Underplayed Gems

Sheltered (2016)

Sheltered cover
Developer
Unicube, Team 17 Digital Ltd
Publisher
Team17 Digital Ltd
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Indie, RPG, Strategy
Rating
4.1 of 5, 6,264 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 15 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A tense, unforgiving struggle for survival where every scavenging run outside the bunker is a gamble and the small moments of family relief are hard-won.

tenseatmosphericpunishingdesperateresource managementbase-buildingsurvivaldifficult

What players say

Players praise the tense resource management and emotional weight of keeping a family alive, but nearly everyone agrees the game gets repetitive once everything is upgraded. Long-time players say the developers abandoned it, leaving bugs and a lack of endgame content.

Screenshots

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