Controls

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Fallout Shelter which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Gamepad

Can play with the following:

Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.

Touchscreen

Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.

Two Motions Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, two simultaneous taps, swipes or hold gestures.

Button Combinations

Specific button operation required to play

No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).

Controller Vibration

Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Fallout Shelter, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

• Cities: Skylines (10 Controls Features)
• Rootown (9 Controls Features)
• Parkasaurus (9 Controls Features)
• Frostpunk (8 Controls Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Fallout Shelter which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.

Assistance Getting Starting

These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.

Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.

Low Pressure: Game tasks aren't time-limited or there's a low-pressure mode. This avoids the pressure of being put on the clock for overarching missions, or failing tasks because you didn't reach a destination in time.

No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.

Assistance For Progressing

These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.

Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Fallout Shelter, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

• Parkasaurus (9 Getting Started Features)
• Cities: Skylines (8 Getting Started Features)
• Frostpunk (7 Getting Started Features)
• Cities: Skylines II (6 Getting Started Features)

Navigation

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Fallout Shelter which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.

Clarity

Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.

Head-Up Display

Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation

If you want to play Fallout Shelter, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Navigation accessibility:

• Parkasaurus (5 Navigation Features)

Audio

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Fallout Shelter which deals with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.

Adjustable Audio

Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

If you want to play Fallout Shelter, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

• Parkasaurus (3 Audio Features)
• The Pale Beyond (2 Audio Features)
• Rootown (2 Audio Features)
• Foundation (2 Audio Features)