Fallout 3
Fallout 3
Game
Game2009
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Developer Bethesda Game Studios
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival. From the Steam store page
534 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
250 positive · 108 negative
95% range 65–74%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 250 | 108 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 46 | 11 | 92 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 1 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
31,857 of 39,252 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
70% recommend · 186 yes, 80 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 266 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (46,002 of 56,321 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere and iconic moments, calling it a masterpiece. [1][2][3] Many report severe technical issues, especially on modern PCs, with crashes and launch failures. [4][5][6][7] Some recommend using the Tale of Two Wastelands mod to improve stability and gameplay. [8][9][10][11]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
The fact that you need sketchy mods, or a computer from the early 2000s in order to even launch the game without crashing is ridiculous. What's even crazier is that you can still pay money for it even though it's functionally broken.
- [10]
Why is this game still available for purchase when it's literally unplayable from Windows 10 and up? I got it to work after modding it, only to realise the quests, radio and entire game in general was broken from the inside. Thank GOD for the Tale of Two Wastelands mod and its creators, it literally imports Fallout 3 onto the Fallout New Vegas engine, which still works, making this game playable again. So, for …
- [1]
Fallout 3 made the Wasteland feel huge and lonely in a way few games ever matched. Stepping out of Vault 101 and seeing the ruins of D.C. was unforgettable. The atmosphere — the radio, the ruins, the silence — carried the whole experience. It gave you freedom instead of guidance, and that’s something most modern RPGs have lost.
- [3]
Spent over 100 hours wandering the Capital Wasteland looking for my dad and somehow ended up adopting a robot butler instead, priorities in order. The VATS system lets you slow-mo headshot a mole rat like youre the main character of your own action movie and honestly, chefs kiss. Yes the game is older than some of you reading this, yes the faces still look like theyre melting a little, but the atmosphere carries it …
- [13]
one of the buggiest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ games ever released you will spend HOURS preparing this game to be played on modern systems you will spend HOURS downloading performance mods to fix all the lag and jank AND you will spend hours enabling, disabling and reinstalling those same mods to diagnose which one is causing all the crashes, and you still wont be able to play for more than 45 minutes without it crashing to desktop
Summarised from 34 of the 401 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition talk about atmospheric and immersive Capital Wasteland; those who didn't talk about frequent crashes and launch issues on modern PCs. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 534 · most liked firstNEW: Bethesda has announced a slew of new Fallout games, including Fallout 5 and Fallout 3 + New Vegas remasters. The company also confirmed my scoop last week that it is working with Obsidian on a Fallout game. I spoke to Todd Howard about the roadmap: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's kinda wild to have lived through the cultural and critical reevaluation of Fallout: New Vegas. I remember that game kinda feeling like an afterthought compared to Fallout 3 being everywhere, and yet now I feel like I never hear people talk about 3. It's either praising New Vegas or hating 4
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want an actual excuse to play Fallout 3 then please play it through Tales of Two Wastelands for all the benefits of playing this game with all of the quality of life features of New Vegas. Aim down sights, survival, crafting, perks. It's also fucking free
positive · AI labelView post →What's your ranking of Bethesda Game Studios' games? Here's mine for today; I haven't played Oblivion: 1. Fallout 3 2. Fallout: New Vegas 3. Starfield 4. Morrowind 5. Skyrim 6. Fallout 76 7. Fallout 4
positive · AI labelView post →What has the likeliest chance of being announced tonight the Game Awards? Titanfall 3 Fallout 3 remaster Dark souls 3 remaster Half life 3 Bloodborne 3
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Kasen Thursday! The current vibe is thinking about Fallout 3! ngl Fallout 3 is an amazing game 🥹 it was the first Bethesda RPG I had ever played, and the world they created was so crazy to me, it was an awesome experience! I hope you have a wonderful day, I send love and positivity your way 💛☺️
positive · AI labelView post →I finally did it. I got every game I’ve shipped as a tattoo. Bloodrayne 2, Aeon Flux, Metroid Prime 3, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Starfield and The Axis Unseen. 🤘
neutral · AI labelView post →I think video game centrists have a morality system like in Fallout 3 where you can offset doing bad things by giving a homeless man a bottle of water every now and then
neutral · AI labelView post →I cannot even play it anymore, it won't get past the launch screen even with a clean install
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Day 793 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today‘s game is Fallout 3. I really probably shouldn’t have started another game while I was finishing the DLC of Assassin’s Creed 3 and Pokemon Platinum. But I also really wanted to play Fallout 3 recently for some reason. I may not finish it, but that’s fine. I got my fix at least. I did a fully unarmed build this time. I usually go for guns but this time I wanted to use my fists to punch stuff. It’s lead to some pretty…
neutral · AI labelView post →won't launch, thanks for nothing. i shouldnt have to search the web for 30 minutes to get your 20yo game to start.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game get it along with new vegas and use the tale of two wastlands mod to play both games at once
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact that you need sketchy mods, or a computer from the early 2000s in order to even launch the game without crashing is ridiculous. What's even crazier is that you can still pay money for it even though it's functionally broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“I installed Google Chrome, MalwareBytes, Kaspersky Internet Security 2011, Roblox, and some other programs. I then Installed some games, like Gmod, Soldier Of Fortune 2: Double Helix, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Game Of The Year Edition, Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition, and a bunch of others”
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 802 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today’s game is Fallout 3. I didn’t realize how short the main story was for this. For context I just met up with the Brotherhood of Steel before ending off and I’m on my way to get the G.E.C.K. I can’t check exact hours right now but I’d say I’m maybe 15 hours in? Maybe 10. It’s not a strike against it, I like shorter stories, but it’s just something I’ve noticed.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Bethesda just did a bunch of announcements. This includes official announcements for an Obsidian Fallout game, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, confirmation they will still make Fallout 5, Fallout 76 will receive a Raven Rock expansion, and Starfield will receive a Starborn expansion.
neutral · AI labelView post →While Fallout 3's story and quests generally fall flat for my personal tastes, I think the exploration in that game is some of the most smartly designed exploration of its era. Points of interest are well paced, you can almost always see something interesting, and the landscape hides the ugly LODs.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favorite games of all time. Wish Bethesda would re-release it so it's easier to play on modern PCs without mods.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We announce the first game from our new studio @softrains.bsky.social at the PC Gaming Show on Sunday. From a team made up of developers behind Skyrim, Fallout 3 & 4, Left 4 Dead/2, Half-Life 2 Episodes/Alyx, Watch_Dogs: Legion, and so many more AAA favorites. Two days out! Don't miss it, June 8.
neutral · AI labelView post →All the hours I have in this game is me constantly trying at different points in my life to get the game to run. It has never once worked for me. I've tried mods, community guides, YouTube videos, online tutorials and nothing... It shouldn't be this hard to get a game I paid for to work. I hate you Bethesda.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game crashes on launch without the addition of community made mods. Dont think a game should be able to be sold on steam in this state considering the base product is broken and requires mods to make it work. And im not even talking about the usual mods to fix glitches that you need to install for other fallout titles, I mean the game crashes on launch and wont even get to the title screen without mods. Classic bethesda, release a pile of broken garbage and let the community mod it into a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 3 on the PS3 is broken in ways that require an entirely unique approach, both during and outside of gameplay. A fascinating mess.
negative · AI labelView post →Day 799 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today’s game is Fallout 3. My network has been out all evening. So i chose to take this as an opportunity to play some Fallout 3. First thing I did was I made my way back to the metro I got my ass kicked in last time before crashing. I got my ass kicked again though so I went back and did some questing to get better gear. Then I came back and cleared the floor.…
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best games ever that could still really use a remaster. Hint hint.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game but cannot get it to run at all. I shouldn't have to downgrade updates just to be even playable at all. Steam should force Bethesda to fix or delist an unplayable game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition + Fallout New Vegas Ultimate (Steam) is $6.99 on Fanatical Build your own Special Editions Bundle buff.ly/3YjEaKY #ad add more game packs to save more
neutral · AI labelView post →its wild that we dont even get like, stopgap games much anymore The time between Fallout 3 and 4 was seven years but there was New Vegas in between that reused a lot from FO3 but still was a full on Fallout game
neutral · AI labelView post →Bethesda revealed their studio roadmap: - The Elder Scrolls VI is the primary focus - Fallout 5 is in pre-production - Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters are being developed - Obsidian working on a Fallout game - Starfield will continue to get new updates gematsu.com/2026/07/beth...
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing game, just don’t buy it on steam. Bought this game and it would crash as soon as I clicked play. If this happens to you, which it most likely would, do not bother trying to fix it and send a refund request immediately. 11/10 game but please buy from gog instead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you cannot play any of the fallout games on pc without the help of mods all of their games are broken. they know this but wont bother to fix anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Day 801 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today’s game is Fallout 3. I finished gathering up the Radar dish today and climbed the Washington Monument to hang it up there. Honestly, seeing something like that, that I recognize from real life is just a “wow” moment. Like. You see it and approach it and there’s just this factor of “I recognize that!” Regardless of current state of things, it was cool to see in game and get to climb.…
positive · AI labelView post →Corvega advertisements illustrated by Adam Adamowicz for Fallout 3. These illustrations can be found directly in game through loading screens and deteriorated posters and billboards. #Fallout3 #Fallout
neutral · AI labelView post →Strange how the first Fallout game was called Fallout 3
neutral · AI labelView post →Why is this game still available for purchase when it's literally unplayable from Windows 10 and up? I got it to work after modding it, only to realise the quests, radio and entire game in general was broken from the inside. Thank GOD for the Tale of Two Wastelands mod and its creators, it literally imports Fallout 3 onto the Fallout New Vegas engine, which still works, making this game playable again. So, for anyone wanting to purchase it, I greatly recommend just buying Fallout New Vegas…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recreating the Red Chinese nuclear bombardment on DC from the hit video game Fallout 3 ah ah celebration
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 17th, Fallout 3. I'll always be grateful to Craig Sechler (voice actor for Oblivion, Fallout 3) for telling me about this game just as it was about to be released. It's one of those games that just stays with you for all time. 💚
positive · AI labelView post →"from one of the developers of Skyrim, Fallout 3, 4, 76 and that game from the movie Grandma's Boy" is a fucking insane opener to a trailer selling a medieval-fantasy horror game lmao (game is The Axis Unseen, haven't played it so this is all I know)
neutral · AI labelView post →John Fetterman looks like someone modded the game to play as a pile of omelettes in Fallout 3
neutral · AI labelView post →Fallout 3 (360 / Bethesda Game Studios / 2008)
neutral · AI labelView post →failure to launch, this review is negative only due to the fact i cannot get the game to launch despite me trying all i could do. 44 min was not game play. Its restarting the game . lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →can't launch the game on Steam or GOG now now without Script Extender and not with Script Extender either and I have Purge the mods and links as well
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 3 is a comedy masterpiece of a video game
positive · AI labelView post →Even though it's well over a decade old, Fallout 3 is still a great game. It ran perfectly fine on Steam Deck, not a single crash, with no mods or fixes needed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 3 (PS3 / Bethesda Game Studios / 2008) - I Like V.A.T.S.
positive · AI labelView post →Sign that I'm old: it sounds weird to me when people say "The Fallout games" and they mean 3/New Vegas/4 and not 1 and 2. Fallout 3 still feels like a "new game" to me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Go read blogs from Fallout: A Tale of Two Wastelands modders and the trouble they had importing Fallout 3 items into Fallout: New Vegas - games written on the exact same game engine. It was a NIGHTMARE.
neutral · AI labelView post →My current game line-up as I head into 2026. 🤘🏻 Currently on Disc 3 of Lost Odyssey and eyeing Fallout 3 (replay) next. Then maybe Trails in the Sky remake. 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition is $6.59 on GOG buff.ly/xY6wqDD #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →Saying this again for engagement accounts, speculative journalism, and those in the back The Fallout countdown timer is TV show related ONLY. It is not for a Fallout 3 or NV game announcement, this has been personally confirmed 👏 #Fallout
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 14th Birthday #FalloutNewVegas Fallout 3 was the game that introduced me to Fallout. New Vegas was the game that cemented my love of this universe permanently.
positive · AI labelView post →& happy birthday to my favorite game of all time.. Fallout 3 🖤 This game got me through a lot of tough years, man.
positive · AI labelView post →I cannot recommend a game that doesn't run on many modern systems. The fact Bethesda and Steam continue selling broken games instead of patching them is unacceptable, no matter how much I might love the game if I managed to make it work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy Birthday to my favorite game of all time, Fallout 3. This game is so special to me. I remember renting it for the first time from Hollywood Video back in high school & locking myself in my room for days haha. Now I own a million copies, have a lil Fallout collection, & love it wholeheartedly.
positive · AI labelView post →selling a game for £16 that straight up doesn't even work unless you go out of your way to fix it with mods is a bit ♥♥♥♥♥♥ lmao goated game tho
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 3, the most beautiful game ever made
positive · AI labelView post →todays video game map is the Capitol Wasteland from Fallout 3
neutral · AI labelView post →Consider: every time you start a Fallout 3 game without completing the story you're damning your father to an eternity of nonverbal VR doggy TF
neutral · AI labelView post →More support for - Cosplayers - Brewers - Writers - Game design nerds - Men with the haircut of a Fallout 3 raider who tell you all the ways your commander sucks and then whether or not he would fuck them - Cube curators
neutral · AI labelView post →Game wont start on many modern systems. I tried numerous methods found online and could not get the game to start. Completely unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 3 made the Wasteland feel huge and lonely in a way few games ever matched. Stepping out of Vault 101 and seeing the ruins of D.C. was unforgettable. The atmosphere — the radio, the ruins, the silence — carried the whole experience. It gave you freedom instead of guidance, and that’s something most modern RPGs have lost.
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