Fallout 3

Fallout 3

Steam Deck Playable

Bethesda Game Studios · Open World · Oct 28, 2008

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $2.49.

81%
Very Positive
22k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 22k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise29% are divided28% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It offers the ultimate freedom to wander and destroy, even if the writing lacks nuance and the gunplay relies entirely on the tactical pause of VATS.
84 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This version i like much better than new vegas, both map and gameplay wise.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Fallout has relatively beautiful graphics.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters84 reviews
Gameplay20 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat17 reviews
100%
Bugs17 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes34 reviews
53%
Performance7 reviews
71%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $2.49 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
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