Shelter 3
Skip · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 1.9h 2.1h to 100%
- Value
- $10.52/hr
- Reviews
- 52% of 383 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Enter the wilderness and keep your calf and your herd safe from harm. Make your way through the open landscapes as a majestic elephant. Be alert and gather your herd during times of danger. Your herd is your family, shelter is your only hope, and survival your only goal.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660, ATI Radeon HD 2xxx, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 34 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 97 percent. Shelter ($14.99, scores 44) outscores it, and so does Meadow - A Shelter Game ($6.99, scores 74). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Shelter 3
This site sampled 326 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 159 reviews written there were positive, against 52 percent overall, and those are 49 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
90% start to 27% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
A walking simulator, but you play as an elephant. If you can't stand moving at an elephant's pace, you should probably avoid this game, as elephants move quite slowly. However, I love elephants and understand their behavior to some extent, so I'm definitely biased. It has its flaws, but I love it overall.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Okay so I have been a player of all the shelter games for years, and they never fail to make me sob. You don't find a lot of games now days that just allow you to think and observe the beauty of the game, and shelter three does just that. I personally love that aspect of the game, but I can see how that's not everyone one's cup of tea. I played the entire game in one sitting and as the credits rolled had to just...
My thoughts on shelter 3 and why i don't recommend it don't come down to fundamental gameplay problems or just overall bugs....it comes down to the style of game and lack of replayability, the linear story and game world is a significant downgrade from shelter 2 which was open world albeit not seamless open world. Shelter 3 is a linear story (Which mind you in itself isn't bad however i'll explain why it doesn't...
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Cite this score
Shelter 3 scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/977630/shelter-3Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.