Session Respect Score
"Protect badger cubs on journey to new home."
Minimum session
20 min
Pausability
At save points
Resume friendliness
Easy to resume
FOMO pressure
Zero FOMO
Focus required
Chill
Session structure
Story chapters
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About
Shelter is a survival video game developed by Might and Delight for Windows and Mac. It was released on 28 August 2013 after being accepted through Steam Greenlight. In the game players control a mother badger who must protect and feed her cubs while travelling from their burrow to a new one. During the journey the cubs must be fed and are in danger from threats such as birds of prey and wildfires.
Experience the wild as a mother badger sheltering her cubs from harm. On their journey they get stalked by a bird of prey, encounter perils of the night, river rapids crossings, big forest fires and the looming threat of death by starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?
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Shelter — Session FAQ
- How long does a session of Shelter take?
- The minimum meaningful session for Shelter is approximately 20 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
- Can you pause Shelter?
- Shelter uses save points or manual saves. You'll need to reach a checkpoint before exiting to avoid losing progress — factor this into your session planning.
- Does Shelter pressure you to keep playing?
- Shelter has no FOMO mechanics — no timed events, live content, or narrative cliffhangers. You can stop whenever you want without feeling like you're missing out.
- What is Shelter's Session Respect Score?
- Shelter has a Session Respect Score of 8.5/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.