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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

RPG

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

375 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

69
Fresh

179 positive · 79 negative
95% range 64–75%

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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
45,981 of 56,301 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    NEW: 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...

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  • Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tvBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    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

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  • Micky D @mickyde.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    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

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  • Any Austin @anyaustin.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2025

    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

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  • kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2024

    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

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  • Chris Monka @chrismonka.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2026

    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 💛☺️

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  • Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘🏹🔪 @npurkeypile.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    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. 🤘

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  • Jason @envinyon.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2026

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …3430Steam reviews · Dec 23, 2025 · 22 h played

    I cannot even play it anymore, it won't get past the launch screen even with a clean install

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  • Steam user Steam user …9552Steam reviews · Oct 18, 2025

    won't launch, thanks for nothing. i shouldnt have to search the web for 30 minutes to get your 20yo game to start.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2172Steam reviews · Jan 18, 2026

    good game get it along with new vegas and use the tale of two wastlands mod to play both games at once

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  • Steam user Steam user …9495Steam reviews · Dec 12, 2025

    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.

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  • No Context Creepypasta Quotes IS TAKING TOO LONG @nocontextpastas.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    “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”

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  • uesp.net @uesp.netBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    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.

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  • pc2000s @pc2000s.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2025

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8340Steam reviews · Jan 2, 2026 · 107 h played

    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.

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  • christina 死神 @chhopsky.tvBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6975Steam reviews · Jun 22, 2026 · 14 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1782Steam reviews · Mar 5, 2026 · 1 h played

    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…

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  • Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blogBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    Fallout 3 on the PS3 is broken in ways that require an entirely unique approach, both during and outside of gameplay. A fascinating mess.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1270Steam reviews · Feb 4, 2026 · 222 h played

    One of the best games ever that could still really use a remaster. Hint hint.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2628Steam reviews · Oct 20, 2025

    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.

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  • Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2025

    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

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  • Kirsche 🐰🐱 (Commissions Open) @cherrypixelbun.gayBluesky · May 18, 2025

    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

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  • Stealth40k @stealth40k.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    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...

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  • Steam user Steam user …2622Steam reviews · Jan 1, 2026

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …3847Steam reviews · Nov 10, 2025

    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.

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  • Independent Fallout Wiki @fallout.wikiBluesky · Jan 20, 2025

    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

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  • The Haunted One 🎃 @palmtungsten.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2026

    Strange how the first Fallout game was called Fallout 3

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  • Steam user Steam user …9566Steam reviews · Aug 7, 2026

    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…

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  • Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Recreating the Red Chinese nuclear bombardment on DC from the hit video game Fallout 3 ah ah celebration

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  • Leo / Casey Mongillo @caseymongillo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2025

    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. 💚

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  • HDoomGuy @hdoomguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    "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)

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  • edeath @edithcharles.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2026

    John Fetterman looks like someone modded the game to play as a pile of omelettes in Fallout 3

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  • Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blogBluesky · Apr 13, 2024

    Fallout 3 (360 / Bethesda Game Studios / 2008)

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  • Steam user Steam user …3896Steam reviews · Nov 24, 2025 · 1 h played

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …5925Steam reviews · Jan 29, 2026 · 92 h played

    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

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  • SkyRocketDog🚀🐶 @skyrocket.dogBluesky · Mar 26, 2025

    Fallout 3 is a comedy masterpiece of a video game

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  • Steam user Steam user …9682Steam reviews · Dec 24, 2025 · 95 h played

    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.

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  • Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blogBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    Fallout 3 (PS3 / Bethesda Game Studios / 2008) - I Like V.A.T.S.

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  • mtsw @mtsw.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2024

    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.

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  • Angel 🗡️ & 🧪 @helexzura.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    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. 👀

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  • Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition is $6.59 on GOG buff.ly/xY6wqDD #ad

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  • Jessica-Star ✨ @sleepisfort.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    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

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  • CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast 🎙️ 🏳️‍🌈 Over 1.5 Million Listens! @fallout76podcast.comBluesky · Oct 19, 2024

    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.

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  • Eri 👻 @graveyardgh0ul.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2024

    & happy birthday to my favorite game of all time.. Fallout 3 🖤 This game got me through a lot of tough years, man.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9117Steam reviews · Nov 22, 2025 · 42 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5784Steam reviews · Mar 16, 2026

    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

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  • Fallout⚡️Aesthetics @falloutaesthetics.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    Fallout 3, the most beautiful game ever made

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  • Arlan Skellington (famous) @thehell.zoneBluesky · Aug 12, 2023

    todays video game map is the Capitol Wasteland from Fallout 3

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  • ✨ 🌕 Lu(na) Awoo(na) 🐺 ✨ 🔞 @rusheloc.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    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

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  • Triske 🔜 Boston, Very Slowly @triske.chicagostylecu.beBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …1513Steam reviews · Jun 10, 2026

    Game wont start on many modern systems. I tried numerous methods found online and could not get the game to start. Completely unplayable.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8723Steam reviews · Nov 2, 2025 · 1 h played

    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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  • Eri 👻 @graveyardgh0ul.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2025

    Plenty of games I’ve started and need to finish rn, but I started a new Fallout 3 save instead tehe I love this game 🫠

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  • Steam user Steam user …0251Steam reviews · Jan 2, 2026 · 19 h played

    Even after all these years, stepping out of Vault 101 for the first time remains one of the most iconic moments in gaming history. The Capital Wasteland is haunting, bleak, and beautiful at the same time. The exploration is top-notch, and the feeling of survival in the ruins of D.C. is truly unforgettable. A masterpiece that every Fallout fan must experience at least once.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4060Steam reviews · Dec 5, 2025 · 4 h played

    The first fallout game I played was fallout 4 and the second was new Vegas. I gotta say I liked new Vegas more than fallout 4; the world felt more immersive and the characters and voice acting were top notch. Fallout 3 follows the same formula as new Vegas. IDK why fallout 4 didn't give that immersive vibes but I hope if they will make a new fallout game they would stick with what made fallout 3 and new Vegas exceptional.

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  • VGC @videogameschronicle.comBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are being remastered for modern systems, Bethesda Game Studios has announced. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout...

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  • Steam user Steam user …4169Steam reviews · Jul 25, 2026 · 106 h played

    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 so hard nobody cares. Nuking Megaton and immediately regretting it is basically…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1406Steam reviews · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 h played

    good game but you cant even play it off of steam without installing a patch because bethesda hates fun and Retodd howard is a fraud

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