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Fallout 3

Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2008-10-28

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RPG

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 15, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Oct 31, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 31, 2008 (Xbox 360)

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.

59
playing now
81%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (1769 ratings)
53h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 175h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Fallout 3 is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, is set in the Washington metropolitan area 200 years after a devastating nuclear war. The player controls a 19-year-old character who leaves a fallout shelter in search of their missing father. Fallout 3 features a freely explorable open world, and the player can engage in combat with a variety of weapons. The player can also initiate conversations with non-player characters, and depending on their actions, can affect how other characters perceive them.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 59 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 902 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~113/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 887k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,165 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.15-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.15-78%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.00 at Humble Store (2025-02-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 91 observed days · $0.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31331320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

109262026-08-06 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 52 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 88 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 77 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 64 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 46 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 56 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 70 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 63 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 47 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 47 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 45 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 42 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.092015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-07-23 — best price $4.992015-12-11 — best price $9.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-10-25 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492018-01-03 — best price $9.992018-08-20 — best price $9.992018-09-28 — best price $11.732019-02-04 — best price $3.292019-06-25 — best price $9.992019-11-28 — best price $2.372020-02-22 — best price $9.492020-05-29 — best price $8.692020-07-28 — best price $9.992020-09-10 — best price $9.992020-10-17 — best price $8.992020-12-28 — best price $2.992021-04-09 — best price $4.742021-08-23 — best price $8.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-05-26 — best price $8.382022-09-14 — best price $3.002023-01-06 — best price $8.992023-05-19 — best price $2.092023-11-21 — best price $2.092024-03-28 — best price $8.392024-09-12 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $2.192025-09-05 — best price $9.992026-02-09 — best price $2.152026-05-18 — best price $2.142026-07-12 — best price $8.872026-08-30 — best price $2.15
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k4002026-05-31 — 482 pageviews2026-06-03 — 470 pageviews2026-06-06 — 473 pageviews2026-06-09 — 469 pageviews2026-06-12 — 489 pageviews2026-06-15 — 566 pageviews2026-06-18 — 456 pageviews2026-06-21 — 512 pageviews2026-06-24 — 441 pageviews2026-06-27 — 480 pageviews2026-06-30 — 468 pageviews2026-07-03 — 544 pageviews2026-07-06 — 563 pageviews2026-07-09 — 849 pageviews2026-07-12 — 736 pageviews2026-07-15 — 632 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,469 pageviews2026-07-21 — 725 pageviews2026-07-24 — 589 pageviews2026-07-27 — 585 pageviews2026-07-30 — 617 pageviews2026-08-02 — 560 pageviews2026-08-05 — 585 pageviews2026-08-08 — 572 pageviews2026-08-11 — 580 pageviews2026-08-14 — 556 pageviews2026-08-17 — 525 pageviews2026-08-20 — 495 pageviews2026-08-23 — 511 pageviews2026-08-26 — 499 pageviews2026-08-28 — 539 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller Support6 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)171,6117%72
PS3 (PlayStation)115,14111%73
GFWL (Xbox)18,86632%72

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSRPGActionSci-fiShooterModdableAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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