Fallout Shelter
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. Vault-Tec has…
Fallout Shelter is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Bethesda Game Studios, released 14 June 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. It is free to play.
What Fallout Shelter is
Fallout Shelter is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2015. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in the post-nuclear world of the Fallout series, Fallout Shelter places the player in the role of an Overseer tasked with running an underground Vault. From this sealed refuge, the Overseer welcomes survivors in from the irradiated wasteland and shapes them into a thriving community. Success means keeping the dwellers fed, powered, and content while expanding the Vault deeper underground. Danger is never far, as raiders, radroaches, and other hazards threaten the safety of those living within its walls.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Fallout series
Fallout Shelter is the 25th of 56 entries we hold in the Fallout series. It arrived 3 years after Fallout: New Vegas - Ultimate Edition. The next entry was Fallout Anthology in 2015. Its critic score of 68 is 4 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition at 92.
How it was received
Fallout Shelter holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 28% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 66, across 417 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9550 @2.83GHZ, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1Ghz, Radeon HD 6970 1GHz. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Fallout Shelter launched on 14 June 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm and Her Story. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm, Her Story.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Fallout Shelter yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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