Meadow - A Shelter Game

Multiplayer animal sandbox for open-world exploration and symbolic communication

Might and Delight · Released Oct 26, 2016

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 5,941
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 3; right now
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update: 1 year ago; Oct 17, 2024

What is Meadow - A Shelter Game?

Meadow is a multiplayer sandbox where you play as an animal in an open natural world. You explore alone or with other players and communicate through emotes, symbols, and sounds. Owning other Shelter games or products can unlock more playable animals and communication options.

For you if...

+you prefer relaxed exploration to combat or survival
+you like communicating with others through symbols and emotes
+you enjoy roaming open landscapes as different animals

Not for you if...

−you want combat or survival challenges
−you prefer directed goals to open-ended exploration
−you want to talk through written chat

What players say

89% of 5,941 reviews are positive

Players praise the visuals, music, and friendly encounters without text chat. Many say the player population is now sparse, and some report unavailable servers. One longtime player also criticizes newer changes to the emote interface.

Screenshots and trailer

Meadow - A Shelter Game system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz or better
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660, ATI Radeon HD 2xxx
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
Notes: VRAM 2 GB

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 137
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Polish, Hungarian, Arabic, Czech.