Fallout Shelter

 Switch
User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 76 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 76
  3. Negative: 27 out of 76

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  1. emu0
    Jan 25, 2020
    5
    An ok game that will keep your brain busy for free. After a while, you will find it boring and repetitive.
  2. Strikearrow
    Jan 10, 2021
    5
    It's a decent time waster, but after about 50 hours playtime it falls off hard. The timers become ridiculously long and it takes real money to shorten them. Worse, the UI is poor and it's quite difficult to click on a character without selecting the room instead or sometimes vice versa. There is no way to select multiple characters at once to respond to an attack so lots of needless clicking.
  3. RealGameCritic
    Jul 13, 2018
    6
    A truly average mobile game port that has alot lacking if you don’t immediately feel gripped by the game’s schematics.
  4. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    5
    its an ok game not fun but its still ok for an idle game a lot less microtransactions than other ones
  5. Jtrapdoor1
    Jul 5, 2018
    6
    A good game that will keep you busy. The quests can be fun although a little repetitive, the vault missions are fun and the game overall is an ethical nightmare when you consider that you literally force hundreds into slavery so that your vault can look pretty. Other than that nitpick, you can find some enjoyment out of this game especially if you are a fan of the Fallout series
  6. Beano12
    Oct 30, 2018
    6
    Average game, if you don’t get in the game every 10 minutes it’s basically game over. It’s very hard to progress in this game. I’m up fri a challenge, but this is just not the way to present it.
  7. cool_dork
    Feb 16, 2019
    7
    This could have been a much better game easily, if they just took back the difficulty a couple notches. I really liked the game, but I mad one mistake and now about half my people are dead.
  8. erhr
    Jan 4, 2023
    5
    it is a very difficult game and the quality was kind of okay but nothing that surprising

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Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Switch Player
    Sep 19, 2018
    50
    Fallout Shelter isn't the introduction to the series Nintendo fans deserve. It's a rather mediocre freemium game, and Bethesda would likely have been better served getting a main series game out on Switch first.
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  2. CGMagazine
    Jun 24, 2018
    65
    To a fault, Fallout Shelter is the same game that you can play on any other platforms. The gameplay loop is simple yet engaging, though the lack of variety in the mid and end game remains disappointing. For newcomers, Fallout Shelter is an okay game that can casually occupy your time. But if you’re a veteran, I can’t see any reason why you should play this version.
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  3. Nintendo Life
    Jun 18, 2018
    60
    Fallout Shelter is handsomely presented with a nice resource management loop that’s worthy of investigation, but it’s tough to recommend this version if you've got access to other platforms.
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