Shelter 2
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 4h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 30% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,335 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 1.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (29.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Circle of Life Game Completed 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (26)
story milestone ending side
- Circle of Life Game Completed 100%
- A New Start Start a new family with one or more surviving cub 75%
- Three Generations Start a third generation 70%
- Maternal Instinct All cubs survived to adulthood 53%
- Blue Feather Find the blue feather 45%
- Five Generations Start a fifth generation 24%
- Tusk Find the mammoth tusk 13%
- Pink Feather Find the pink feather 13%
- Fossil Find the Fossil 12%
- Fox Skull Find the fox skull 12%
- Rose Find the rose 9.8%
- Tiger Skull Find the siberian tiger skull 9.8%
- Egg Find the Egg 8.8%
- Meteor Find the Meteor 8.4%
- Pink Flower Find the pink flower 8.4%
- Sea Shell Find the Sea Shell 6.8%
- Snake Skeleton Find the Snake Skeleton 6.8%
- Lynx Mother All cubs survived to adulthood on survival mode 6.8%
- Sticks of Truth Find all branches 3.7%
- Compulsive Hoarder Find all collectables 3.7%
- Completely Cuckoo Find all feathers 3.7%
- Flower Power Find all flowers 3.7%
- Natural Bedding Find all leaves 3.7%
- Acquired Taste Find all mushrooms 3.7%
- Rolling Stones Find all rocks 3.7%
- The High Life All collectables in the Mountains found 3.4%