Fallout Shelter
Fair · RPG · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 83,277
- Critics
- 63 players 25 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 8% RPG
Holding it back: Monetization, Reviews
Time and effort
- Main story
- 18.2h
- To 100%
- 99.3h 5.5x the story
- Achievements
- 35
Players and genre
- Online
- 2,286 now
- Recent reviews
- 83% 30 days
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
70% start to 4% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Its score sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 91 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Oxygen: First Breath (free, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Sheltered ($4.49, scores 63).
It is still busy. 2.3K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 1, 16:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks. Free to start. PCGamingWiki lists loot boxes in it, the aggressive kind of in-app purchase.
More about Fallout Shelter
The press gave it 63; the people who bought it give it 88 percent. A 25-point gap in the buyer's favour.
It carries the aggressive kind of in-app purchases, and the score already docks it for that.
Finishing takes 18.2 hours; clearing it takes 99, which is 5.5 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1Ghz, Radeon HD 6970 1GHz, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Fallout Shelter scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/588430/fallout-shelterReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.