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Fallout 3

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

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RPG

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

Fallout 3 is a 2008 RPG priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (81% of 22182 reviews).

23
playing now
81%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,582
twitch viewers (latest)
2582.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (1769 ratings)
17,242
Nexus mods (203M downloads)
53h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 175h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 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 3% of 13,919 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 887k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,182 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.15-78%
Steam$2.49-75%

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 54 of 106 observed days · $0.49 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

71142026-09-15 12:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 53 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 30 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 61 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 26 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 29 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 30 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 36 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 36 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 55 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 46 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 41 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 51 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
93936Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 51 · peak 110Dec 2012 — avg 74 · peak 155May 2013 — avg 77 · peak 179Oct 2013 — avg 62 · peak 135Mar 2014 — avg 83 · peak 178Aug 2014 — avg 135 · peak 245Jan 2015 — avg 136 · peak 317Jun 2015 — avg 939 · peak 2,653Nov 2015 — avg 709 · peak 1,616Apr 2016 — avg 121 · peak 250Sep 2016 — avg 93 · peak 192Feb 2017 — avg 123 · peak 406Jul 2017 — avg 165 · peak 386Dec 2017 — avg 131 · peak 293May 2018 — avg 97 · peak 212Oct 2018 — avg 94 · peak 269Mar 2019 — avg 63 · peak 131Aug 2019 — avg 69 · peak 132Jan 2020 — avg 53 · peak 107Jun 2020 — avg 53 · peak 106Nov 2020 — avg 53 · peak 111Apr 2021 — avg 36 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 40 · peak 79Feb 2022 — avg 89 · peak 167Jul 2022 — avg 86 · peak 151Dec 2022 — avg 78 · peak 150May 2023 — avg 65 · peak 132Oct 2023 — avg 69 · peak 144Mar 2024 — avg 86 · peak 176Aug 2024 — avg 109 · peak 225Jan 2025 — avg 77 · peak 156Jun 2025 — avg 47 · peak 88Nov 2025 — avg 48 · peak 111Apr 2026 — avg 44 · peak 103Aug 2026 — avg 51 · peak 109
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-07-25 — best price $5.992015-12-21 — best price $2.492016-06-24 — best price $13.362016-11-25 — best price $3.292017-08-08 — best price $8.492018-01-29 — best price $9.992018-09-05 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $2.272019-03-26 — best price $2.632019-09-05 — best price $4.992019-12-25 — best price $2.702020-04-03 — best price $2.622020-07-11 — best price $8.692020-08-23 — best price $8.992020-10-04 — best price $9.992020-11-20 — best price $2.792021-03-11 — best price $8.992021-07-19 — best price $4.992021-12-17 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $4.292022-09-06 — best price $9.992023-01-03 — best price $8.692023-05-15 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $2.092024-03-29 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $9.992025-03-11 — best price $2.132025-10-17 — best price $2.132026-03-07 — best price $8.702026-06-05 — best price $8.692026-08-07 — best price $2.152026-10-04 — best price $2.152026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k3762026-05-31 — 482 pageviews2026-06-04 — 456 pageviews2026-06-08 — 598 pageviews2026-06-12 — 489 pageviews2026-06-16 — 448 pageviews2026-06-20 — 457 pageviews2026-06-24 — 441 pageviews2026-06-28 — 535 pageviews2026-07-02 — 476 pageviews2026-07-06 — 563 pageviews2026-07-10 — 651 pageviews2026-07-14 — 711 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,469 pageviews2026-07-22 — 661 pageviews2026-07-26 — 565 pageviews2026-07-30 — 617 pageviews2026-08-03 — 583 pageviews2026-08-07 — 548 pageviews2026-08-11 — 580 pageviews2026-08-15 — 467 pageviews2026-08-19 — 506 pageviews2026-08-23 — 511 pageviews2026-08-27 — 467 pageviews2026-08-31 — 565 pageviews2026-09-04 — 489 pageviews2026-09-08 — 487 pageviews2026-09-12 — 431 pageviews2026-09-16 — 416 pageviews2026-09-20 — 493 pageviews2026-09-24 — 524 pageviews2026-09-28 — 510 pageviews2026-10-02 — 465 pageviews2026-10-06 — 448 pageviews2026-10-09 — 413 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller Support6 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2010-07-16, latest 2018-06-21 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSRPGActionSci-fiShooterModdableAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

BioShock™BioShock InfiniteFallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing GameDishonoredGrand Theft Auto V LegacyDeus Ex: Mankind DividedFallout 4

Similarity via IGDB.

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