It’s not simply the mainline video games; even free-to-play spin-off Fallout Shelter is having fun with a lift in gamers and income due to the TV present, with Bethesda additionally including 4 of the present’s characters to the sport.

In case you missed the information, on April 11 (the day after the present debuted on Amazon Prime Video), Bethesda introduced a brand new replace for Fallout Shelter primarily based on the TV present. Mentioned replace is now stay and has added a brand new questline comprised of eight quests in addition to new areas and 6 unlockable vault dwellers, which incorporates the three leads: Lucy MacLean, Maximus, and The Ghoul.

Whereas this replace exists to draw followers of the Fallout present, Fallout Shelter was already benefiting from mentioned present. Very similar to the Fallout video games on Steam, followers flocked to Fallout Shelter shortly after the present’s launch. In line with information from cell evaluation agency Sensor Tower (shared by GamesIndustry.biz), day by day downloads for Fallout Shelter rose by 20% lower than a day after the present aired, and greater than tripled by April 13, rising from about 20,000 to 60,000. Some huge cash has been spent on the in-game microtransactions in the identical period of time too, with Fallout Shelter‘s day by day income leaping from $20,000 to a whopping $80,000.

Fallout Shelter had proved financially profitable when it launched again in 2015, so that is hardly a significant turning level for the sport’s lifecycle. Nonetheless, it does reveal the ability of cross-promotion and the way a profitable adaptation can breathe new life into older titles. How lengthy Fallout Shelter will keep this momentum is anybody’s guess, however Fallout followers should make do with video games prefer it and Fallout 76 in the intervening time, since Fallout 5 continues to be a really good distance away from popping out.

As for the replace itself, with TV present characters now in Fallout Shelter, followers can discover out what every of their SPECIAL stats are. This can assist if you wish to recreate, say, Lucy in a recreation like Fallout 4 and guarantee her in-game stats are correct to how they’re within the present. For instance, in response to Kotaku, Lucy’s finest stats are Notion and Luck, with Energy being her worst, which sounds about proper primarily based on how issues go for her within the present.