Games like Fallout 4
If Fallout 4 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fallout: New Vegas, Humanity Lost and Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental storytelling is unmatched, atmospheric and challenging. 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 4 is a first-person open-world RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Massachusetts, released in 2015 by Bethesda Game Studios at $19.99 and verified for Steam Deck play. The game features environmental storytelling, scrap collection and crafting, power armor customization, base defense, and settlement building mechanics. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, challenging, dark, and immersive. Reviewers highlight the depth of power armor customization and note that scrap collection carries strategic weight, while settlement building feels rewarding. Players also report that the world design sparks imagination. The game holds an 81 percent positive rating from over 181,000 Steam reviews and a Metacritic score of 84, offering a massive single-player RPG experience for fans of post-apocalyptic exploration.
About Fallout 4: 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.
Players who liked Fallout 4 also play
Steam players who put hours into Fallout 4 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Top pick for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Humanity Lost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Second-strongest match for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Third-strongest match for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
Max Madness
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
Enter the world of Max Madness, a post-apocalyptic survival game with RPG and action elements. Navigate a treacherous open world, ravaged by nuclear devastation, where tension and terror lurk around every corner. Forge alliances, confront chaos, and make choices that shape your destiny.
The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Ranked #5 for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 #6 for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Ranked #7 for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Ranked #8 for Fallout 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Fallout 4
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Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Fallout 76
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
Stalker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Reviewers of Fallout 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fallout 4 at current Steam store prices.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Priced ~50% under Fallout 4 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Fallout 4 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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!
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Fallout 4 on Steam right now.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Persona 4 Golden
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fallout 4 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
DREDGE
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Fallout 4 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Fallout 4 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 an immersive mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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 an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
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.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fallout 4.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Fallout 4. Shares RPG with Fallout 4.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.
Frequently asked about Fallout 4
- Is Fallout 4 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Fallout 4 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Fallout 4 cost?
- Fallout 4 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fallout 4?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fallout 4 are Fallout: New Vegas, Humanity Lost, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.
- Who developed Fallout 4?
- Fallout 4 was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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