Nostalgic classic and fun with mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“One of my favorite games of all time.”
Steam review · 106.7 h played ↗
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Bethesda Game Studios2009FPS · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
A hugely atmospheric open-world Fallout with great exploration and DLC, but the Steam version often won't launch or crashes on modern PCs without mods. Skip it if you won't tinker.
Great for
Players who love exploring bleak open worlds and are willing to install fixes or mods
Main risk
Game may not launch or will crash on Windows 10/11 without third-party fixes
What players love
Atmospheric Capital Wasteland
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The Capital Wasteland is haunting, bleak, and beautiful at the same time.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Exploration and open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Fallout 3 has a huge open world with 162 marked locations, and 225 locations if you have all DLC'S.”
Steam review · 111.8 h played ↗
Great DLC and lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Only 6.70 dollars for such a gigantic amount of content”
Steam review · 111.8 h played ↗
Karma choices and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“My favorite part is the karma system”
Steam review · 310.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Won't launch on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“DO NOT BUY THIS IT DOES NOT RUN”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Needs mods or patches to work
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Game crashes on launch without the addition of community made mods.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Decades later and the game still crashes every 30 minutes.”
Steam review · 39.6 h played ↗
New Vegas is better; weak story and writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This plays SO rough in comparison to Fallout 2 or Fallout New Vegas.”
Steam review · 39.1 h played ↗
Updates broke the Steam version
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“They updated and broke the steam release.”
Steam review · 41.3 h played ↗
No Steam achievements / playtime not tracked
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“they didn't bring the achievements over to the steam port”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable7 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP/Vista
Processor2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Memory1 GB (XP)/ 2 GB (Vista)
GraphicsDirect X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
Storage7 GB
Recommended
OSWindows XP/Vista
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo processor
Memory2 GB System RAM
GraphicsDirect X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
Storage7 GB
OSWindows XP/Vista
Processor2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Memory1 GB (XP)/ 2 GB (Vista)
GraphicsDirect X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
Storage7 GB
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