Games like Shelter 2
Closest overall match: Shelter (★ 3.6). Highest rated: OneShot at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Emily is Away at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Shelter 2 — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Short, Exploration and Walking Simulator. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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62%
1. Shelter
Shares nature, Walking Simulator, Short, Cute and Female Protagonist and 6 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 14, Casual, Indie
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62%
2. Emily is Away
Shares Short, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3, 14, Casual, Indie
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60%
3. Viridi
Shares nature, Cute, Family Friendly, Survival and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 46
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 24%
- Shared genres
- 14, Casual, Indie
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59%
4. Refunct
Shares nature, Short, Family Friendly, Exploration and Open World and 5 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
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59%
5. ABZU
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Family Friendly, Exploration and Third Person and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 14, Indie
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59%
6. Nephise Begins
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Female Protagonist, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
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59%
7. The Plan
Shares nature, Walking Simulator, Short, Survival and Exploration and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 50
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- Casual, Indie
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59%
8. Grow Home
Shares Short, Cute, Exploration, Third Person and Open World and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
-
58%
9. Thirty Flights of Loving
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Exploration, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
-
57%
10. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, Open World, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
-
57%
11. Proteus
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Cute, Exploration and Open World and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
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57%
12. OneShot
Shares Cute, Exploration, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Shelter 2?
On our similarity model, Shelter is the closest match to Shelter 2 — shares nature, Walking Simulator, Short, Cute and Female Protagonist and 6 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like Shelter 2 is rated highest?
OneShot holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 192 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Shelter 2 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.