Sheltered
STORY
"The Sheltered" is a top-down adventure game with an emphasis on exploration and decision making.
Players assume the role of a survivor in a world plagued by a deadly outbreak. The government announces their plans deal with monstrous infected by means of nuclear weapons. The plan: to bomb the area and eradicate everything. Lucky enough, there’s a fallout shelter in the player’s front yard – and enough food and water to last.
Now other survivors want in.
PREMISE
The main story begins once the hero has collected enough supplies to last himself in the shelter.
When other survivors show up, the player can decide who to bring into the shelter and who to leave outside. Survivors range from children to experienced adults that can offer the player help. The player can also bring animals into the shelter. Deciding who to save is the main premise of the game and will ultimately effect the ending.
However, it’s not enough to simply invite another survivor into the shelter. Each survivor requires additional supplies to last their stay. While the player only has enough for himself, he is free to explore the land and search for additional supplies. This is the adventure aspect of the game.
Combining old school graphics and simple gameplay with modern storytelling and a multitude of choices, "The Sheltered" pushes players to sacrifice their characters safety for their character’s morals.
FEATURES
– A captivating non-linear story complete with over seven different endings.
– Difficult decisions and characters that remember your actions and act accordingly.
– A moody, apocalyptic landscape, free to explore and littered with secrets.
– Dozens of challenging puzzles with multiple solutions… and consequences.
– A variety of monsters (among other things) to outgun, outrun or outwit.
– A haunting soundtrack composed and preformed by Max Ablitzer
Game Discussion
Steam User 1
This game is hard. It's a survival game where you have to survive after a nuclear apocalypse.
Biggest tip I can give you.... BEFORE you play survivor mode, you must complete the "surrounded" scenario. This will give you the Defibrillator which you need to revive unconscious members of your family. Nowhere does it tell you to do this and you'll land up losing your game without it eventually.
Food, water and materials are all vitally important. Drinking, showering, going to the toilet, watering your plants, they all use water and without it you'll have very unhappy, dirty people in your shelter.
ALWAYS shower first after coming back from an expedition. If you eat before showering, you'll get food poisoning.
Look at your traits for each member carefully. Sometimes it's good to have well-rounded characters, other times you need a mix of characters that you can focus on specific tasks. And don't forget that with good traits, come bad traits. I'm not 100% how it chooses which bad ones to allocate.
Other than that, it's a tough game, but rewarding. I'm on the second scenario which is totally different from survivor and the first scenario and I lost the game 2 days before the end. But have started again.
I'm enjoying it, hating it, shouting at it and loving it again, over and over.
Steam User 1
A bit hard to start at first but really nice and adictive. The kind of game you can play for hours straight.
Steam User 1
★★★★★☆☆
Really enjoyed this game. Simple in some ways, complicated in others and overall a decent challenge. Does get a bit repetitive after a while though, and once you have a certain setup and you know how the game ticks, you can pretty much never fail.
A little bit of a learning 'hump' at the start, but after that you can keep playing and has decent replay value. Scenario maps add a nice change of pace and challenge to spice things up.
Overall, very much recommended. Feel free to leave comments if you want to know specifics if you are deciding whether to buy or not.
Steam User 0
Nice game to play on your laptop when your on the go!
Steam workshop would be nice but the Devs flopped hard with the sequel.
Fun game but games stale after you survive over 100 days
Steam User 0
its fun a bit to hard and too easy in the wrong places in the nomal game on hardcore you never get raiders which if your smart you can deal with but it never rains which you can't control so you die for not being abel to hack the game
Steam User 0
It is a fun game but I wouldn't take my hours into account because I dont know how I got this many
It is a little basic and definitely a old game but it is still a fun game to try out if you like base builders and post apocalyptic games
Steam User 0
Ive had this game for a while and play it on and off but its such a fun game i really recomend it