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Fallout Shelter

Create a post-apocalyptic, underground Vault in the ultimate base building game!

Bethesda Softworks LLC · com.bethsoft.falloutshelter

4.6 out of 5 (1,853 ratings) 50M+ downloads v2.6.0 94.4 MB Android 7.0+ PEGI 12 · Low Maturity

  • Signature matches the Google Play version Details

At a glance

Latest version
v2.6.0 (232)
Updated
Sep 1, 2026 (1 month ago)
APK size
94.4 MB
Requires
Android 7.0+ (API 24)
CPU support
ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Graphics
OpenGL ES 3.0+
Category
Simulation (game)
Listed since
Aug 13, 2015
Permissions
19 (3 sensitive)
Website
fallout.bethsoft.com
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Fallout Shelter is a game by Bethesda Softworks LLC in the Simulation category, listed since August 2015. It includes native code for ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

It asks for 19 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: read phone status and identity, read shared storage and modify shared storage. It asks for the same permissions as version 2.5.1. The game offers in-app purchases through Google Play and can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.

Ratings

4.6out of 51,853 ratings
  • 5 ★80%
  • 4 ★10%
  • 3 ★5%
  • 2 ★1%
  • 1 ★4%

Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.

What's new in v2.6.0

"Vault-Tec proudly presents: House Always Wins! - Design a new Experimental Vault: Engineered for brilliance, with just a dash of peril! - Climb the leaderboard: Show your friends who's the best Overseer this season! - Face challenges: Earn badges to unlock the Lucky 38 and New Vegas at Night themes! - Collect unique rewards: Characters, attires, and armament straight from Fallout TV Season 2! - Spin the Wheel: Luck is mandatory, and this time, pets are part of the jackpot!"

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

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

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v2.5.0.

All 3 versions

Fallout Shelter among popular Simulation games

Fallout Shelter is one of the 36 most downloaded games in our Simulation category. It has the best rating of the games in this table.

Fallout Shelter and the Simulation games ranked next to it by downloads
GameRatingDownloadsDownload size
Block City Wars: Vice World 3d 4.4 (2,621) 50M+ 66.9 MB + 227.3 MB data
Oil Tanker Truck Driving Games – 50M+ 84.5 MB
Fallout Shelter (this game) 4.6 (1,853) 50M+ 94.4 MB + 1.5 MB data
Bus Game 4.4 (10) 50M+ –
High School Simulator 2018 4.4 (185) 50M+ 105.4 MB

Games listed next to it in our Simulation ranking by downloads. Ratings and download counts come from the source store; ratings with fewer than five votes and sizes of outdated listings aren't shown.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Sep 1, 2026.
  • Certificate issued to “Behaviour Interactive” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature verified Sep 1, 2026
  • Validated against Google Play Sep 1, 2026
  • Signed byO=Behaviour Interactive
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)56:97:A3:D7:E2:23:6B:82:78:DD:85:1E:EC:6F:D5:DE:05:A9:30:60
  • File MD5ac6ae4fbbe02f3378557eed3af2f831a
  • Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (19)

Fallout Shelter requests 19 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Fallout Shelter APK: questions and answers

How much space does Fallout Shelter need?

The APK is 94.4 MB, and the game also needs 1.5 MB of extra data (OBB files). Leave about 190.3 MB free for the installation.

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is Fallout Shelter free?

The APK is free to download, but the game offers in-app purchases through Google Play.

Is the Fallout Shelter APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is ac6ae4fbbe02f3378557eed3af2f831a.

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