Prime Video's First 'Fallout' Spin-Off Series Officially Debuts Trailer

Prime Video has a wealth of massive series under its belt, from The Boys to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Reacher, yet nothing has set the world on fire like Fallout. The adaptation of the open-world post-apocalyptic RPGs from Interplay Entertainment and Bethesda has introduced a whole new audience to the series’ quirky, retrofuturistic, and ultraviolent approach to the nuclear wasteland with great success, earning rave reviews and over 100 million views for both of its first two seasons. Unsurprisingly, the streamer is now looking to expand beyond the journeys of Lucy (Ella Purnell), The Ghoul (Walton Goggins), and Maximus (Aaron Moten) to explore this world of mutants, monsters, and dangerous, colorful factions in a new way. Ahead of Season 3 next year, they’re now officially opening the vault.

Reports surfaced at the beginning of the year that Fallout would be getting its own reality competition. Created by Squid Game: The Challenge producers Studio Lambert in conjunction with Kilter Films, Fallout Shelter: The Experiment was announced as a more narrative-driven contest between players inside one of Vault-Tec’s state-of-the-art bomb shelters. While the in-universe vaults typically feature horrifying, experimental twists inflicted upon all the residents, this one will put their aptitudes to the test in “high-octane drills, psychological dilemmas, and morally challenging behavior trials” for the chance to win the grand prize of $1 million. Prime Video has now unveiled the first teaser to celebrate Fallout Day and confirmed that it will launch on January 13, 2027.

The short video doesn’t reveal much about the show outside of a message sent to a Pip-Boy. It reads, “The world is ending. The competition is just beginning,” giving a sense of how the show picks up from the nuclear disaster that created Fallout‘s irradiated world. Shortly after, the date is unveiled, leaving much to the imagination as to how the experience of the vaults will be recreated. At the very least, it’s an atmospheric teaser setting up a similar tone to that of the megahit adaptation with help from the team behind it all.

Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.

• You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
• You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
• You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
• The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.

The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.

• You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
• You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
• You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
• In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.

You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

• You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
• In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
• You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
• In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.

Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

• Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
• You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
• Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
• In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.

The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

• You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
• You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
• You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
• In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.

‘Fallout’ Is Finally Seeing New Life in Its Games

Fallout Shelter‘s existence is a testament to just how popular the franchise and its show are at the moment. For once, though, the games themselves are seeing real movement. Bethesda has mostly devoted its efforts within the series of late to updating its online RPG, Fallout 76, and releasing the anniversary edition of Fallout 4. That changed rapidly over the summer, with the studio reaffirming that Fallout 5 is a long-range development goal for them, and they’re working on remastering both Fallout 3 and New Vegas for modern consoles. On top of that, Obsidian Entertainment, the masterminds behind New Vegas, are developing their own project in the universe once again and have partnered back up with Bethesda to shape the course of the franchise’s future. There’s a long way to go until any of these projects see the light of day, but it’s much more than fans have heard in quite some time.

Fallout Shelter premieres on January 13, 2027, on Prime Video. Check out the first teaser in the player above.