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In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
Animal Shelter is a dog, life sim and cats game
developed by Games Incubator
and published by Games Incubator and PlayWay S.A..
Released on March 23rd 2022 is available only on Windows
in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 3,495 reviews of which 3,058 were positive and 437 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam with a 80% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 780
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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Mixed review. The basegame is genuinely well done and fun -- it progresses you slowly through the basics, the animals are very cute, and the mechanics are very intuitive. The matchmaking aspect of adoption is one of my favorite elements -- not only do you take photos of the animals to post their adoption ads, you have to match personality traits of the animals to the traits of the people applying for adoption. It's intuitive and REALLY rewarding to get an animal adopted out to the right home and know that the match is a good match. The customization of the lot in Build Mode is simple and fun -- you can place buildings and even furniture where you want them, and it does make you think about how to make the right decisions about what to purchase when. The Build Mode is simple and clear. The only drawback to Build Mode is that it doesn't seem to pause the simulation at all when you're in it. I spent a lot of time in Build Mode trying to get my buildings in the right place -- and because I spent so much time, two of my animals got taken away for neglect because their needs decayed. It definitely felt unfair and frustrating HOWEVER -- there is one MAJOR drawback, which is in the Vets DLC. The microscope mini-game is one of the worst mini-game I've ever played. It's boring, it's not-intuitive, barely explained, and even moving the mouse slightly causes the indicators to change colors and the blur to shift in a way that makes it feel chaotic, confusing, and totally incoherent and random. You can slightly avoid this mini-game by sending in lab samples in the mail, but the catch is you can only send in one sample at a time, and it takes minutes for each one to process. I'll probably try to play the Vet DLC more but only if I can completely avoid the microscope mini-game: it's confusing, distracting, and boring. The Analyzer (bacteria) mini-game isn't as jenky, but it's also not very interesting or fun. It's more fun to focus on the animals and I wish they would expand out working on the animals directly instead I would recommend the Base Game for a rewarding experience with adorable art and sincere, cute writing, but not the Vet DLC and the broken microscope experience
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Overall I had an okay time with this game. I wouldn't say it's bad, but it definitely feels more neutral than positive. The concept is cute and I think a lot of people will enjoy the gameplay, especially if they like caring for animals. There are some nice mechanics around treating injuries and illnesses, and running the shelter has its moments. That said, it gets repetitive fairly quickly. After just a few hours, it felt like I had seen most of what the game had to offer. I also wish there was more variety in the animals, like smaller dog breeds, to keep things fresh. The reason I feel neutral about the game is because it came with a lot of bugs. One of the biggest issues I ran into completely ruined a save file. I used an in-game mechanic to go for a walk, and after returning to the shelter, the game started running at around 10fps. I tried everything I could think of to fix it, but nothing worked. That save ended up being unplayable. Thankfully, I had another file from the day before, but I still lost a couple of hours of progress. Another major bug left me unable to order items or buy and sell buildings. Because of that, I couldn’t feed the animals, and they were eventually taken away. I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to go back to an even earlier save. After restarting the game four times, it finally fixed itself, but the whole situation was frustrating and made the game feel a bit pointless in that moment. I also ran into a recurring bug with achievements not unlocking correctly. One achievement I worked on for about two hours wouldn’t register progress unless I restarted the game after doing the task ten separate times. It was a huge pain and took the fun out of it. In the end, I did enjoy parts of the gameplay and I think there’s potential here. But the bugs and lack of variety kept me from fully enjoying it. Hopefully it gets patched up, because I feel there is a charming game underneath the rough edges.
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The game is fun but still has a lot of bugs, just take that into consideration before buying it.
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I recommend this game but only with the help of WeMod, in my case. WeMod helps lessen the stress for me regarding the ill animals you take in. Before the mod I would feel so stressed when I could see they health decline and me being all confused about what to do. Now I can take my time regarding the diagnosis and feel nice and casual when playing. Otherwise it is a nice simulator and a lovely addition is being able to move the buildings and funiture around as you please on your ground. You get to play and take care of some sweet animals, make sure they get a nice match when looking for their new home and you learn about their traits before finding a home.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Animal Shelter is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam.
Animal Shelter is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 3.90€ on Steam.
Animal Shelter received 3,058 positive votes out of a total of 3,495 achieving a rating of 8.43.
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Animal Shelter was developed by Games Incubator and published by Games Incubator and PlayWay S.A..
Animal Shelter is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Animal Shelter is not playable on MacOS.
Animal Shelter is not playable on Linux.
Animal Shelter is a single-player game.
There are 4 DLCs available for Animal Shelter. Explore additional content available for Animal Shelter on Steam.
Animal Shelter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Animal Shelter does not support Steam Remote Play.
Animal Shelter is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Animal Shelter.
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Online players
76
Developer
Games Incubator
Publisher
Games Incubator,
PlayWay S.A.
Release
23 Mar 2022
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