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Games like Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

  • 24 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

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The closest matches to Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game: Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, ATOM RPG Trudograd, UnderRail, and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 04

    UnderRail

    • $3.74 (Price checked Oct 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2015

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

    Shares faction politics with Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 95% of 11,410 reviews
  2. 2
    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    Also CRPG and Turn-Based, like Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 81% of 3,125 reviews
  3. 3
    ATOM RPG Trudograd

    Genres: RPG

    • 87% of 965 reviews
  4. 4
    UnderRail

    Genres: Indie, RPG

    • 86% of 4,912 reviews
  5. 5
    Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

    Genres: RPG

    • 88% of 8,184 reviews
  6. 6
    Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

    Same immersive mood as Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 81% of 31,079 reviews
  7. 7
    Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG

    Shares companion management with Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 74% of 2,052 reviews
  8. 8
    Fallout: New Vegas

    Genres: Action, RPG

    • 96% of 166,925 reviews
  9. 9
    The Age of Decadence

    Genres: Indie, RPG

    • 80% of 2,369 reviews
  10. 10
    Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

    Also Turn-Based and Isometric, like Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 79% of 1,526 reviews
  11. 11
    Avadon 2: The Corruption

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 79% of 135 reviews
  12. 12
    Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition

    Genres: Adventure, RPG

    • 76% of 17,605 reviews
  13. 13
    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 11,477 reviews
  14. 14
    XCOM® 2

    Genres: Strategy

    • 86% of 44,276 reviews
  15. 15
    Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

    Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

    • 90% of 4,127 reviews
  16. 16
    Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

    Also CRPG and Isometric, like Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 94% of 2,685 reviews
  17. 17
    Wizardry 8

    Genres: Adventure, RPG

    • 88% of 784 reviews
  18. 18
    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

    Genres: RPG

    • 92% of 55,782 reviews
  19. 19
    Caves of Qud

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 10,368 reviews
  20. 20
    Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

    Genres: Adventure, RPG

    • 92% of 5,603 reviews
  21. 21
    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

    Same dark mood as Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

    • 88% of 25,690 reviews
  22. 22
    Eschalon: Book I

    Genres: Indie, RPG

    • 86% of 264 reviews
  23. 23
    Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

    Genres: RPG

    • 87% of 1,174 reviews
  24. 24
    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

    Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

    • 87% of 2,764 reviews
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2009
  • Developer: Black Isle Studios
  • Price: $2.49−75%checked Oct 5
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 94% of 8,837 reviews
  • Genres: RPG
  • Metacritic 86
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Dialogue choices drastically alter outcomes
  • Faction politics feel consequential
  • Humor is unfiltered and memorable
  • Dark
  • Immersive
  • Nostalgic

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About Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

The closest matches to Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game: Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, ATOM RPG Trudograd, UnderRail, and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut and ATOM RPG Trudograd — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as dark, immersive and nostalgic, and single out its companion management and dialogue choice driven storytelling. 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.

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an isometric open-world RPG developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks, set in a post-apocalyptic retro-future. Released on Steam in 2009 at $9.99, it features companion management, dialogue-choice-driven storytelling, faction politics, mod support, open-ended exploration, and permanent death mechanics. Players describe the experience as dark, immersive, and nostalgic, with reviewers highlighting how dialogue choices drastically alter outcomes and faction politics feel consequential. The humor is described as unfiltered and memorable, while the modding community continues to revive the experience for new audiences. The game holds a 94% positive rating from 8837 Steam reviews and runs as Playable on Steam Deck.

About Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game: 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.

Is Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game worth buying?

  • 94% of 8,837 Steam reviews are positive.
  • Last 30 days: 94% positive across 70 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
  • On sale: 75% off, now $2.49 (checked Oct 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 31 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 8 h before their negative review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“It started off pretty well, but as soon as i got on the map interface and tried to travel from Arroyo's village to another location, the cursor started to freeze and everything stopped working despite the fact that I have a high-end PC…”
1 h played
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People who play it also play: Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, ATOM RPG Trudograd

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Frequently asked about Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Can I run it?

Does Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game run on Steam Deck?

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 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 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game cost?

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is listed on Steam at 2.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game are Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, ATOM RPG Trudograd.

Who developed Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game?

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game was developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.