, 2016
    76
    Right now Sheltered is the most fun when you’re just starting out, and it gets less fun as you go along, but its developers are still working on the game and accepting feedback, so maybe they’ll adjust the difficulty and add some end-game content in their upcoming patches. Regardless, Sheltered is fun enough right now to be worth its budget price.
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Jun 14, 2016
    75
    Sheltered is a PC version of Bethesda's Fallout Shelter, which demonstrated, that maintaining your own bunker can be almost as fun as exploring the wasteland. Family-oriented game design fails to deliver solid content for lengthy gaming sessions, but in little bits and pieces surviving the apocalypse with the good ol' missus and kids is quite addicting. [June/July 2016]
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  3. Eurogamer Italy
    May 9, 2016
    70
    Sheltered offers a solid experience that all fans of the genre will surely love. Unfortunately a certain repetitiveness in the difficulties to deal with, mortify the ambitions of a game that is still fun and challenging.
  5. Multiplayer.it
    Apr 4, 2016
    70
    Sheltered's final version is not as good as we expected after playing the Early Access build, but this doesn't mean it isn't a good game. It could have been much better with some additional balancing.
  6. Hooked Gamers
    Mar 22, 2016
    70
    Sheltered is a good little game that just becomes bogged down with all the little details.
  7. Hardcore Gamer
    Mar 21, 2016
    70
    Still, if you’ve got an itch for post-apocalyptic worlds and a need to try and see how well you’d do in surviving them, it’s a quality game that can be recommended. Just make sure to keep plenty of hinges handy.
  8. GameWatcher
    Mar 11, 2016
    65
    Sheltered is unquestionably inspired by Fallout Shelter but it’s much more challenging and complex. It’s too complex for its own good and a lot is left to chance. It could also use more action.
  9. Riot Pixels
    May 8, 2016
    55
    Sheltered’s biggest letdown is the lack of any emotional hooks. It is pretty much a grindfest where even the darkest scenes and seeing people suffering will leave you cold.
  10. Games.cz
    Apr 12, 2016
    50
    Once the engaging atmosphere melts away, only a fairly boring, stereotypical and somehow broken game remains. There are plenty of more interesting survivals to play.
  11. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 18, 2016
    40
    If you're a) an apocalyptic junkie enjoying the real fallout shelter plans, b) someone excited by problems, such as getting rid of a corpse; Sheltered with its never-ending nonsense will enrage you rather than entertain. [Issue#263]
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User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 48
  3. Negative: 16 out of 48
  1. ChiefdruidRVnge
    Nov 14, 2016
    0
    Pretty boring game without any real challenges. Everything regenerates if you take everything out of one building you can just go back to thatPretty boring game without any real challenges. Everything regenerates if you take everything out of one building you can just go back to that one over an over every few days and get new fully regenerated supplies. The combat leaves a lot to be desired and it pretty much in your favor the entire game if you know what you are doing. They are trying to make a difficulty mod for it but it won't change things as the same tactics can still be applied all the difficulty mod will do is delay time but won't change the outcome if you know the secrets and exploits. It's fun the first time you play it because you don't know what to expect, but, once you learn then you know how easy it is from level to level. The dog shiits all over the place too.… Full Review »
  2. MoreBokeh
    Apr 18, 2016
    6
    There is very little player agency in this game, it feels like you're just in for the ride. Sometimes you'll get lucky, sometimes you won't,There is very little player agency in this game, it feels like you're just in for the ride. Sometimes you'll get lucky, sometimes you won't, and it seems like the game keeps chugging along regardless, like with rain occurring coincidentally every X days. Most of the time you'll just be watching boring things happen, like an extremely lengthy repair of an oxygen filter, or extremely long and mundane combat. One interesting pro is the ability to character create children (which are often missing in survival games), but ultimately they don't matter too much to the gameplay or story. There are many better survival / personal base management sims out there, skip this if you haven't tried any others yet.… Full Review »
  3. Dal_ReviewedDat
    Mar 17, 2016
    6
    Sitting somewhere between This War of Mine and Fallout Shelter, Sheltered is a playable but flawed game.

    I like the art style graphics    Sitting somewhere between This War of Mine and Fallout Shelter, Sheltered is a playable but flawed game.

    I like the art style graphics personally, but it screams out indie game, and there's not a great deal of sound impact.

    If there were different levels of commitment on Sheltered, it would probably feel more playable. However, it feels pedantic on detail. Literally everything feels like it needs micro-managing and whilst in some titles this can be a benefit, here it really does feel like a chore. Crafting seems illogical at times and it becomes frustrating more than enjoyable pretty fast. Enemies can be really frustrating also.

    I can't recommend this over it's influences. Fallout Shelter feels more polished and as an app, it works really well, whilst This War of Mine feels like the more weighty game.    … Full Review »
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