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Fallout 4
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
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
54 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“great game if you like shooters with lots of settlement building, crafting, and multiple endings.”
“I have around 200 hours on the Xbox version of this game. It is better on PC. Combat is so much more fun I'll say that. In Fallout 4, we play as a survivor of a nuclear fallout, awakening from a Vault bunker, Vault 111,…”
“This was my first introduction to the fallout franchise so it has a special place in my heart. It might be that bias of it being one of the newer games from the series but it is my favorite out of them all. While New…”
21 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Excellent, plenty to do. Plenty mods and survival is fun.”
“Not as classic as new vegas but still certainly worth playing and beating. I have beat it multiple times on different consoles over the years, get the dlc but stay away from creation club.”
“This was an ok game without mods and a fantastic game with them until Bethesda began releasing garbage updates that added new bugs and broke the modding environment twice just so they could shill more paid mods to…”
15 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“great game if you like shooters with lots of settlement building, crafting, and multiple endings.”
“Pros: Gameplay is fun, its got a decent story, Cons: no Big Iron, a little laggy, i cant choose to kill everybody”
“I want to like this game. I have really tried to like this game, but I guess Fallout just isn't my bag. I tried FO3 and NV and they didn't float my boat either. That said, this isn't a negative review. Far from it. The…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I have around 200 hours on the Xbox version of this game. It is better on PC. Combat is so much more fun I'll say that. In Fallout 4, we play as a survivor of a nuclear fallout, awakening from a Vault bunker, Vault 111,…”
“As writing this I have 363 Hours on Fallout 4, Purchased this year and its only april. if that doesnt speak for itself idk what else will. however, if you need more convincing here it is: I loved New Vegas but didn't…”
“This was my first introduction to the fallout franchise so it has a special place in my heart. It might be that bias of it being one of the newer games from the series but it is my favorite out of them all. While New…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I have around 200 hours on the Xbox version of this game. It is better on PC. Combat is so much more fun I'll say that. In Fallout 4, we play as a survivor of a nuclear fallout, awakening from a Vault bunker, Vault 111,…”
“I have not touched this game since high school, back when I had a laptop that would make jet engine noises running this game, so I am fairly out of the loop as far as how bad Bethesda screwed up the game performance…”
“I want to like this game. I have really tried to like this game, but I guess Fallout just isn't my bag. I tried FO3 and NV and they didn't float my boat either. That said, this isn't a negative review. Far from it. The…”
27 of the 102 reviews raise this · 20 of them still recommend the game.
“If Fallout 3's writing was bad, then buckle up. This game takes rpgs and the lore, and tosses it out the window. You play as Nate or Nora, and follow them as they hunt for their missing baby for 30 minutes. Then you…”
“terrible lazy story pore mechanics and constant updates which intentionally break the mods and worsen the game further, not to mention how it is flooded with bloat and garbage. Its also where they got started with the…”
“It just doesn't have the same feeling as Fallout 3 or New Vegas. The writing and story basically force you along with an illusion of choices. It's more of a looter shooter with RPG elements sprinkled in. There are a few…”
23 of the 102 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“Hello, just wanted to give a huge “thank you” to the devs for completely ruining my experience with this update. I bought all the DLCs before the update and actually had around 10 hours of fun. Then this so-called…”
“Без модов абсолютно неиграбельно. Игре 10 лет, но вся игра в багах сплошь и рядом.”
“Game used to be good till recent updates . Now keeps crashing at random times , and what ever they broke doesn't seem to be getting fixed . So no I wouldn't recommend this game until it's stable again . But if you don't…”
23 of the 102 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This used to be an amazing game with the best mods. Then bethesda went on their usual search to pillage customers wallets. now all the mods are gone, the vanilla game is boring, and evrey fun thing the community added…”
“I assume Fallout New Vegas, fully modded just spoilt this game for me. Or I really don't like any Creation Engine construct aside of Starfield. But hey, 70 hrs of playtime... I tried, but wasn't really into.”
“If Fallout 3's writing was bad, then buckle up. This game takes rpgs and the lore, and tosses it out the window. You play as Nate or Nora, and follow them as they hunt for their missing baby for 30 minutes. Then you…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Hello, just wanted to give a huge “thank you” to the devs for completely ruining my experience with this update. I bought all the DLCs before the update and actually had around 10 hours of fun. Then this so-called…”
“This used to be an amazing game with the best mods. Then bethesda went on their usual search to pillage customers wallets. now all the mods are gone, the vanilla game is boring, and evrey fun thing the community added…”
“terrible lazy story pore mechanics and constant updates which intentionally break the mods and worsen the game further, not to mention how it is flooded with bloat and garbage. Its also where they got started with the…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This used to be an amazing game with the best mods. Then bethesda went on their usual search to pillage customers wallets. now all the mods are gone, the vanilla game is boring, and evrey fun thing the community added…”
“terrible lazy story pore mechanics and constant updates which intentionally break the mods and worsen the game further, not to mention how it is flooded with bloat and garbage. Its also where they got started with the…”
“Not as classic as new vegas but still certainly worth playing and beating. I have beat it multiple times on different consoles over the years, get the dlc but stay away from creation club.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Is the story kinda trash? Yes. Is it a buggy mess that depends on community patches and mods? Yes. Is it repetitive? Yes. Is it a great time and worth the trouble? Absolutely!”
— a player, Steam review · 479 hrs played“Such a charming open world game. There is so much to explore and so much going on. After all this time still getting updates and recent one removed 60fps cap.”
— a player, Steam review · 214 hrs played“shameless illusion of choice... ---------------------------------------------- accept quest = *accepted quest* decline quest = *accepted quest* ---------------------------------------------- *NPC walks up* "Hey, would you like to listen to my Story" Yes = *Okay, listen to…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:06 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fallout 4 Update - May 27th
Fixes & Improvements Fixed an issue that could cause an infinite loading screen when signing into the Creations menu with an account already linked to another platform account. Fixed a crash on PlaySt
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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 · Post-apocalyptic · Singleplayer · Exploration · RPG · Adventure · Atmospheric · Shooter · First-Person · Story Rich · Action · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Surround Sound · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 84 |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.fallout4.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required) Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent Storage: 30 GB available space