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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play RPG and Simulation title released in 2017, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (88% of 82,793 reviews).

1,009
playing now
88%
positive of 83k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
68/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (405 ratings)
152
Nexus mods (429k downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (57,900 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,009 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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

Fallout Shelter trailer thumbnail

Fallout Shelter - Announcement Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,009 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,361 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~670/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 13,969 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 8 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20182026Week 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: 583 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.1k9092026-09-15 11:00 — 1,474 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,807 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,149 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,637 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,142 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,173 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,219 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,822 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,268 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,491 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,786 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,160 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,000 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,552 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,419 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 953 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,370 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,352 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 909 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,294 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,663 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 972 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,046 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,009 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17k787Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 16,784 · peak 42,390Jul 2017 — avg 3,240 · peak 5,411Oct 2017 — avg 2,739 · peak 4,776Jan 2018 — avg 1,917 · peak 3,128Apr 2018 — avg 1,537 · peak 2,381Jul 2018 — avg 2,271 · peak 3,617Oct 2018 — avg 1,472 · peak 2,676Jan 2019 — avg 1,051 · peak 1,619Apr 2019 — avg 822 · peak 1,309Jul 2019 — avg 877 · peak 1,559Oct 2019 — avg 820 · peak 1,400Jan 2020 — avg 996 · peak 1,548Apr 2020 — avg 1,574 · peak 2,159Jul 2020 — avg 1,055 · peak 1,477Oct 2020 — avg 1,131 · peak 1,969Jan 2021 — avg 1,073 · peak 1,544Apr 2021 — avg 1,021 · peak 1,461Jul 2021 — avg 1,061 · peak 1,488Oct 2021 — avg 1,131 · peak 1,872Jan 2022 — avg 1,093 · peak 1,590Apr 2022 — avg 1,118 · peak 1,668Jul 2022 — avg 1,208 · peak 1,638Oct 2022 — avg 1,477 · peak 2,308Jan 2023 — avg 1,322 · peak 1,917Apr 2023 — avg 1,258 · peak 1,897Jul 2023 — avg 1,387 · peak 1,869Oct 2023 — avg 1,405 · peak 2,287Jan 2024 — avg 1,330 · peak 1,947Apr 2024 — avg 3,619 · peak 8,308Jul 2024 — avg 1,910 · peak 2,894Oct 2024 — avg 1,367 · peak 2,433Jan 2025 — avg 1,216 · peak 1,793Apr 2025 — avg 1,166 · peak 1,690Jul 2025 — avg 1,067 · peak 1,511Oct 2025 — avg 1,162 · peak 2,019Jan 2026 — avg 3,455 · peak 6,018Apr 2026 — avg 2,088 · peak 3,671Jul 2026 — avg 1,496 · peak 2,397Aug 2026 — avg 1,636 · peak 3,044
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
25252026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 25 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative2026-10-15: 3 new positive2026-10-15: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002017-03-312026-10-142017-03-31 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

293862026-05-16 — 128 pageviews2026-05-20 — 112 pageviews2026-05-24 — 135 pageviews2026-05-28 — 180 pageviews2026-06-01 — 115 pageviews2026-06-05 — 126 pageviews2026-06-09 — 124 pageviews2026-06-13 — 149 pageviews2026-06-17 — 130 pageviews2026-06-21 — 142 pageviews2026-06-25 — 99 pageviews2026-06-29 — 138 pageviews2026-07-03 — 132 pageviews2026-07-07 — 140 pageviews2026-07-11 — 138 pageviews2026-07-15 — 135 pageviews2026-07-19 — 219 pageviews2026-07-23 — 134 pageviews2026-07-27 — 126 pageviews2026-07-31 — 140 pageviews2026-08-04 — 128 pageviews2026-08-08 — 135 pageviews2026-08-12 — 145 pageviews2026-08-16 — 125 pageviews2026-08-20 — 116 pageviews2026-08-24 — 131 pageviews2026-08-28 — 114 pageviews2026-09-01 — 117 pageviews2026-09-05 — 140 pageviews2026-09-09 — 125 pageviews2026-09-13 — 123 pageviews2026-09-17 — 108 pageviews2026-09-21 — 121 pageviews2026-09-25 — 126 pageviews2026-09-29 — 109 pageviews2026-10-03 — 114 pageviews2026-10-07 — 127 pageviews2026-10-11 — 122 pageviews2026-10-12 — 139 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3402026-10-01 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 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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