Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. 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]
User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 48
  2. Negative: 16 out of 48
  1. 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. 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. 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.
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