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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“u have to install mods for this game not to crash instantly on launch or after like 2 minutes of gameplay and then those same mods make your game run like bootycheeks but this game otherwise is pretty goodd !!!!!!!!!”
“great game. the best game. such a terrific game”
““This is the nature of war, whose stake is at once the game and the authority and the justification. Seen so, war is the truest form of divination. It is the testing of one's will and the will of another within that…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Absolutely recommending. Ditch the new slops and look at some older titles. Fun game, good story, plenty of missions and great DLC's adding extra fun content. This game was definitely desinged by people who cared about…”
“I truly enjoy the entire Fallout series. I have been playing the games since the original fallout and love the games and the lore.”
“I personally prefer this over FNV and FO4. Great story, great locations, loved playing from start to finish. Hated dad, ♥♥♥♥ you dad and vault 101”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“fallout 3 is a great game for people who either have modding experience or direly wish to indulge a post-nuclear wasteland / hoarding fetish. the gameplay is wonky and crashes often. story is eh in this one; you really…”
“Full playthrough as older fella achieved! Played as a teenager on repeat. It was cold having to pay for an ending for my 360 game. Moving on... The green tint stays on! Atmosphere is def comfy even after all this time.…”
“Fallout 3 – Still Worth It? Absolutely. Great game. Even today, it hits in a way most modern games don’t. Quick tip (important if you’ve got a high refresh rate monitor): Lock your FPS to 60, then use Lossless Scaling…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“such a GOAT it even references that in the tutorial levels. 10/10 blew up megaton would do it again stinky ghoul get away from my high society”
“dude what is there to say. this game was my first introduction to a true rpg with an in depth story. easily put in several hundred hours throughout my life playing. give it a try if you've never played it before, it's…”
“Great game. I loved the world and the story, and it still holds up really well. The side quests are just as fun as the main ones. I’ve only finished the main story, a few side quests, and Operation Anchorage, but it…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Absolutely recommending. Ditch the new slops and look at some older titles. Fun game, good story, plenty of missions and great DLC's adding extra fun content. This game was definitely desinged by people who cared about…”
“Amazing game. There are plenty of quests, and world is really fun to explore. Just don't expect any meaningful choices or a good main story. (this game sucks and New Vegas is better in every conceivable way)”
“dude what is there to say. this game was my first introduction to a true rpg with an in depth story. easily put in several hundred hours throughout my life playing. give it a try if you've never played it before, it's…”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“u have to install mods for this game not to crash instantly on launch or after like 2 minutes of gameplay and then those same mods make your game run like bootycheeks but this game otherwise is pretty goodd !!!!!!!!!”
“if you are going to sell a game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ make sure it isnt buggy as ♥♥♥♥ literally 20 year later”
“The only thing holding Fallout 3 back from true greatness on steam is the fact we don't have achievements so i can 100 percent it again.”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Kind of crazy they went through the entire development of this game and at no point did anyone go "Wait, This story is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid". Not really a good sign if the best way to enage with your rpg is to ignore the main…”
“I've played this game through TTW so that's why I have no hours on record. Mid. The game is fun if you just like doing random ♥♥♥♥ but it has pretty bad rpg elements and the main quest is not good at all. Not really…”
“Why Fallout 3 didn't become a cult game in the Fallout series? The problem here is not only in the notorious "Oblivion with guns". The problem here is much deeper. Instead of a new game experience, Bethesda went the…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Kind of crazy they went through the entire development of this game and at no point did anyone go "Wait, This story is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid". Not really a good sign if the best way to enage with your rpg is to ignore the main…”
“I've played this game through TTW so that's why I have no hours on record. Mid. The game is fun if you just like doing random ♥♥♥♥ but it has pretty bad rpg elements and the main quest is not good at all. Not really…”
“fallout 3 is a great game for people who either have modding experience or direly wish to indulge a post-nuclear wasteland / hoarding fetish. the gameplay is wonky and crashes often. story is eh in this one; you really…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“The Fallout series went from the brownest games ever made, into Fallout 3, the greenest game ever made, and then back to the brownest game with New Vegas. When you are doing a Fallout series playthrough like I am, the…”
“Full playthrough as older fella achieved! Played as a teenager on repeat. It was cold having to pay for an ending for my 360 game. Moving on... The green tint stays on! Atmosphere is def comfy even after all this time.…”
“The game is not tracking my time correctly, I know how to fix it, but I find it more amusing to see how long I have the launch window up more then the playtime because I've only seen it on this game so far. Fallout 3 is…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Full playthrough as older fella achieved! Played as a teenager on repeat. It was cold having to pay for an ending for my 360 game. Moving on... The green tint stays on! Atmosphere is def comfy even after all this time.…”
“Decided to play this classic since I never did but it sat in my library for the longest time. It's amazing how much Bethesda has stuck to its formula in the last 25-30 years. This game plays extremely similar to the…”
“Fallout 3 is very fallout 3 it features fallout 3 gameplay and fallout 3 endings it also has fallout 3 dlc and it's fallout 3 good apart from fallout 3 mothership fallout 3 zeta that one fallou 3 bad but point fallout 3…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“[h1] 7/10 [/h1] I wanted to like this game like I loved new vegas, some of my friends are going to be angry that I didn't give a higher point to this game but man story is so dragging and dlc content is so boring compared to new vegas. If I hadn't played new vegas maybe I would…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Patrolling the capital wasteland almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter... or something like that.”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played“Went from playable to broken over night. Its a shame this game is in such a state since release, its a brilliant game with an amazing atmosphere.”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Fallout 3: Game of the Year - Launcher Update
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Fallout 3: Game of the Year - Update 1.7.0.4
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | Open World · RPG · Post-apocalyptic · Singleplayer · Moddable · First-Person · Sci-fi · FPS · Adventure · Action · Exploration · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Operating system: Windows XP/Vista Processor: 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor Memory: 1 GB (XP)/ 2 GB (Vista) Hard disk space: 7 GB Video: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) Sound: DirectX®: 9.0c Controller support: Xbox 360 controller Supported Video Card Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 200 series, Geforce 9800 series, Geforce 9600 series, Geforce 8800 series, Geforce 8600 series, Geforce 8500 series, Geforce 8400 series, Geforce 7900 series, Geforce 7800 series, Geforce 7600 series, Geforce 7300 series, GeForce 6800