Sheltered is a brutal, heart-wrenching, and deeply rewarding survival management game that fits perfectly on mobile. It takes the concept of the 'nuclear family' and places it in the grimmest possible context, forcing you to make moral decisions that genuinely weigh on your conscience. Do you share your dwindling water with a stranger, or secure your family's survival for one more day?
The pixel art style is evocative, creating a sense of isolation and decay that permeates every session. The transition to touch controls is well-handled, making the complex task of managing shelter repairs, crafting weapons, and assigning wasteland expeditions feel tactile. It’s a game of high stakes and emergent storytelling where every expedition could result in a vital resource find or a tragic loss. For fans of survival strategy, Sheltered is an essential, if harrowing, experience.
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Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic disaster management game that gives a whole new meaning to the term “nuclear family”. Given a head-start over the billions lost in a nuclear holocaust, you must gather as many supplies as possible en route to the concrete underground shelter that will soon become your family home for the foreseeable dire future.
As the overwhelming despair of this new world surrounds you, how will you survive? Your approach to the countless moral choices you’ll be faced with on a daily basis, could be the difference between the lives of your family or their unfortunate end. Resources are scarce though, with barely enough to cling desperately to life for another day you’re already faced with a monumental choice. Who will you send to venture out into the vast unforgiving wasteland? Whilst exploration is a traumatic experience, the weapons you can craft from resources could tip the scales of life or death in your favour. Assaults from feral beasts and roaming factions are endlessly closing in, imminent and deadly risks surround you.
‘Violence is never the answer’… Maybe you once believed that, but combat may now be your only option for survival. As you and your family grow and progress, so do their skills, attributes and weaknesses. Ensure that they’re well equipped as you strategize, securing victory against those who threaten the survival of your family in tense turn based combat.
Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.Survive a post-apocalyptic world with indie smash-hit, Sheltered – now on mobile!
Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic disaster management game that gives a whole new meaning to the term “nuclear family”. Given a head-start over the billions lost in a nuclear holocaust, you must gather as many supplies as possible en route to the concrete underground shelter that will soon become your family home for the foreseeable dire future.
As the overwhelming despair of this new world surrounds you, how will you survive? Your approach to the countless moral choices you’ll be faced with on a daily basis, could be the difference between the lives of your family or their unfortunate end. Resources are scarce though, with barely enough to cling desperately to life for another day you’re already faced with a monumental choice. Who will you send to venture out into the vast unforgiving wasteland? Whilst exploration is a traumatic experience, the weapons you can craft from resources could tip the scales of life or death in your favour. Assaults from feral beasts and roaming factions are endlessly closing in, imminent and deadly risks surround you.
‘Violence is never the answer’… Maybe you once believed that, but combat may now be your only option for survival. As you and your family grow and progress, so do their skills, attributes and weaknesses. Ensure that they’re well equipped as you strategize, securing victory against those who threaten the survival of your family in tense turn based combat.










Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival strategy game from Team17. Set in the wake of a nuclear holocaust, players must manage a small underground bunker to keep their family alive. The gameplay involves a complex balance of resource management—securing food and water while maintaining the shelter's life-support systems. Beyond the bunker, you must send family members into the unforgiving wasteland to scavenge, where they will face feral beasts, roaming factions, and tense turn-based combat. Every choice, from who eats to how you deal with strangers, shapes the attributes and survival of your family in this acclaimed indie title.
Deep family-based survival management mechanics
Scavenging expeditions in a procedurally generated wasteland
Complex crafting system for tools, weapons, and shelter upgrades
Tense turn-based combat against humans and beasts
Moral choice system with lasting consequences
Evolving character attributes and skill progression
Prioritize upgrading your water filter and oxygen system immediately; without these, your shelter is a tomb. When scavenging, send characters with high perception to find better loot, and always equip them with the best crafted weapons you have to survive random encounters.
Review by Jim S. Ever wonder what it would be like for you and your family to survive a post-apocalyptic world in an underground shelter?
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Team 17 just released their base-building strategy survival game Sheltered on the Play Store. It is a port of the PC and console releases.
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The game is split between 'Shelter Management' (building, repairing, and caring for family needs) and 'Wasteland Exploration' (scavenging and combat). Turn-based combat requires tactical thinking, using your family's evolving skills to overcome threats.
No, death is permanent in Sheltered. Once a family member is lost, they are gone for that playthrough, emphasizing the high stakes of your choices.