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Fallout 4

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

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RPG

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Single player

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.

12,933
playing now
81%
positive of 428k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
449
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (21 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1736 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend
75h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 197h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

12,933 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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

Healthy
  • · 12,933 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16,530 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,066/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11M–26M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 427,746 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

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 50 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 401 negativeWeek 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: 536 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 107 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18k7.7k2026-08-06 21:00 — 13,241 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 9,165 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 10,614 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 13,929 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 10,756 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 13,067 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 16,606 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 12,437 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 14,753 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 18,108 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 10,231 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 11,813 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 14,326 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 9,925 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 11,560 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 13,346 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 10,094 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 12,393 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 18,106 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 10,665 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 8,585 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 12,957 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 11,686 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 11,460 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 13,400 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 11,462 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 7,746 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 12,675 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 12,933 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.18$0.002015-06-042026-08-262015-06-04 — best price $59.992015-12-23 — best price $29.712016-03-25 — best price $32.992016-05-31 — best price $36.002016-09-04 — best price $50.202016-12-23 — best price $15.002017-03-23 — best price $25.002017-07-12 — best price $29.992017-10-23 — best price $13.502018-02-09 — best price $18.622018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-08-23 — best price $17.342018-10-18 — best price $25.192019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-05-18 — best price $26.992019-09-16 — best price $13.502019-12-23 — best price $8.242020-02-17 — best price $7.812020-05-14 — best price $29.992020-07-19 — best price $29.992020-09-04 — best price $26.882020-10-20 — best price $5.992021-01-06 — best price $21.222021-04-01 — best price $11.992021-08-13 — best price $11.032021-11-29 — best price $19.992022-02-04 — best price $16.792022-06-20 — best price $29.992022-09-25 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $15.992023-04-30 — best price $6.602023-07-22 — best price $6.252023-12-01 — best price $19.992024-03-26 — best price $15.192024-07-23 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-05-13 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $19.992026-03-30 — best price $7.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k6082026-05-29 — 842 pageviews2026-06-01 — 778 pageviews2026-06-04 — 698 pageviews2026-06-07 — 889 pageviews2026-06-10 — 755 pageviews2026-06-13 — 734 pageviews2026-06-16 — 768 pageviews2026-06-19 — 646 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,453 pageviews2026-06-25 — 635 pageviews2026-06-28 — 749 pageviews2026-07-01 — 687 pageviews2026-07-04 — 775 pageviews2026-07-07 — 895 pageviews2026-07-10 — 911 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,084 pageviews2026-07-16 — 816 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,112 pageviews2026-07-22 — 796 pageviews2026-07-25 — 751 pageviews2026-07-28 — 738 pageviews2026-07-31 — 789 pageviews2026-08-03 — 799 pageviews2026-08-06 — 708 pageviews2026-08-09 — 874 pageviews2026-08-12 — 766 pageviews2026-08-15 — 687 pageviews2026-08-18 — 797 pageviews2026-08-21 — 677 pageviews2026-08-24 — 741 pageviews2026-08-26 — 743 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.9k1472026-08-26 19:15 — 335 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 667 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 736 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 696 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 250 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 147 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 187 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 169 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,329 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 363 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 451 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 273 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 260 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 224 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 336 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 548 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 757 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 716 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 235 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 414 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 200 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 424 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 552 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 297 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 297 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 327 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 313 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 314 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1,905 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 474 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 449 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

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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