# Vault Life: Idle Shelter Sim — user reviews > 35 indexed App Store user reviews of Vault Life by Vasily Makarov, rated 4.19/5 from 62 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vault-life-idle-shelter-sim/id6738626771/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vault-life-idle-shelter-sim/id6738626771.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 36 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (11 of 35) ### 4/5 — Hope *2026-06-07, version 1.0* Has potential, don’t give up on the game. ### 4/5 — I like but could be better *2026-03-13, version 1.0* Better immersion ### 4/5 — This has great potential *2025-12-22, version 1.0* I love idle games that stay fun. I’m a huge fan of fallout and games that use your imagination so naturally I was drawn to this. It’s a real fun game even though the quests get repetitive. However powering through I found I get new quests every so often. However is there secret actions to unlock or does the question marks mean they aren’t created yet? And how do I explore the rest of the map? I need these answered to continue the main quest line. In any case this game is worth checking out and it is fun. I hope the creator is still working on the game and will release more content soon. ### 4/5 — Not really good *2025-08-18, version 1.0* Good idea, but I am tired with just answer the questions. It needs some new mode added. ### 5/5 — Very good game *2025-03-02, version 1.0* Всем привет из России. Игра очень хорошо выглядит ### 4/5 — Cool game *2025-02-15, version 1.0* There is a bug in my game where I have no health but I am alive. It would be cool if the player could get mutated or something and maybe a use for the items you collect. I really enjoy the game and I can’t wait for what else will be added Awesome potential here. ### 4/5 — Potential *2025-02-06, version 1.0* Game has good potential, but there doesn't seem to be any way to recover hp, and loosing all hp does nothing. I've tried exploring outside like 10 times only to max out my strength. Honestly just seems like an unfinished game. I'd love to play it more if I could do more. I have no clue what to do with items, and some of them dont even have names. That's about it. Cool game, waiting for more though ### 5/5 — Alfa version *2025-01-23, version 1.0* Ребят игра - свежий воздух. Красиво. Привольная механика. Автору и разработчику респект и сил довести игру до полноценной версии. Предположу что разработчик. Очень молодой. Сленг слова и ошибки. Но это мелочи. Дерзай. И творческих успехов ### 3/5 — Не понятны механики *2025-01-14, version 1.0* Старался понять механики, зачем нужна сила, зачем нужен интеллект или харизма, ни на что не влияют. Зачем карта? Зачем на карте какие то отметки к которым не пройти(если я не доиграл хотя бы объясните). Что делать с получаемыми предметами зачем я их собираю? Собрал 2 пистолета что бы что, на рейдеров с кулаками нападать? Игра идет по дням(но сбоку почему то еще 2 таймера🤷‍♂️), какие то рандомные события, во первых не помешало бы добавить кнопочку ускорения времени, ну и что бы какой то сюжет что ли складывался. На что влияют эти дни? Меню с персонажами и отношениями с ними, зачем? На что влияют эти отношения? Зачем это меню, ничего нельзя там нажать и как то по взаимодействовать. Русская локализация интересно сделана, 3 слова на русском, остальное на английском. В общем ничего не понятно, но очень интересно. Небольшая идея: Если уж есть диалоги и статы, частично перенесите логику из Fallout, что бы в диалогах другим цветом подсвечивались доп действия в зависимости от скилов ### 5/5 — Неплохо *2024-12-28, version 1.0* Выбрал работу охранника - выпадают эвенты на учителя. Хп бар не работает у меня точно отрицательное хп ,но персонаж жив Было бы славно взаимодействовать с предметами в инвентаре ### 4/5 — Interesting *2024-12-27, version 1.0* It needs a more detailed explanation, I don’t know what to do to progress, I cannot explore the map and complete “find location” mission ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Incomplete game *2026-04-12, version 1.0* Yea this game is absolutely worthless. Cant do anything, no progression, its like a half made game was just put out for no reason. Not worth the download. ### 1/5 — Seems to be abandoned and broken *2026-02-06, version 1.0* Love the concept and the pipboy vibes. The creator is obviously a true fan of Fallout, unfortunately it appears to be completely broken, with many features not working and no updates, shame, this had potential. ### 1/5 — Ne démarre pas *2025-01-26, version 1.0* Ne démarre pas ### 1/5 — Buggy *2025-01-11, version 1.0* Map doesn’t do anything. Stuck on in finding water generator quest. ### 2/5 — Langue *2025-02-09, version 1.0* À l’air bien, mais tout en anglais…dommage. ### 2/5 — Nothing to do? *2024-12-24, version 1.0* At first it was interesting. After about an hour there is nothing left to do. The same few prompts pop up every second but nothing else happens. At $1000 you can “explore the wasteland” but that gives the same results each time and doesn’t unlock anything else. If your health reaches 0, nothing happens. I don’t think there is any way to progress past this. Only a small amount of content and that’s it. There’s a map, but there’s no way to explore it. ### 3/5 — Game is unfinished *2026-01-09, version 1.0* Game has potential. You can not get past $1000 which is the 4th quest. The events repeat after about 10 mins. ### 3/5 — Can’t go outside *2025-07-09, version 1.0* Good game, but can’t access outer world and ‘perks’ tab is empty. ### 3/5 — Very Unfinished game *2025-03-26, version 1.0* Same as others. Game has great potential, just seems unfinished. There's nothing in Perks, you can't go anywhere on the map, Invasion countdown does nothing, highest action you can do is go to the surface and you eventually max out your health, you can increase your HP but it happens in random events, items do nothing. Aesthetically it's very pleasing though. I just wouldn't've put it in the App Store until it was near-finished. ### 3/5 — What???? *2025-02-11, version 1.0* There is nothing to do and even with max strength you lose alll the battles ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing Potential *2026-05-23, version 1.0* Just a heads up, I’m not at all saying the game is bad or needs any of this or that I know better or even know what I’m talking about. I’m just a fan of the Fallout game series and pip-boy style games, which is why I am happy to see a game like this. I’ve played other similar games on the AppStore, and this is so far my favorite visually. I am a big fan of the graphics, style, HUD, etc… it all looks beautiful, slightly retro with that old fallout twist that us good fans love. I’d love to see this project continued. I already got to level 2 and I am enjoying it, what I’m wanting to see more of though, is variety of choices, better dialogue, maybe a slightly better menu, character customization, better access to gear (items); the ability to view item descriptions and names + more maybe. When it comes to dialogue, I think the current options could either use some improvements, or more options could be added. And more events/invasions would be useful for keeping me more interested, though I already enjoy the game as-is. Achievements would also be a nice addition, I think it could be fun and useful for tracking progress and achievements. I’d also like the ability to speak with the dwellers in the dweller tab. When it comes to perks, the map, possible new actions, I’m not sure what’s planned, but I am excited to see what the creator comes up with! This project has my attention! ### 5/5 — Really enjoy this game *2026-04-07, version 1.0* Massive fallout fan! So this game has dynamics a lot like Oregon trail. There is an idle period in which you have to make a decision that affects the rest of the game. For what it is I give this game a 10. Couple tweeks could be made but really great stuff. I really enjoy the fresh look. ### 5/5 — I’m in love with this game *2026-02-24, version 1.0* I haven’t played a game like this in a while, I just started playing and it’s already amazed me, and this is just in testing, i can’t wait for the full game, in the mean time though, i’ma go kill some more mole rats ### 5/5 — Pretty good *2026-02-18, version 1.0* Pretty cool game unlike some others it has a interesting vibe to it, I hope it gets better but I could see it getting boring after a couple of days ### 5/5 — I dont know much if the game *2026-01-06, version 1.0* I gave you a 5 stars so people can trie it out so far so good ok. ### 5/5 — barely played and i already love it *2025-11-06, version 1.0* it's unique and exactly the game i was looking for, reminds me of the explore mechanics in fallout shelter but way more detailed and immersive ### 5/5 — Fun game *2025-10-10, version 1.0* This game is fun to play because similar to fallout four but It could use an update ### 5/5 — Cute *2025-06-22, version 1.0* This is a very cute and interesting game ### 5/5 — Игра интересная *2025-05-11, version 1.0* Поскольку игра еще в «тесте»,то ей простительно ,но хотелось бы поправить локализацию ,шире сюжет ,больше опциональных возможностей ,больше деталей,а так все супер !! Спасибо ! ### 5/5 — Cool *2025-04-02, version 1.0* Пишу отзыв в поддержку игры. Надеюсь её доделают до релиза и будет конфетка) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*