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Fallout Shelter

Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2017-03-29

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RPGSimulationFree To Play

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2017 (Xbox One), Jun 10, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jun 10, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 13, 2015 (Android), Jul 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 14, 2015 (iOS)

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.

1,206
playing now
88%
positive of 82k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
68/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (405 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,206 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play construction and management simulation video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, with assistance by Behaviour Interactive, and published by Bethesda Softworks. Part of the Fallout series, it was released worldwide for iOS devices in June 2015, for Android devices in August 2015, for Windows in July 2016, for Xbox One in February 2017, and for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in June 2018. The game is also available on Tesla vehicles. The game tasks the player with building and effectively managing their own Vault, a fallout shelter.

Trailer

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Fallout Shelter - Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,206 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,573 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~822/week).
  • · Review velocity up 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,108 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,079 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,288 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 822 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 763 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 866 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,492 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,595 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.0k1.2k2026-08-06 21:00 — 1,840 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,242 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,765 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,961 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,455 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,335 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,322 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,726 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,735 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,409 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,421 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,273 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,163 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,411 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,018 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,933 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,263 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,822 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,211 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1,297 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,547 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,956 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,240 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 1,655 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,976 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,220 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,306 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,722 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,206 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

293992026-05-16 — 128 pageviews2026-05-19 — 150 pageviews2026-05-22 — 106 pageviews2026-05-25 — 173 pageviews2026-05-28 — 180 pageviews2026-05-31 — 142 pageviews2026-06-03 — 130 pageviews2026-06-06 — 141 pageviews2026-06-09 — 124 pageviews2026-06-12 — 116 pageviews2026-06-15 — 178 pageviews2026-06-18 — 146 pageviews2026-06-21 — 142 pageviews2026-06-24 — 127 pageviews2026-06-27 — 133 pageviews2026-06-30 — 125 pageviews2026-07-03 — 132 pageviews2026-07-06 — 120 pageviews2026-07-09 — 174 pageviews2026-07-12 — 174 pageviews2026-07-15 — 135 pageviews2026-07-18 — 271 pageviews2026-07-21 — 180 pageviews2026-07-24 — 139 pageviews2026-07-27 — 126 pageviews2026-07-30 — 115 pageviews2026-08-02 — 130 pageviews2026-08-05 — 103 pageviews2026-08-08 — 135 pageviews2026-08-11 — 132 pageviews2026-08-14 — 131 pageviews2026-08-17 — 123 pageviews2026-08-20 — 116 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4202026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
70%
earned "Mattress Stuffer"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)82,1295%35
PS4 (PlayStation)79,10913%35
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)42,0893%35
Switch (Nintendo)1,1320%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCasualSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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