Fallout Shelter
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Developers | |
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Bethesda Game Studios | |
Behaviour Interactive | |
Behaviour Santiago | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
Unity 5[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 14, 2016 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 63 |
OpenCritic | 70 |
IGDB | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Free-to-play |
Microtransactions | Loot box[3] |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Persistent |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | North America, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi |
Series | Fallout |
Fallout | |
---|---|
Fallout | 1997 |
Fallout 2 | 1998 |
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | 2001 |
Fallout 3 | 2008 |
Fallout: New Vegas | 2010 |
Fallout 4 | 2015 |
Fallout Shelter | 2016 |
Fallout 4 VR | 2017 |
Fallout 76 | 2018 |
Fallout Shelter is a singleplayer third-person building game in the Fallout series.
The game is a port of the 2015 iOS/Android game of the same name.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Microsoft Store | Xbox Play Anywhere | |||
Steam | ||||
Publisher website (unavailable) |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bethesda\Fallout Shelter\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/588430/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\FalloutShelter\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/588430/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | If you zoom-out too much and pan the screen, you move out of the map. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page). |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped to 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Touchscreen optimised | Zoom doesn't work | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Sounds & Music. | |
Surround sound | 3.1 output since Patch 1.11 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
- All dialogue is text-only.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 AMD Radeon HD 6970 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 5.4.4f1[1][2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/588430/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (588430) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Unity Europe 2015 Highlight Reel - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
- ↑ Fallout Shelter for PS4, XB1, PC, Switch Reviews - OpenCritic - last accessed on 2020-04-18
- "Please note: This game has monetized random reward mechanics, commonly referred to as "loot boxes.""