Animal Shelter: Prologue

First-person shelter simulation about caring for animals awaiting adoption

Games Incubator · Published by Games Incubator, PlayWay S.A. · Released Nov 3, 2021

Adventure Casual Indie Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 2,191
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 1; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 4 years ago; Jan 20, 2022
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 780; 8 GB RAM · 4 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Animal Shelter: Prologue?

This free, single-player prologue is a first-person simulation set in an animal shelter. You feed and treat cats and dogs, monitor their needs, and match them with suitable adopters.

For you if...

+you enjoy petting animals and playing with them
+you like arranging buildings and decorating an animal shelter

Not for you if...

−you want cooperative or competitive multiplayer

What players say

91% of 2,191 reviews are positive

Players praise the game's realism. Some are disappointed that the prologue ends just as both cats and dogs become available.

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Animal Shelter: Prologue system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 780, 8 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Animal Shelter: Prologue have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Animal Shelter: Prologue run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean.

Does Animal Shelter: Prologue use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam