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Build and run an underground Vault: assign and train Dwellers, balance supplies, handle threats, and send teams into the Wasteland.
Released 29 Mar 2017
Build An Underground Vault
Balance Vault Supplies
Train Vault Dwellers
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.
Developed by Bethesda Game Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks
You oversee an underground Vault in a post-apocalyptic world, building rooms and expanding the community of Dwellers who live there. Your role is to keep the Vault operating and its residents prepared for dangers inside and outside its walls.
Assign Dwellers to jobs based on their abilities and manage the Vault’s power, food, and water. Train residents, equip them with outfits and weapons, and arrange relationships as your population grows. Room layout and resource production are central to keeping the community running.
Send Dwellers into the Wasteland to explore, take on quests, and return with supplies and equipment. You can also craft items from junk, attract new residents with a Radio Room, and respond to incidents such as fires and attacks as the Vault develops.
Favorable reviews often enjoy building and optimizing a Vault, balancing resources, and developing Dwellers, describing the straightforward management as relaxing and easy to return to. Some also appreciate its Fallout-themed details and the slow growth of a community. Critical reviews commonly mention long waits and monetization, repetitive late-game routines, and missing Chinese language support; some players also report losing save files.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 35 |
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| Players | 1 |
| Multiplayer | The provided information describes Fallout Shelter as a single-player vault management game. No multiplayer functionality is described in the game description or listed features. A Steam tag includes Multiplayer, but no supported multiplayer modes, player counts, or interaction details are provided. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information about mods or multiplayer mod support is provided. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 63/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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