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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Interplay Inc. · Bethesda Softworks · 2015-11-01

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RPG

Franchise: Fallout · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 11, 2002 (Mac), Q4 1997 (DOS), Aug 19, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 30, 2012 (OnLive Game System), Jan 03, 2012 (Linux)

You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an RPG released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 25,229 reviews).

78
playing now
94%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (660 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 50h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Fallout is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions, set in a mid-22nd century post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic world, decades after a global nuclear war led by the United States and China. Fallout's protagonist, the Vault Dweller, inhabits an underground nuclear shelter. The player must scour the surrounding wasteland for a computer chip that can fix the Vault's failed water supply system. They interact with other survivors, some of whom give them quests, and engage in turn-based combat.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 78 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,624 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~203/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 631k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,229 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.00 at Humble Store (2025-02-07) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 50 of 125 observed days · $7.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69169120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

187552026-09-15 11:00 — 74 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 126 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 67 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 69 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 170 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 99 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 68 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 99 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 94 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 82 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 93 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 96 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 69 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 102 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 156 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 94 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 117 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 159 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 109 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 132 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 187 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 123 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 78 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k12Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 25 · peak 49Dec 2012 — avg 47 · peak 267May 2013 — avg 55 · peak 362Oct 2013 — avg 22 · peak 54Mar 2014 — avg 20 · peak 45Aug 2014 — avg 61 · peak 127Jan 2015 — avg 61 · peak 169Jun 2015 — avg 397 · peak 1,160Nov 2015 — avg 265 · peak 684Apr 2016 — avg 61 · peak 141Sep 2016 — avg 69 · peak 135Feb 2017 — avg 78 · peak 153Jul 2017 — avg 143 · peak 340Dec 2017 — avg 182 · peak 342May 2018 — avg 160 · peak 380Oct 2018 — avg 149 · peak 353Mar 2019 — avg 98 · peak 177Aug 2019 — avg 127 · peak 224Jan 2020 — avg 122 · peak 235Jun 2020 — avg 158 · peak 310Nov 2020 — avg 136 · peak 235Apr 2021 — avg 129 · peak 219Sep 2021 — avg 141 · peak 255Feb 2022 — avg 147 · peak 256Jul 2022 — avg 144 · peak 248Dec 2022 — avg 132 · peak 279May 2023 — avg 109 · peak 198Oct 2023 — avg 100 · peak 237Mar 2024 — avg 174 · peak 356Aug 2024 — avg 185 · peak 405Jan 2025 — avg 134 · peak 253Jun 2025 — avg 103 · peak 211Nov 2025 — avg 158 · peak 308Apr 2026 — avg 132 · peak 253Aug 2026 — avg 163 · peak 334
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.95$0.002015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-10 — best price $10.492015-04-29 — best price $10.492015-06-24 — best price $10.492015-11-18 — best price $2.492016-04-04 — best price $9.992016-10-25 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-01-01 — best price $9.992018-10-01 — best price $2.492019-04-01 — best price $9.992019-11-24 — best price $9.992020-02-22 — best price $9.492020-05-27 — best price $2.992020-07-23 — best price $8.992020-09-12 — best price $9.992020-11-06 — best price $9.992021-02-22 — best price $9.992021-09-25 — best price $9.992022-03-07 — best price $4.492022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-12-26 — best price $9.992023-04-06 — best price $2.492023-07-31 — best price $8.692024-01-16 — best price $9.992024-05-02 — best price $9.992024-09-05 — best price $2.492025-01-15 — best price $2.492025-04-25 — best price $9.992025-08-20 — best price $9.492025-12-01 — best price $8.702026-02-26 — best price $8.702026-05-08 — best price $2.502026-07-15 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k5332026-06-01 — 722 pageviews2026-06-05 — 706 pageviews2026-06-09 — 770 pageviews2026-06-13 — 708 pageviews2026-06-17 — 724 pageviews2026-06-21 — 735 pageviews2026-06-25 — 611 pageviews2026-06-29 — 855 pageviews2026-07-03 — 724 pageviews2026-07-07 — 697 pageviews2026-07-11 — 826 pageviews2026-07-15 — 932 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,052 pageviews2026-07-23 — 781 pageviews2026-07-27 — 741 pageviews2026-07-31 — 703 pageviews2026-08-04 — 762 pageviews2026-08-08 — 706 pageviews2026-08-12 — 645 pageviews2026-08-16 — 638 pageviews2026-08-20 — 567 pageviews2026-08-24 — 601 pageviews2026-08-28 — 559 pageviews2026-09-01 — 725 pageviews2026-09-05 — 666 pageviews2026-09-09 — 599 pageviews2026-09-13 — 639 pageviews2026-09-17 — 598 pageviews2026-09-21 — 615 pageviews2026-09-25 — 891 pageviews2026-09-29 — 573 pageviews2026-10-03 — 556 pageviews2026-10-07 — 586 pageviews2026-10-11 — 670 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGRetro1990'sSci-fiClassicAdventureIsometricOpen WorldTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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