RPG · Bethesda Game Studios
Fallout 3
Steam Deck Playable 🖥 Windows 17+
Very Positive · 81% of 22,044
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Great time to buy
Strong reviews, and it's near its cheapest ever.
Quality84/100
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- 81% positive of 22,044 reviews
- Metacritic 91
Value100/100
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Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.
Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world — radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. From Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation.
- Limitless Freedom! Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation — the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
- Fantastic New Views! The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
- The Power of Choice! Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
- Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation.
- Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
- Eye-Popping Prettiness!*: Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
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Blood and GoreIntense ViolenceSexual ThemesStrong LanguageUse of Drugs
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Strong violence, drug references and coarse language
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Latest news
- While the Oblivion remaster looks imminent, "it'll be a while" before we see the Fallout 3 remaster mentioned in those leaked Microsoft court docs, leaker claimsVG247 · Apr 16, 2025
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- "We really heavily focused on freedom to play the game the way you wanted" - Fallout: New Vegas' director on Obsidian's goals in the face of bug criticisms and Fallout 3 comparisonsVG247 · Nov 10, 2024
- The actor behind Fallout YouTube's power-armoured loremaster The Storyteller appears to have died, leading to tributes from the Bethesda communityVG247 · Sep 11, 2024
- Yup, The Fallout TV show fed Fallout on Game Pass a pretty huge dose of Buffout, Microsoft CEO confirmsVG247 · Jul 31, 2024
- "Oh shoot, I've said too long" - Fallout co-creator Tim Cain reveals his role in the cancellation of Van Buren, the original Fallout 3VG247 · Jun 20, 2024
Game info
Developer Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher Bethesda Softworks
Platforms Windows
Age rating 17+
Metacritic 91
Compatibility
Steam Deck Playable
Controller Partial
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Single-playerPartial Controller Support





