Best Games Like Fallout on Android – Fallout 1 & 2 Alternatives

Published October 17, 2026 · Updated October 25, 2026 · By the developer of Sunarius

1. Sunarius — A Post-Apocalyptic RPG Built Around Squad Tactics

• Best for: Players who want an open wasteland, turn-based tactical combat and a persistent struggle between rival factions.
• Platforms: Android
• Price: Free to download, with ads and optional in-app purchases

Sunarius approaches the post-apocalyptic RPG from a slightly different direction. Instead of following a lone wanderer and a handful of companions, you lead a squad through a world where resources are scarce, factions compete for territory, and survival involves considerably more than winning the next gunfight.

The setting will feel familiar to fans of classic Fallout: settlements struggle to survive, dangerous groups roam the wasteland, and the world is full of opportunities to make money, find equipment or get yourself into trouble. The difference lies in how these elements fit together.

Combat takes place on a hexagonal grid, turning encounters into tactical problems rather than simple exchanges of damage. Positioning, equipment and squad composition all matter. A fight is no longer just about whether your character has a powerful weapon; it's about how effectively you can use the people under your command.

Exploration also extends beyond individual locations. Caravans, patrols and hostile groups populate the world map, while quests and faction relationships give your decisions a wider context. Food, water and transportation add another layer of resource management to life in the wasteland.

The most interesting aspect of Sunarius is its emphasis on the relationship between tactical combat and the wider world. It aims to combine the freedom and consequence associated with classic Fallout with the squad-management pressures of games such as Battle Brothers.

The verdict: Sunarius is worth considering if you want a post-apocalyptic RPG on Android that prioritises tactical decision-making and squad management over fast-paced action. It isn't a mobile port of Fallout, nor does it try to reproduce the original games exactly. Its appeal lies in taking familiar ideas in a more squad-focused direction.

2. ATOM RPG

ATOM RPG is the closest thing to a new Fallout 2 you can play today, and its Steam page openly says its turn-based combat is inspired by Fallout 1 and 2. Made by the independent studio AtomTeam and released in 2018, it is set in 1986, after a nuclear exchange destroyed both the Soviet Union and the Western Bloc. You explore the Soviet wasteland as a survivor investigating a conspiracy, with random encounters on the world map and quests that have several alternative solutions. It is also the only game on this list, besides Sunarius, with an Android version: it has been on Google Play since 2020, with controls reworked for touch screens.

• Genre: Isometric turn-based CRPG
• Platforms: PC (Windows, macOS, Linux), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS
• Price: Paid on every platform, including Android (the mobile version also has in-app purchases)
• Release year: 2018
• Why it is similar: turn-based combat modelled on Fallout 1 & 2, a world map with random encounters, quests with several solutions
• How it differs: a Soviet setting in 1986 instead of retro-futuristic America, with its own dry humour
• Official page: ATOM RPG on Steam

3. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

Wasteland 2, by inXile Entertainment, is the revival of the 1988 Wasteland, the game that is widely seen as Fallout's spiritual ancestor. It was released in 2014, and the Director's Cut came to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015 and to Nintendo Switch in 2018. You equip a squad of Desert Rangers and lead them through a post-apocalyptic Wasteland with hundreds of characters to meet. Problems usually have more than one answer: a locked door can be picked, bashed or blown open, and in turn-based fights you can aim precision strikes at an enemy's legs, weapon or head. The store page puts it simply: the choices are yours, but so are the consequences, in the short and the long term.

• Genre: Party-based tactical CRPG
• Platforms: PC (Windows, macOS, Linux), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Price: Paid
• Release year: 2014 (Director's Cut: 2015)
• Why it is similar: a post-apocalyptic wasteland, choices with lasting consequences, several solutions to most problems
• How it differs: you control a whole squad of rangers from the start, not a lone wanderer
• Official page: Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam

4. UnderRail

UnderRail, released by Stygian Software in 2015, is the pick for players who loved how systemic and unforgiving Fallout could be. Life on the surface is no longer possible, and what remains of humanity lives in a network of metro station-states deep underground. You are a resident of one of those stations, caught between factions fighting to survive. The game is about builds: turn-based combat with pistols, rifles, crossbows, energy weapons and melee, three schools of psionics, and stealth, lockpicking, hacking, pickpocketing and traps. An elaborate crafting system rewards scavengers, since crafted gear can beat what you find or buy. The game is built around a single character you create, much like the Vault Dweller in the first Fallout, so every decision on the character sheet counts.

• Genre: Isometric turn-based RPG
• Platforms: PC (Windows)
• Price: Paid
• Release year: 2015
• Why it is similar: deep character building, turn-based combat, many non-combat solutions
• How it differs: an underground setting built around one character, and a noticeably higher difficulty
• Official page: UnderRail on Steam

5. Encased

Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG by Dark Crystal Games left early access in 2021. Its premise is the most unusual here: in an alternate 1970s, an enormous artifact called the Dome is found in a remote desert, and the CRONUS corporation sends people inside to recover what it holds. You join one of five CRONUS wings and start as an ordinary employee, before a catastrophe turns the world into a wasteland. Six survivor factions compete for control, and whether they become allies or enemies depends on your choices. Combat is turn-based and tactical, but a charismatic character can talk their way out of fights, and the game supports a non-lethal, pacifist approach.

• Genre: Isometric turn-based CRPG
• Platforms: PC (Windows, Linux)
• Price: Paid
• Release year: 2021
• Why it is similar: factions that react to your choices, dialogue and charisma as real alternatives to combat
• How it differs: a retro sci-fi mystery built around the Dome rather than a post-nuclear world
• Official page: Encased on Steam

Games like Fallout compared

FAQ: games like Fallout on Android

Is there a Fallout-like game for Android?

Yes. ATOM RPG has a paid Android version that plays very much like Fallout 2, and Sunarius is a free-to-download post-apocalyptic CRPG with turn-based squad combat, currently in early access. Both are on Google Play.

Can I play Fallout 1 or Fallout 2 on my phone?

There are no official Android or iOS versions of Fallout 1 or 2; they are sold for PC on stores such as Steam and GOG. If you want the same style on a phone, look at the Android games in this list.

Is Fallout Shelter like the classic Fallout games?

Not really. Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play vault-management game from Bethesda with in-app purchases. It shares the setting and humour, but not the isometric exploration or turn-based role-playing of Fallout 1 and 2.

Conclusion

If you want Fallout's mix of freedom, consequences and turn-based fights on your phone today, start with ATOM RPG for the classic single-hero experience, or try our own game for squad tactics. On PC, Wasteland 2, UnderRail and Encased each take a different part of the Fallout formula and push it further. If you want to try ours, download Sunarius and try a post-apocalyptic CRPG made for Android.