Sheltered
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 20h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 77% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 6,315 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 19.9h for positive, 7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (77.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (18)
story milestone ending side
- Handyman Craft your first object/item 100%
- Tinkerer Upgrade a system once 79%
- Getting Comfy Survive a week 76%
- Hunter Gatherer Trap an animal on the shelter surface 68%
- Day Tripper Travel 100 miles (cumulatively) on the map 57%
- Well Travelled Travel 500 miles (cumulatively) on the map 38%
- TKO Subdue an enemy in combat 37%
- Relic Hunter Search 200 locations (cumulatively) 35%
- Gunslinger Win combat using a gun 31%
- Green Fingers Grow and harvest a plant from the plant station 28%
- True Survivor Survive 100 days 28%
- Globetrotter Travel 1000 miles (cumulatively) on the map 26%
- Tooled Up Collect all 10 tools (on a single game) 25%
- Push It To The Limit Fully upgrade a system 19%
- Grease Monkey Take the RV out on an expedition 15%
- I'm Giving You All She's Got Fully upgrade all systems 13%
- Fat of The Land Trap 100 animals on the shelter surface (cumulatively) 12%
- Botanist Have 5 or more plant stations in the shelter 8.2%