Single-player games like Fallout 3
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Fallout 3, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Fallout: New Vegas
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Fallout 4
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Outer Worlds
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.
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RAGE
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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!
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Stalker
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Baldur's Gate 3
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Age of Decadence
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Starfield
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Fallout 3.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Single-player alternative to Fallout 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.