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Fallout: New Vegas cover art

Fallout: New Vegas

Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda Softworks · 2010-10-19

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ActionRPG

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

Releases: Nov 04, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Nov 04, 2010 (Xbox 360), Oct 22, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Fallout: New Vegas is an Action, RPG game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 261592 reviews).

1,452
playing now
96%
positive of 262k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
142
twitch viewers (latest)
6.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (2405 ratings)
42,240
Nexus mods (1.4B downloads)
53h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 95h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1,452 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, is set in the Mojave Desert 204 years after a devastating nuclear war. The player controls a courier who survives an assassination attempt and becomes embroiled in a conflict between different governing factions that are vying for control of the region. Fallout: New Vegas 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 in the form of dialogue trees, and their responses determine their reputation among the many different factions.

Trailer

Fallout: New Vegas trailer thumbnail

Fallout: New Vegas Trailer - E3 2010

≈495,970 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,452 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13,743 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,718/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 10M–21M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 262,436 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Epic Games Store$2.49-75%
Steam$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 31 of 87 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.8k8.8k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 866 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,056 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 673 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,016 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,325 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,684 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,460 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,972 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,093 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,993 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,806 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,159 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,295 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,629 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,189 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,212 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,810 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,494 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,630 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,225 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,898 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,364 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,449 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,936 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,932 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,038 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,215 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,134 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,205 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,320 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,748 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,337 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,782 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,183 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,068 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,911 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,695 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,731 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,726 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,148 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,346 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,837 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,923 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,744 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,246 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,507 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,597 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,643 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,310 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5,447 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 614 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5,431 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,404 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,019 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,563 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,153 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,321 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,304 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,328 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,219 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,235 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,310 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,488 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,906 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8,797 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3,723 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,053 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,179 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,274 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 28 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.8k1.5k2026-09-14 19:00 — 3,752 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 3,465 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,786 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 3,334 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 4,352 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,651 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 3,018 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 3,715 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,708 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,452 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 4,550 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,913 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,266 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,216 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 2,667 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,975 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 3,463 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,656 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,714 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 3,318 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,838 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,640 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 3,054 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,452 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
19k2.2kJul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 7,160 · peak 12,756Dec 2012 — avg 3,254 · peak 6,279May 2013 — avg 3,270 · peak 6,007Oct 2013 — avg 3,224 · peak 5,950Mar 2014 — avg 3,633 · peak 7,240Aug 2014 — avg 5,114 · peak 9,321Jan 2015 — avg 4,897 · peak 9,917Jun 2015 — avg 14,179 · peak 30,309Nov 2015 — avg 8,266 · peak 19,584Apr 2016 — avg 2,255 · peak 4,217Sep 2016 — avg 2,189 · peak 4,047Feb 2017 — avg 2,679 · peak 4,961Jul 2017 — avg 4,133 · peak 7,335Dec 2017 — avg 3,508 · peak 6,217May 2018 — avg 3,265 · peak 5,911Oct 2018 — avg 3,601 · peak 8,844Mar 2019 — avg 2,470 · peak 4,641Aug 2019 — avg 3,332 · peak 5,868Jan 2020 — avg 2,863 · peak 4,757Jun 2020 — avg 3,503 · peak 5,809Nov 2020 — avg 4,213 · peak 7,545Apr 2021 — avg 3,765 · peak 6,486Sep 2021 — avg 4,479 · peak 8,000Feb 2022 — avg 4,238 · peak 7,071Jul 2022 — avg 4,719 · peak 7,580Dec 2022 — avg 3,792 · peak 6,090May 2023 — avg 3,790 · peak 6,914Oct 2023 — avg 2,863 · peak 5,549Mar 2024 — avg 3,673 · peak 6,566Aug 2024 — avg 3,733 · peak 6,377Jan 2025 — avg 3,482 · peak 5,914Jun 2025 — avg 3,221 · peak 5,394Nov 2025 — avg 4,647 · peak 8,290Apr 2026 — avg 4,455 · peak 8,412Aug 2026 — avg 4,146 · peak 7,067
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
54542026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 22 new positive2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 54 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-28: 32 new positive2026-09-29: 24 new positive2026-09-30: 20 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 22 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 19 new positive2026-10-03: 29 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 34 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 33 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 35 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 32 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 21 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 36 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 23 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 47 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 20 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.75$2.072015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.262015-05-23 — best price $11.002015-07-16 — best price $9.762015-11-10 — best price $13.582016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $3.302017-08-02 — best price $2.502017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-04-16 — best price $2.162018-08-28 — best price $3.402019-01-28 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $3.292019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.702020-03-24 — best price $9.992020-06-03 — best price $9.992020-07-23 — best price $8.892020-09-03 — best price $4.992020-10-14 — best price $8.892020-12-03 — best price $8.472021-03-22 — best price $9.992021-07-26 — best price $9.992021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-03-07 — best price $4.492022-06-22 — best price $9.992022-10-01 — best price $9.992023-01-06 — best price $8.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-08-25 — best price $8.992024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-05-09 — best price $9.992024-10-29 — best price $7.192025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-09-05 — best price $9.992026-01-30 — best price $8.692026-05-14 — best price $4.992026-07-13 — best price $8.692026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.1k6072026-05-30 — 607 pageviews2026-06-03 — 713 pageviews2026-06-07 — 700 pageviews2026-06-11 — 665 pageviews2026-06-15 — 838 pageviews2026-06-19 — 630 pageviews2026-06-23 — 730 pageviews2026-06-27 — 678 pageviews2026-07-01 — 675 pageviews2026-07-05 — 712 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3,077 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2,169 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2,651 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,333 pageviews2026-07-25 — 971 pageviews2026-07-29 — 819 pageviews2026-08-02 — 858 pageviews2026-08-06 — 741 pageviews2026-08-10 — 880 pageviews2026-08-14 — 697 pageviews2026-08-18 — 776 pageviews2026-08-22 — 775 pageviews2026-08-26 — 672 pageviews2026-08-30 — 714 pageviews2026-09-03 — 676 pageviews2026-09-07 — 718 pageviews2026-09-11 — 634 pageviews2026-09-15 — 653 pageviews2026-09-19 — 624 pageviews2026-09-23 — 945 pageviews2026-09-27 — 818 pageviews2026-10-01 — 626 pageviews2026-10-05 — 746 pageviews2026-10-08 — 660 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

59462026-09-30 18:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 584 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 147 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 594 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 577 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 347 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 207 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 191 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 142 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing7 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2011-02-22, latest 2018-06-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)151,7085%75
Xbox 360 (Xbox)117,0784%75
PS3 (PlayStation)87,6936%76
Steam (Steam)22,0809%75

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-fiWesternModdableAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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