Games like Fallout 3
If Fallout 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark tone feels authentic, detailed post apocalyptic setting and large wasteland to explore. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Fallout 3 is a first-person RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2008 at a price of 9.99 USD. Players explore an expansive open world, navigating faction politics, completing side quests, and developing their character through traditional RPG progression while engaging in third-person shooting combat. The game holds an 80% positive rating from over 9,800 Steam reviews. Reviewers highlight the detailed post-apocalyptic setting and the atmospheric, immersive tone that players describe as both dark and melancholic. The large wasteland to explore and the memorable story with its branching side quests are frequently cited as standout elements, with the shooting mechanics also praised. The game is marked as Playable on Steam Deck.
About Fallout 3: Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.
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Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Top pick for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
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.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Second-strongest match for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Third-strongest match for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
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.
Humanity Lost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Ranked #4 for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
RAGE
WHY THIS
Shares side quests and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Ranked #5 for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Ranked #6 for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Fallout 76
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Ranked #8 for Fallout 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – standalone prequel for the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which tells you story about the Clear Sky group, that want to research the Zone and understand it better.
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Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
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.
Baldur's Gate 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Mass Effect (2007)
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Metro 2033 Redux
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a dark mood with Fallout 3.
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.
Stalker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fallout 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fallout 3 at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Fallout 3 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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More from Bethesda Game Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Bethesda Game Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
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.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration, faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an immersive mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Starfield
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Fallout 76
WHY THIS
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration, faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
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.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 3.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 3. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
Frequently asked about Fallout 3
- Does Fallout 3 run on Steam Deck?
- Fallout 3 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Fallout 3 cost?
- Fallout 3 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fallout 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fallout 3 are Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.
- Who developed Fallout 3?
- Fallout 3 was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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