Animal Shelter 2
Animal Shelter 2
Game
Game2022
Animal Shelter
Developer Games Incubator
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! From the Steam store page
236 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
170 positive · 30 negative
95% range 79–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 170 | 30 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 1 | 28 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,408 of 2,737 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 161 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,654 of 4,173 positive).
Players find the game cute and relaxing, with a satisfying loop of caring for animals and finding them homes. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game suffers from bugs, glitches, and repetitive gameplay. [4][5][6] Some players feel the developers abandoned the game to focus on the sequel, leaving issues unresolved. [7][8]
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- [7]
**CMON DEVS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! - PART 1** I don’t even know where to start with this one because there is so much to talk about. The devs clearly abandoned their work to move on to the second game, and that alone raises some big red flags. They left this game in a half broken state and moved on while there are still so many annoying bugs that can completely ruin the player’s experience. I had to restart the …
- [1]
Really sweet little game. You run a shelter, look after the cats and dogs, earn their trust, and find them good homes. It's relaxing, a bit addictive, and it made me smile more than once. It does get repetitive after a while, and I hit a few bugs. But if you want something cozy to unwind with, it's well worth it, especially on sale 🐶🐱
- [4]
5/10 Animal Shelter is a repetitive management simulator where you run an animal shelter for cats and dogs. (DLC puppies, kittens, and horses). Lots of bugs. Animal Shelter is a single player management simulator where you run an animal shelter and adopt out cats and dogs, additionally horses, puppies, and kittens with DLCs. It’s cute, casual, and mostly stress free. On top of adopting the animals out you also have …
- [5]
I'll say It's a fairly good game. I would say to not buy it or DLC's at full price. There are a lot of bugs, plus game-breaking bugs which are very annoying. One of these is when it glitched and I couldn't put the dog down because it was between putting the dog down and not-so I couldn't save and had to restart my entire game because it was the start of the game. Many visual glitches like items "disappearing" when …
- [2]
It is such a fun a cozy game, I get to see the world through the game and eyes of someone else and I also love the puppies and kittens DLC it makes the game so much better
Summarised from 34 of the 223 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Animal Shelter talk about cute and relaxing animal care simulation; those who didn't talk about frequent bugs and glitches, some game-breaking. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 236 · most liked firstIt was game over for me with Death Stranding 2: On The Beach when I realized you could rescue animals in the wild. Now the Animal Shelter is full and CHVRCHES is my favorite band too.
positive · AI labelView post →i'm a grown ass man , doing it for the achivement hunting but boy do i feel sad when animals go away , taking care of them is the best thing ever - it has repetation but i cannot stop taking care of my beautiful babies
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't mind me, I'm just washing puppies tonight 🐶🧼 Game: Animal Shelter 2 Platform: PC
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning friends! January is just right around the corner so why not get caught up to date with my anticipated releases coming out next month? What are you most excited for? Games featured: ✨ Animal Shelter 2 ✨ Animal Crossing New Horizons ✨ Astronook ✨ On-Together ✨ Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
neutral · AI labelView post →Puppy tail wags for your timeline ૮₍ > ᴥ < ₎ა₊˚⊹ 𐂯 Game: Animal Shelter 2 Platform: PC
neutral · AI labelView post →Sad news friends! Recording schedule this week will be wonky since I've been having issues with Animal Shelter 2 ): The game has become laggy + unplayable no matter with graphical settings I change so I cannot continue the series until this is fixed ( • ᴖ • ｡)
negative · AI labelView post →I liked the game for about 2-3 hours then I realized how limited it is. All of the biographies of the animals are repeated from about 3-4 stories. And the stories don't match up with the automatically written ones for when you put them up for adoption. I'm not one to usually say "use ai" for anything in games but like coming up with stories for each pet is one exception I'd be okay with. I got it for $3 and got about 3 hours of enjoyment out of it. If you can get it on sale like that and want a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →**CMON DEVS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! - PART 1** I don’t even know where to start with this one because there is so much to talk about. The devs clearly abandoned their work to move on to the second game, and that alone raises some big red flags. They left this game in a half broken state and moved on while there are still so many annoying bugs that can completely ruin the player’s experience. I had to restart the tutorial three times, and it pissed the hell out of me. There is a bug where you get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really sweet little game. You run a shelter, look after the cats and dogs, earn their trust, and find them good homes. It's relaxing, a bit addictive, and it made me smile more than once. It does get repetitive after a while, and I hit a few bugs. But if you want something cozy to unwind with, it's well worth it, especially on sale 🐶🐱
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Animal Shelter is basically a "hotel for furry drama queens" simulator. You spend your time managing fluffy troublemakers, cleaning up their messes, and trying to convince them that baths aren't actually a death sentence. You’re essentially building a luxury resort for pets who pay zero rent before playing matchmaker to find them homes. It’s chaotic, adorable, and perfect if you want to run a tiny empire of wagging tails and judgmental cats.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is relaxing but can be repetitive at some point. In this game it doesn't bother me at much but I can see how it can get boring for some people. This game also needs a lot more critical reviews than it has right now. Most reviews are from people that say they love the game but don't specify why. It's in the negative reviews you can tell what the problems are with the game. I'm not usually overly fussed with bugs, depending on the bug, but after awhile it does get to grate on you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute game and cute concepts, money grab with all the DLCs they release rather than making it part of the base game as originally advertised before game released.. before game release they also advertised gameplay way different than it really is, because of that thats why i dont recommend. theres also a lot that you need to do that can be pretty hard to achieve in just single player alone without at least a friend or hireable employees, hard to manage all your duties and care for more than a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Award: Game Where I Went "Aww" the Most Time Game: Animal Shelter 2 Simulator Platform: PC There are SO many cute dogs and cats in this game and I get to play and take care of all of them. What more could a girl ask for??
positive · AI labelView post →Love this game! Highly recommend it! This game is amazing. It's visually beautiful. The animals, buildings and scenery all look amazing. Absolutely loving the sky in the spooky update! The dlc are all great and really add to the game. The vet clinic is my favourite, love healing the animals then re-homing, it's satisfying. Only negatives I've found are a couple of bugs here and there; - Furniture being invisible. eg. Wide cupboard. minor/not game breaking - Feed and water troughs being…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Animal Shelter Simulator - it's honestly a really cute game and I know there's been updates since I last played. store.steampowered.com/app/1239320/...
positive · AI labelView post →I got this on sale for $3, and I feel like that was a fair price for what it is. I would absolutely not recommend it for full price. I do not own any DLC. It's a really, really cute idea and I love resource management/sim games involving animals! However, there isn't really a lot to do after a few hours in. I think that limiting you to hiring additional staff based on shelter reputation is a bad call and what makes the game feel tedious/repetitive pretty quickly. You have shelter capacity…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game. And for the most part I do. But it's a buggy mess. Somehow glitching into doing the cha-cha slide backwards when I picked up a dog was the least egregious issue (and that required rebooting the whole game to fix). I doubt they're going to go back and fix anything at this point, and I don't blame them when they've got a new one to work on. But from what I'm seeing of the reviews, they're not fixing the bugs in the sequel either and just putting all their focus on DLC.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are at the Mariners game tonight, I highly recommend you head up to the dog section around 345 and check out the C.A.R.E.S. Animal Shelter booth where they have multiple sweet angels up for adoption including Franklin, this 2 year old pitbull mix! He is SO SWEET 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →Raid Train starts August 3rd. Join me on Aug 4th at 12 pm EDT & Aug 8th at 6 pm EDT. Raising money for Canine Companions: tilt.fyi/mTXyXgPbeT I'll be playing Animal Shelter 2! Donate to name a dog or cat! #animalshelter2 #gaming #twitch #caninecompanion #GamesIncubator #giveaways
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun game will keep you busy, some functions need optimization tho.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've got a few games in the docket, waiting to be reviewed. I've got Beyond the Map, Animal Shelter 2, and Deadzone: Rogue all sort of sitting there, waiting. BUT there's this one game called Fruitbus where you drive around in a bus selling fruit and I kinda wanna do that one right now instead
neutral · AI labelView post →fun at first but it gets really repetitive and stuff, i like it dont get me wrong but its hard to keep your attention on the game for over an hour.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice simple gameplay. Meh graphics but it's helping me live out my Nintendogs dreams all over again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nilla from the Everett Animal Shelter was our Adoptable Dog of the Game today! Funny enough, Nilla was adopted this morning ahead of the game, making us 5/5 on featured dogs being adopted 😁 Be sure to visit Everett Animal Shelter to find your next furever friend!
neutral · AI labelView post →5/10 Animal Shelter is a repetitive management simulator where you run an animal shelter for cats and dogs. (DLC puppies, kittens, and horses). Lots of bugs. Animal Shelter is a single player management simulator where you run an animal shelter and adopt out cats and dogs, additionally horses, puppies, and kittens with DLCs. It’s cute, casual, and mostly stress free. On top of adopting the animals out you also have to heal them, wash them, and clean up after them. You have the ability to do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got far in my first shelter, wanted to try the horse pack, it immediately overwrites your other saves and now I need to start all over again and suffer through the never ending tutorial.. again. There's no way to skip the tutorial either. Save your money and your brain from a headache. Glad I got this all on a discount because I would have been mad to waste my money for full price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I genuinely want to say I love this game... but lets be honest, there are glaring issues. For having a 2nd animal shelter out, the first one DOES NOT feel like a finished game, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. For a $20, not including DLC prices, you are getting an overly bugged game. Every time I play this I have to save and reload in multiple sessions. This includes the DLCs. And I haven't even played all of the DLCs yet. When I put animals in their cages, they glitch out of them.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎨Spray Paint Simulator - July 22nd on Switch @northstarvg.bsky.social ⛵Monument Valley 3 - July 22nd on PC, Switch, PS & Xbox X|S @ustwogames.co.uk 🐶Animal Shelter 2 - July 23rd on PC 🚲Wheel World - July 23rd on PC, PS, Xbox X|S & Game Pass @messhof.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Quote with 5 jobs you've had 1. Church Admin 2. Factory worker (twice) 3. Animal Shelter Worker 4. Service(Gas) Station Worker 5. Lead Game Designer
neutral · AI labelView post →I love this game a lot but there is just something about giving away the animals makes me cry.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This NEW Simulation Game Has Way More Than Expected - Animal Shelter 2 #animalshelter2 #indiedev #indiegame #simulationgame youtu.be/uU5LQ2-qs8s
neutral · AI labelView post →I am live playing Animal Shelter Simulator 2! I have never played this game so we will be starting from the beginning! I am excited to build an animal shelter! Come by for some fun at www.twitch.tv/kellys_kitties Despite how the photo looks, Mila BEGGED to be included today.
neutral · AI labelView post →not worth the price, especially with the numerous bugs and complete lack of things to do without paying for DLCs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This reminds me of Nintendogs a lot. Says it doesn't support controller but I've had no issues so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are live over on Twitch playing Animal Shelter 2! Due to the Behind Glass project already being over we are now continuing with this game as our next ❤️ www.twitch.tv/snowbelloffi... #vtuber #stream #simulator
neutral · AI labelView post →System Status: Live Now!~ Game: Animal Shelter 2!~ The Thicc Gobbo ( @shryhew.vtubers.social ) and the Tiny Catboi are going to rescue our furry lil (for the gobbo / massive for the catboi) friends and give them a good home!~ www.twitch.tv/rainbowunicornphoenix #vtuber | #femboy | #micro
neutral · AI labelView post →ITS EVERY NICE IF YOUR A ANIMAL PERSON YOU WOULD WANT THIS GAME 5 SATRS
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game kept crashing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🐰Stream Monday🐰 We shall try out a new game called Animal Shelter 2, I'm gonna be an animal caretaker WOOHOOO!! see u guys on 01/06 at 3:00pm PST! #vtuber #twitch
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm giving this a thumbs down unfortunately. After maybe 3 to 4 hours there's not much else to experience. You pretty much already had the majority of the fun you will have. After that it's just rinse and repeat. The animals have copy and paste names and copy and paste stories which are very limited. This feels as though it should've been a free game with maybe some cheap dlc. I'm only putting in time to get the achievements.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Animal Shelter Simulator is a game unlike any other. Above all, besides entertainment, it also provides us with important knowledge and an understanding of the important and incredibly challenging role animal shelters play. 🧠We get a look and to act as a possessor of one of the facilities. Our work and responsibilities will pertain to more than just running the business. The adoption process requires complete implementation of all activities which include accepting new residents and providing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you've ever had the opportunity to visit an animal shelter, you know how depressing they can be. Running such a facility strikes me as an incredibly difficult job, one in which a person with limited resources and abilities can't help as much as they'd like. And although the world is constantly changing for the better in this regard, there's still much work to be done. 🎮The game allows us to experience the role of a dog and cat shelter operator. The process presents itself through a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After Try free and then buy Its worth For this price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is such a fun a cozy game, I get to see the world through the game and eyes of someone else and I also love the puppies and kittens DLC it makes the game so much better
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Animal Shelter you can take care of dogs, cats and horses (If you buy the DLC). The gameplay loop is very much the same, you adopt an animal, you patch them up and give them medicine and when they have enough points, you can put them up for adoption. This game is really stressfull If you have a full shelter and when you don't, it's just blankingly making sure the animals get points. You can re-build and decorate your shelter and write customized summaries for every animal but honestly? It's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3.5/5 As someone who has volunteered in a shelter but no longer can because of my allergies, this game filled the gap I was looking for. I think my favorite part is advertising the dogs and the vet clinic portion. The camera movement while cleaning can be a bit annoying and the camera object/interaction is really laggy when taking pictures, but I don't mind it much. I've seen in someone's review that the game would benefit from a day/night cycle and some bug fixes, and I agree. Overall, I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am live with Animal Shelter 2! So excited to build up this shelter!! This game is adorable, has no generative AI and had a new DLC come out today! Come by for the cuties and fun times at www.twitch.tv/kellys_kitties
positive · AI labelView post →I FOUND OUT THE GAME I WAS OBSESSED WITH AS A KID IT WAS HAPPY TAILS ANIMAL SHELTER I THINK OMFG
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is so fun but it can be a bit laggy... I love it because I get to see so many cute animals and make my own shelter!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game has its flaws for sure, there's no denying that. it gets a little glitchy and sometimes you just need to reboot the game, but you can tell that so much love when into the production of this game. for this being the first of their animal shelter games, its honestly still holds up well to the newer edition
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Come pat all the fur-babies with Animal Shelter 2 pre-release access! Time for that dopamine hit Thanks Games Incubator for the key! #Keymailer www.twitch.tv/gamertechau #Twitch #TwitchSky #Streamer #GoingLive 🎮💜 #AnimalShelter2
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is having way too many glitches. It does not let me view the whole tutorial and I keep ending up in empty rooms and sometimes with no way out but to start the game as a new one. I have had to do this at least five times now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was fun for a while but that's it...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is very fun and heartwarming, my kid loves helping and this was the perfect game she also loves animals.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like career sims, then this one has cute animals. It's repetitive, but that's the genre. I initially gave it a recommend, but honestly, I got sick of the bugs. Objects disappearing, tabs not working, animal AIs glitching. There are other games to scratch this itch.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll say It's a fairly good game. I would say to not buy it or DLC's at full price. There are a lot of bugs, plus game-breaking bugs which are very annoying. One of these is when it glitched and I couldn't put the dog down because it was between putting the dog down and not-so I couldn't save and had to restart my entire game because it was the start of the game. Many visual glitches like items "disappearing" when far away but when you walk up to it, it reappears. Other glitches or things that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you don't make people do stuff out of desperation or to make them in debt to you, they will do cool shit. I still firmly believe this. YOU WILL HAVE THE FREE TIME TO MAKE THE BEST VIDEO GAME OR GO HELP AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. I just think that world isn't possible with our current system.
neutral · AI labelView post →Billy Ray from the Everett Animal Shelter was a GRAND SLAM at today’s game! We are SO thrilled he found his forever home and we cannot wait for more dogs to find theirs too 🥹
neutral · AI labelView post →Continuing my Death Stranding 2 playthru observations and thoughts - did this game really just give me GENTLE MONSTER SUNGLASSES - lol is that hoshino gen lolololol - IS THAT MY FAVORITE BAND CHVRCHES IN THE ROLE OF ANIMAL SHELTER WORKERS - I got a “C” in one of the bossfights 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is a concept I really liked and excited about. I got this game a year or so ago. It was buggy and slow at times so I waited for fixes and optimisations to happen. Fast forward to now, I experience a lot of inconveniences when playing. Double checked my setting as well if my laptop may not equip to run it when it should be. I even lowered the settings to help with the frames but it still has continuous frame issues. These were my main issues side from frame drops: - Many times I…
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