Fallout 4
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RPGOpen WorldPost-apocalypticSingleplayerExplorationAdventure

12,964 playing#91 on Steam by players#91 on Steam

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Game description

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Basic info

DeveloperBethesda Game Studios
PublisherBethesda Softworks
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateNov 9, 2015
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent
Storage30 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 325 reviews from the past 1 year

63.1/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Very Positive (81%)

Metacritic: 84 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 14, 2026)

A big open world built for exploring and base building still wins fans, but recent updates broke Fallout 4 for many; it scores 63.1.

👍 Strengths

54 reviews say they enjoy it, the most upvoted calling it a great game at its core. 34 enjoy the freedom to treat it as a post apocalyptic building game, and 26 praise a large world with a strong atmosphere and plenty of lore. Content Volume ranks 135th of 1351, with reviews describing hundreds of hours of exploration, and some say every playthrough differs thanks to multiple endings. Gameplay ranks 279th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support ranks 1378th of 1399 and comes up in 53% of analyzed reviews. 69 reviews blame a recent update, the most upvoted saying it broke the script extender and most mods, and 65 report crashes and freezes, the most upvoted every hour since the next gen update. Others report very long loading times. 31 criticize dialogue cut down to near identical yes options. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1119th of 1399, with complaints about the price of the Anniversary upgrade, and Visuals & Sound ranks 1099th of 1249.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“update broke F4SE, 99% of mods, introduced performance issues and instability” · 69 reviews
“Fallout 4 is a great game at its core” · 54 reviews
“freedom to play as post-apocalyptic Minecraft with building focus” · 34 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 44% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.48 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “freedom to play as post-apocalyptic Minecraft with building focus” · 34 reviews
Negative “forced to choose a faction, limiting freedom and causing emotional conflict” · 1 review

Progression 10% · Difficulty 3% · Onboarding 5% · Strategy 16% · Controls & feel 10%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.06 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “awesome atmosphere, large robust open world with oceans of lore” · 26 reviews
Negative “enemy design contradicts advertised post-apocalyptic setting with dog companion” · 1 review

Story 25% · Characters 11%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +4.04 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “200 hours of engaging exploration and building” · 10 reviews

Variety 9% · Replayability 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +1.72 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “graphics are a massive jump from previous games and still hold up” · 3 reviews
Negative “graphics dated, plastic appearance, engine from 2008” · 1 review

Audio 7%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Community +0.42 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 2% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.55 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “Anniversary upgrade for 53,49$ is unbelievable, reason videogames are expensive” · 22 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 2% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -1.36 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “update broke F4SE, 99% of mods, introduced performance issues and instability” · 69 reviews

Stability 38% · Performance 18%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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