Fallout Shelter

Contains adsIn-app purchases
3.89M reviews
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Teen
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Alcohol Reference, Mild Violence, Suggestive Themes
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About this game

Create a brighter future…underground! Take on your role as Overseer in this base building and post-apocalyptic survival game from the Fallout franchise. Build a base and create the perfect vault under 2,000 feet of bedrock. Manage your Dwellers, explore the hostile Wasteland, and survive against radioactive threats.

Lead Dwellers on the quest to true happiness as you expand your vault. Outfit Dwellers with specialized gear, help them find ideal jobs, and train them to improve S.P.E.C.I.A.L. abilities. Play matchmaker to repopulate your underground base. Oversee your thriving community and protect your Dwellers from danger.

Send Dwellers on Wasteland quests to explore the blasted surface left behind. Find adventure, search for life above, survive dangers, and collect loot to take back to your vault. Build a base and battle hazardous threats in a post-apocalypse survival game that puts you to the test.

Unlock new shelter Seasons featuring limited-time vaults! Master base building with experimental vaults that are separate from your main vault, for a chance to win Season-specific, in-game rewards. Oversee post-apocalypse survival in brand-new themed locations!

Dive into the Fallout universe, create your perfect vault, and embark on an underground adventure in this offline base building game.

FALLOUT SHELTER FEATURES

BECOME A MASTER BASE BUILDER
- Build a brighter future and survive underground! You're in control of a state-of-the-art Vault from Vault-Tec.
- Build a base in a post-apocalypse survival game! Turn an excavation beneath 2,000 feet of bedrock into the very picture of underground Vault Life.
- Construct a variety of specialized rooms in a creative base building game.
- Build a Radio Room to recruit new Dwellers or play matchmaker to expand the population.

POST-APOCALYPSE SURVIVAL RPG
- Get to know your Dwellers and lead them to happiness in a post-apocalyptic simulation.
- Find their ideal jobs and watch them flourish.
- Provide Dwellers with outfits, weapons, and training to improve S.P.E.C.I.A.L. abilities.
- Increase S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats and improve your Dwellers' chance of Wasteland survival
- Customize the look of any Dweller in the Barbershop.
- Battle threats from the outside…and within.

WASTELAND EXPLORATION & DANGEROUS QUESTS
- Send Dwellers on quests above ground to navigate the blasted surface left behind.
- Survive the Wasteland to find new armor and weapons, gain experience, and earn Caps.
- Encounter new Dwellers in the Wasteland to bring back to your vault.
- Survive missions to earn handy survival loot, or fail and meet unspeakable death…
- Open lunchboxes for a chance to collect Legendary Dwellers, including Lucy MacLean, Sarah Lyons, and Abraham Washington.

Survive life in a post-apocalyptic world through this free-to-play base building and management simulation game. Vault-Tec has provided the tools, but the rest is up to you. What are you waiting for? Begin crafting your Vault in this epic Fallout base builder and survival RPG game!

** Google Play Best of 2015 **
Mobile Game of the Year – 2016 DICE Awards
Winner 2015 Golden Joystick Best Handheld/Mobile Game

"Might just be the best free-to-play game out there" – GamesBeat
"Probably the best game of E3 2015" – Gizmodo
"Fallout Shelter is simple to play and addictive as hell." – GameZone
Create a post-apocalyptic, underground Vault in the ultimate base building game!
Updated on
Jul 23, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows*
*Powered by Intel® technology

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    Location, Personal info and 4 others
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 4 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.42M reviews
Gaurav Gupta
August 6, 2026
One of the best mobile games I've played. The attention to detail is incredible—from the realistic vault operations and sound effects to the camera tilting with your phone to view rooms at a better angle and the sound transitions. I also like that watching ads is optional and rewarding, helping you get a small boost without ruining the game. Every feature, every mechanic, and the overall concept feels well thought out. It's surprisingly deep and addictive. Great job by the developers!
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Will Ford
June 12, 2026
Started playing and as some people have mentioned you watch an ad (minimum 45 seconds to a maximum of 2 minutes) and you get absolutely nothing, it's clear they're putting the bare minimum effort into keeping this game alive. Most of the development is probably just being put into keeping paid services working but I can't say for sure since I'm not going to spend money on a malfunctioning game.
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Jerram Fairweather
April 27, 2026
I love fallout shelter: It's so fun, there is so much customizability, and there are tons of different systems and strategies. The only problem is that it is free to play, meaning that there are optional microtransactions that lately have become a little more prominent. There are still no mandatory ads though, and you can do everything you otherwise could. I find f2p games often feel like just a vessel to show ads through, but this feels like a full, well designed game
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What’s new

"Vault-Tec Presents: Viva New Vegas

-Build limited-time Experimental Vaults: safe, efficient, and only mildly hazardous.
-Earn exclusive rewards to boost morale and compliance, and keep your Dwellers happy.
-Unlock characters, outfits, weapons and more from Season 2 of the Fallout TV Series!
-Spin the Wheel to win Fabulous Prizes. Remember: every spin is a with when Vault-Tec!
-Upgrade your Season Pass for premium prizes!"