About
On Steam, 82% of 291,800 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 13,082 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 21,146 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. It won the British Academy Games Award for Best Game.
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to the world of Fallout 4, their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and every choice is yours. Only you can rebuild and determine the fate of the Wasteland. Welcome home.
Story
In Fallout 4, the player takes on the role of the Sole Survivor, emerging from Vault 111 after being cryogenically frozen for 210 years following a nuclear attack in 2077. The main story revolves around the Sole Survivor's search for their kidnapped son, Shaun, in the post-apocalyptic Boston area known as the Commonwealth. Along the way, the player encounters various factions, faces moral dilemmas, and must decide which path to take in rebuilding the Commonwealth.
What is happening now
Fallout 4 is Bethesda's post-apocalyptic shooter-RPG set in a retro-futuristic Boston, where players navigate the Commonwealth as a Vault dweller rebuilding civilization. Released in 2015, the game remains active across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. The game continues to generate community activity through its modding scene, which has occasionally been a source of drama. Breaking Benjamin's frontman recently made headlines by promoting his "True First Person" mod during a live concert, following a dispute with another community modder. Meanwhile, Fallout 4's legacy has been overshadowed within Bethesda's own priorities - a co-lead on The Elder Scrolls noted the team initially favored developing that franchise's next entry, though leadership ultimately chose to pursue Starfield instead, with Fallout 76 also consuming significant development resources in the intervening years.
More in the Fallout series
All 9 games in order
From the people behind Fallout 4
shared cast and crew
Games like Fallout 4
same kind of game, other series
Cast and crew
4 creditsCrew
Voice cast
Awards
1 won, 5 more nominationsMedia
Releases
First release date; per-platform dates are not in the database for this game yet.
PC and Steam Deck
Steam store pageSteam Deck: Verified works great out of the box
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Fallout 4 player count
concurrent players on SteamPlayers counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.
Fallout 4 achievements
84 achievements on SteamRarest
All 84 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.
In the news
All 32 storiesMore headlines - the next 24
- "Most people wanted" to make The Elder Scrolls 6 after Fallout 4, says Skyrim co-lead, but then Todd Howard said "No, we're doing Starfield" Sep 9, 2026
- Breaking Benjamin Frontman's Fallout 4 Mod Spikes In Popularity Sep 9, 2026
- I'm not saying Fallout 4 modding drama gets to people, but here's Breaking Benjamin's singer begging concertgoers to try his AI-assisted first person mod Sep 9, 2026
- Breaking Benjamin singer pauses concert to get fans to download his Fallout 4 mod Sep 9, 2026
- Breaking Benjamin frontman pauses concert to rant about Fallout 4 modding beef: 'There was a modder in the community that was really mean to me' Sep 8, 2026
- Fallout 4 Now Has a 28 Days Later-Inspired Mod Aug 29, 2026
- New Trailers for the RTX Remix Path Tracing Mods of Mirror’s Edge, Fallout 4, Morrowind, and Painkiller Aug 26, 2026
- Here’s What Fallout 4 & Fallout: New Vegas Could Look Like as Classic Isometric RPGs Aug 24, 2026
- Fallout 4 Gets an 85GB HD Mod That Overhauls All Textures Aug 21, 2026
- Fallout 4 fans let out as a sigh of relief as Bethesda quadruples the RPG's mod limit without breaking everything in new update Aug 19, 2026
- Bethesda finally fix the Fallout 4 on-screen keyboard crashing on Steam Deck / SteamOS Aug 18, 2026
- Fallout 4 Patch Updates the Creation Kit, Fixes Various Bugs Including Steam Deck Crash Aug 18, 2026
- "Please stop": Skyrim and Fallout 4 players fear the worst as Bethesda has another go at "Creations improvements" Aug 18, 2026
- Heads up, Fallout 4 and Skyrim players: New updates are incoming, so it's time to tend to your mods Aug 17, 2026
- Bethesda warns fans that Fallout 4 and Skyrim will be getting new updates Aug 17, 2026
- I'm not saying Bethesda are trolling me specifically, but Fallout 4 and Skyrim updates are imminent just as I've modded up the latter for the first time in ages Aug 17, 2026
- The Cursed Mansion Brings an Old-School Quest to Fallout 4 Aug 11, 2026
- This Fallout 4 Mod Almost Eliminates Traversal Stutters Aug 9, 2026
- This Fallout 4 Mod Overhauls Gunplay With Fully Customizable Weapon & Movement Inertia Aug 2, 2026
- Modders remastering Fallout 3 in Fallout 4 are not bothered by Bethesda's official version: "Our project has been a community-driven passion project for almost a full decade" Jul 21, 2026
- Bethesda's Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters won't stop the modders who've already spent years recreating the RPGs in Fallout 4 Jul 20, 2026
- Fallout 4 Gets a New Quest Mod With a Dungeon, Armor, and Player Home Jul 12, 2026
- Microsoft lays off Bethesda vet behind Todd Howard's "crazy" Fallout 4 idea, "too many Skyrim weapons to count," the Dwemer, and Mudcrabs – and he may leave games altogether Jul 9, 2026
- Xbox just laid off a core Bethesda artist who worked on Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, and Fallout 4 – 27-year veteran Christiane Meister Jul 8, 2026