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Fallout 76

Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2020-04-14

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RPG

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Apr 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2018 (Xbox One), Nov 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Q3 2026 (PlayStation 5), Q3 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

Fallout 76 is an RPG game released in 2020, priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 140698 reviews).

4,773
playing now
72%
positive of 141k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
390
twitch viewers (latest)
39.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
51/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (282 ratings)
3,268
Nexus mods (11M downloads)
3.61★
PlayStation Store rating (68,731 ratings)
54/100
opencritic · weak · 9% recommend · from 150 critics
877h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

4,773 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Fallout 76 is a 2018 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is an installment in the Fallout series and a prequel to previous entries. Initially set in the year 2102, players control a resident of Vault 76 who must venture out into the dilapidated open world set in Appalachia in order to re-colonize the region and uncover a mysterious plague that has killed off its inhabitants.

Trailer

Fallout 76 trailer thumbnail

Fallout 76 - Official Trailer | E3 2018

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,773 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,469 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~684/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 13,846 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8M–6.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 141,068 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 33 of 67 observed days · $36.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 2,422 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 652 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,153 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 507 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,295 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 470 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 424 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,867 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 442 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,332 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 430 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,117 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,362 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,253 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 476 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 610 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 427 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,258 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 967 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 965 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,954 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,076 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,121 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 584 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 921 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 647 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 814 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 548 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 53 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13k3.6k2026-09-14 19:00 — 6,305 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 8,509 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 5,842 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 10,131 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 8,463 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 4,931 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 12,729 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 8,874 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 5,192 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 11,573 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 8,461 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 4,593 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 7,639 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 8,026 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 6,673 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 8,958 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 7,825 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 6,993 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 6,143 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 9,792 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 7,669 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 5,054 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 10,236 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4,773 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30k4.2kApr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 15,808 · peak 21,931Jun 2020 — avg 7,984 · peak 15,386Aug 2020 — avg 7,064 · peak 11,667Oct 2020 — avg 6,434 · peak 16,993Dec 2020 — avg 7,044 · peak 11,484Feb 2021 — avg 6,234 · peak 9,257Apr 2021 — avg 4,159 · peak 8,140Jun 2021 — avg 7,867 · peak 16,875Aug 2021 — avg 8,752 · peak 16,174Oct 2021 — avg 7,225 · peak 17,230Dec 2021 — avg 6,570 · peak 9,942Feb 2022 — avg 5,960 · peak 9,269Apr 2022 — avg 4,605 · peak 8,248Jun 2022 — avg 6,964 · peak 13,176Aug 2022 — avg 6,658 · peak 12,444Oct 2022 — avg 9,751 · peak 17,506Dec 2022 — avg 8,448 · peak 14,466Feb 2023 — avg 8,200 · peak 12,954Apr 2023 — avg 7,079 · peak 13,748Jun 2023 — avg 5,670 · peak 11,756Aug 2023 — avg 7,754 · peak 13,387Oct 2023 — avg 5,776 · peak 15,114Dec 2023 — avg 8,340 · peak 14,114Feb 2024 — avg 7,124 · peak 12,558Apr 2024 — avg 25,764 · peak 72,930Jun 2024 — avg 18,314 · peak 31,288Aug 2024 — avg 8,789 · peak 14,789Oct 2024 — avg 7,740 · peak 16,487Dec 2024 — avg 9,717 · peak 16,155Feb 2025 — avg 7,702 · peak 14,653Apr 2025 — avg 8,026 · peak 14,403Jun 2025 — avg 7,467 · peak 13,576Aug 2025 — avg 7,876 · peak 13,906Oct 2025 — avg 9,095 · peak 17,499Dec 2025 — avg 13,310 · peak 26,256Feb 2026 — avg 18,046 · peak 33,764Apr 2026 — avg 7,962 · peak 14,031Jun 2026 — avg 6,964 · peak 11,939Aug 2026 — avg 6,141 · peak 11,528
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
60602026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 60 new positive2026-09-21: 22 new negative2026-09-22: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 25 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 18 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 10 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 6 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002018-05-312026-10-142018-05-31 — best price $59.992019-03-29 — best price $36.842019-07-01 — best price $59.992019-10-22 — best price $18.002019-12-19 — best price $39.992020-02-06 — best price $39.492020-04-20 — best price $35.992020-06-18 — best price $39.992020-07-29 — best price $35.892020-09-04 — best price $35.892020-10-11 — best price $35.892020-11-20 — best price $11.182021-02-09 — best price $15.992021-04-26 — best price $35.992021-08-13 — best price $13.202021-11-26 — best price $8.992022-02-12 — best price $33.852022-04-28 — best price $39.992022-06-17 — best price $39.992022-09-12 — best price $8.972022-11-21 — best price $8.992023-02-19 — best price $35.092023-05-12 — best price $8.502023-07-13 — best price $39.992023-10-31 — best price $34.852024-01-06 — best price $39.992024-04-12 — best price $6.802024-07-18 — best price $39.992024-12-02 — best price $39.992025-04-16 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $8.502026-02-06 — best price $39.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k3962026-05-29 — 617 pageviews2026-06-02 — 663 pageviews2026-06-06 — 540 pageviews2026-06-10 — 694 pageviews2026-06-14 — 598 pageviews2026-06-18 — 508 pageviews2026-06-22 — 569 pageviews2026-06-26 — 531 pageviews2026-06-30 — 458 pageviews2026-07-04 — 512 pageviews2026-07-08 — 921 pageviews2026-07-12 — 755 pageviews2026-07-16 — 635 pageviews2026-07-20 — 732 pageviews2026-07-24 — 519 pageviews2026-07-28 — 470 pageviews2026-08-01 — 455 pageviews2026-08-05 — 456 pageviews2026-08-09 — 576 pageviews2026-08-13 — 497 pageviews2026-08-17 — 491 pageviews2026-08-21 — 434 pageviews2026-08-25 — 440 pageviews2026-08-29 — 503 pageviews2026-09-02 — 460 pageviews2026-09-06 — 488 pageviews2026-09-10 — 426 pageviews2026-09-14 — 514 pageviews2026-09-18 — 509 pageviews2026-09-22 — 562 pageviews2026-09-26 — 560 pageviews2026-09-30 — 450 pageviews2026-10-04 — 560 pageviews2026-10-07 — 452 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k1402026-09-30 18:34 — 531 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 318 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 293 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 530 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 294 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 507 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 610 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 510 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 704 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 420 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 336 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 340 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 416 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 249 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 623 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 397 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 412 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 902 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 288 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 384 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 338 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1,148 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 319 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 510 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 360 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 408 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 457 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 238 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 511 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 242 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 381 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 473 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 325 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 410 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 390 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Tested Mettle"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesChat Speech-to-textPlayable without Timed Input3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-12-02, latest 2026-06-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)112,4561%73
Xbox One (Xbox)82,5221%72
Steam (Steam)64,3801%72
Windows (Xbox)18,8961%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

FPSRPGCo-opHorrorMMORPGShooterSurvivalCapitalismOpen WorldDark Comedy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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