Fallout Shelter review – a rare and winning combination

(iOS, Bethesda, cert 12)

Too many freemium games are a cheap cash grab. But Bethesda's mobile spin-off from its famous post-apocalyptic series is that rare beast: free and not constantly squeezing you for cash.

Sharing a scorched-earth setting with the role-playing titles from which it takes its name, a cartoon aesthetic is put to good use in this building game, where players are tasked with creating a vault to protect and attract survivors. Resource collection and management are key - with food, water and electricity needed to maintain the ever-expanding shelter. These are farmed from a variety of upgradeable rooms, which each require dwellers with a different asset - six in all, from strength to luck.