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Animal Shelter Simulator

Animal Shelter Simulator

|Poland|Adventure, Indie

5.7 /10

Meh

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4.1k ratings
Rating sources
Steam · Player score8.8/104.1k ratingsIGDB · Critic score4.0/101 ratings
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Why play it

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!

Story and worldbuilding

Your main goal in Animal Shelter will be to look after, treat, and give shelter to those under your care. You will have plenty of work to do with the shelter, which will become a refuge for any creature in need and will certainly help in finding suitable future owners. Keep in mind that the future owner-pet duo must complement each other. Your main goal? Finding a suitable home for your pets!

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Rating momentum

Meh: 5.7/10 across 4.1k ratings. Watch some gameplay or wait for a sale before deciding.

Play style

Leans into Adventure, Indie, Simulator — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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Pure NintendoRachel Poli · 6 Jun, 2023
6/10

Animal Shelter Simulator has a cute premise to care for dogs and cats. The gameplay is fun but can get repetitive. Also, the controls are clunky to start until you get used to them.

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LadiesGamers.comLynne Newey · 8 May, 2023
6.5/10

The concept of Animal Shelter Simulator is really great. I like the idea of running my own animal shelter, and the game gives some great educational insights into animal care and management. However, the awkward use of the controls and the game’s instability left me feeling too frustrated to find it truly enjoyable. I hope the developers can spend more time improving Animal Shelter Simulator, as there is a really good game hiding in the current offering.

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Nindie SpotlightJustin Nation · 26 Apr, 2023
6.3/10

If you’re really into working in an animal shelter it could be fine, but repeating generally menial tasks may not be much “fun”

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CompletexboxJordan Campbell · 5 Dec, 2022
5.5/10

Animal Shelter Simulator is a game I really wanted to admire but it gets ever so stale very quickly. With the clunky and horribly ported control scheme and the lacking variation of animals and no other signs of human connections or life, it becomes a hard game to fully recommend.

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