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Fallout 4 cover art

Fallout 4

Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2015-11-09

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RPG

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

Releases: Nov 10, 2015 (Xbox One), Nov 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Apr 25, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 25, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

Fallout 4 is an RPG released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 429231 reviews).

12,587
playing now
81%
positive of 430k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
271
twitch viewers (latest)
4.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (21 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1736 ratings)
77,349
Nexus mods (2.5B downloads)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (166,432 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend · from 163 critics
75h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 197h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

12,587 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Fallout 4 is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fourth main game in the Fallout series and was released worldwide on November 10, 2015, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, with versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S released on April 25, 2024. The open world is set within a post-apocalyptic environment that encompasses the American city of Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts region, known in-game as "the Commonwealth".

Trailer

Fallout 4 trailer thumbnail

Fallout 4 - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 12,587 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12,673 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,584/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,212 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-05

Tier history: healthy→cooling (Oct 5), thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 11M–26M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 429,972 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.23 at GameBillet (2021-10-12) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 55 of 71 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,399 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,967 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,498 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,032 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,933 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,255 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 389 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,438 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,376 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,448 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,483 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,002 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,885 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,029 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,008 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,772 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,493 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,867 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,889 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,775 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,084 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,839 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,659 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,891 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,698 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,373 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,861 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 535 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,428 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,382 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 450 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,292 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,436 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,535 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,839 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,597 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,393 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,609 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,056 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,099 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,579 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,842 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,317 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,203 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,476 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,563 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,591 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,283 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,539 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,496 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,695 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,120 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,819 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,923 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,913 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11,143 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,324 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8,083 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,170 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,220 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 496 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,736 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,279 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,393 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,591 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,637 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,836 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,606 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,635 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,378 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,179 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,486 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,595 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 406 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,614 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,895 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4,789 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,719 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,135 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,526 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 937 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,971 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 610 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 868 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 364 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 54 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

17k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 10,516 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 10,355 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 8,469 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 7,146 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 6,730 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 7,356 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 8,940 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 11,317 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 12,037 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 12,061 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 10,549 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 10,572 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 9,110 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 9,664 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 16,411 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 10,583 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 6,953 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 11,392 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 10,729 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9,878 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 11,175 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 10,198 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 6,849 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 10,133 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 13,993 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 8,187 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 9,324 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 11,492 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 8,470 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 10,567 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 16,500 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 10,448 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 7,383 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 12,587 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
226k10kNov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 226,298 · peak 471,955Mar 2016 — avg 28,526 · peak 57,102Jul 2016 — avg 24,357 · peak 41,541Nov 2016 — avg 19,698 · peak 40,096Mar 2017 — avg 16,899 · peak 31,843Jul 2017 — avg 21,692 · peak 36,800Nov 2017 — avg 18,368 · peak 33,736Mar 2018 — avg 17,148 · peak 30,503Jul 2018 — avg 23,470 · peak 43,476Nov 2018 — avg 18,934 · peak 33,389Mar 2019 — avg 11,600 · peak 19,879Jul 2019 — avg 14,018 · peak 25,568Nov 2019 — avg 13,004 · peak 22,661Mar 2020 — avg 14,345 · peak 24,354Jul 2020 — avg 15,148 · peak 23,204Nov 2020 — avg 16,615 · peak 26,621Mar 2021 — avg 12,643 · peak 20,908Jul 2021 — avg 14,033 · peak 20,199Nov 2021 — avg 17,022 · peak 27,235Mar 2022 — avg 13,503 · peak 21,708Jul 2022 — avg 16,214 · peak 23,753Nov 2022 — avg 17,046 · peak 28,190Mar 2023 — avg 14,219 · peak 23,467Jul 2023 — avg 17,888 · peak 27,022Nov 2023 — avg 13,336 · peak 20,753Mar 2024 — avg 14,791 · peak 25,580Jul 2024 — avg 21,889 · peak 37,963Nov 2024 — avg 13,939 · peak 22,872Mar 2025 — avg 13,207 · peak 22,747Jul 2025 — avg 12,233 · peak 19,095Nov 2025 — avg 15,476 · peak 25,110Mar 2026 — avg 17,848 · peak 37,632Jul 2026 — avg 11,126 · peak 17,430Aug 2026 — avg 11,821 · peak 18,826
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#83#832026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #832026-09-16 — #832026-09-17 — #83
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
44442026-09-162026-10-152026-09-16: 27 new positive2026-09-16: 7 new negative2026-09-17: 24 new positive2026-09-17: 6 new negative2026-09-18: 15 new positive2026-09-18: 2 new negative2026-09-19: 8 new positive2026-09-19: 3 new negative2026-09-20: 17 new positive2026-09-20: 2 new negative2026-09-21: 32 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 16 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 19 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 23 new positive2026-09-25: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 20 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 34 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new negative2026-09-29: 28 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 15 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 34 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 33 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 24 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new negative2026-10-08: 16 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 24 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 28 new positive2026-10-10: 9 new negative2026-10-11: 30 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 44 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 22 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 35 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative2026-10-15: 29 new positive2026-10-15: 14 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.18$0.002015-06-042026-10-152015-06-04 — best price $59.992016-01-08 — best price $54.992016-04-08 — best price $39.592016-07-21 — best price $59.992016-12-01 — best price $29.992017-03-23 — best price $25.002017-08-06 — best price $15.002017-12-03 — best price $29.992018-04-20 — best price $29.992018-08-13 — best price $29.992018-10-18 — best price $25.192019-02-21 — best price $19.992019-07-06 — best price $29.992019-11-29 — best price $7.002020-02-08 — best price $24.472020-05-14 — best price $29.992020-07-28 — best price $29.992020-09-25 — best price $29.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992021-03-21 — best price $29.992021-08-13 — best price $11.032021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-04-07 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $11.992022-12-09 — best price $16.792023-04-30 — best price $6.602023-08-03 — best price $5.482024-01-16 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $9.992024-11-22 — best price $6.892025-05-13 — best price $19.992025-12-02 — best price $15.192026-05-21 — best price $7.192026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k6082026-05-29 — 842 pageviews2026-06-02 — 757 pageviews2026-06-06 — 730 pageviews2026-06-10 — 755 pageviews2026-06-14 — 819 pageviews2026-06-18 — 614 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,453 pageviews2026-06-26 — 640 pageviews2026-06-30 — 691 pageviews2026-07-04 — 775 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,194 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,065 pageviews2026-07-16 — 816 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,022 pageviews2026-07-24 — 749 pageviews2026-07-28 — 738 pageviews2026-08-01 — 746 pageviews2026-08-05 — 731 pageviews2026-08-09 — 874 pageviews2026-08-13 — 765 pageviews2026-08-17 — 723 pageviews2026-08-21 — 677 pageviews2026-08-25 — 709 pageviews2026-08-29 — 821 pageviews2026-09-02 — 705 pageviews2026-09-06 — 768 pageviews2026-09-10 — 707 pageviews2026-09-14 — 693 pageviews2026-09-18 — 639 pageviews2026-09-22 — 727 pageviews2026-09-26 — 651 pageviews2026-09-30 — 657 pageviews2026-10-04 — 662 pageviews2026-10-08 — 611 pageviews2026-10-12 — 699 pageviews2026-10-14 — 772 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.4k492026-10-01 21:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 195 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 376 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 1,422 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 268 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 332 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 202 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 279 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 266 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 196 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 337 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 400 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 219 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 236 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 273 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 248 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 548 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 220 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 311 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 271 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.3%
earned "War Never Changes"
23.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet10 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2015-11-10, latest 2025-11-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)243,4513%85
Steam (Steam)185,8995%84
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)146,3003%84
PS5 (PlayStation)41,1204%85
Windows (Xbox)9,0805%84

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-fiSandboxShooterAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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