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 8
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 2
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 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
I absolutely love this game. I remember it as a kid when it first came out but never played it until a couple months ago and man does it still hit. I've heard horrible things about the sequel which is such a shame because I love the gameplay and art style. 10/10 so peak dude
Steam User 0
Good game, good if you wanted a lil more content from the phone version
Steam User 0
Where Do I Start? This Is A Great Game! It Reminded Me Of Fallout Shelter When I First Picked It Up! The Gameplay Is Very Good And There Is A Lot Of Locations To Travel To In Search Of Survivors, Weapons / Ammo, And Junk To Upgrade Your Shelter! Also This Game Can Be Challenging At Times Especially Since You Have To Upkeep Each Survivor And The Family Pet Also... All In All This Game Is Solid I Give This Game An 8/10 And In My Opinion This Game Is Way Better Than The Sequel Titled Sheltered 2!!!!!
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