Released Oct 28, 2008 $2.49 · −75% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Fallout 3

By Bethesda Game Studios · published by Bethesda Softworks

Open World Post-apocalyptic RPG Singleplayer Exploration First-Person Sci-fi Adventure ModdableActionFPSAtmospheric

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Reviews 18,103 Very Positive

Players yesterday 44 at the busiest moment

Owners 1M–2M estimated

Fallout 3 is a game tagged Open World, Post-apocalyptic and RPG by Bethesda Game Studios, released Oct 28, 2008. It has 18,103 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 1M–2M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Fallout: New Vegas and 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.

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Everything Steam lists for Fallout 3 · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID22300

Release dateOct 28, 2008

Last change number39323160

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Fallout
Metacritic: 91
Website: fallout.bethsoft.com

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerPartial controller support

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
14365438	public	Jun 4, 2024

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
22400	Not on the store yet	—
22410	Not on the store yet	—
22420	Not on the store yet	—
22430	Not on the store yet	—
22440	Not on the store yet	—
2792480	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
22301	—	All	5.77 GB	5.34 GB	2329076020665736242
22302	— Spanish	All	5.67 GB	5.25 GB	8612756459633379896
22303	— French	All	5.54 GB	5.12 GB	2652129166773567697
22304	— German	All	5.70 GB	5.24 GB	5280050595742785365
22305	—	All	4.67 GB	4.31 GB	7317209574589268
22306	— Italian	All	5.66 GB	5.23 GB	8896170106365657868
22400	— DLC 22400	All	566.6 MB	—	699843849040938104
22401	— German	All	575.8 MB	—	2564864505106976351
22402	— French	All	566.4 MB	—	8330715320421356692
22403	— Italian	All	571.9 MB	—	388779964890316520
22404	— Spanish	All	569.6 MB	—	3877437033700030049
22405	—	All	575.8 MB	—	6474000421025753001
22410	— DLC 22410	All	707.1 MB	—	1848668152774282356
22411	— German	All	713.0 MB	—	3996720387675267005
22412	— French	All	699.0 MB	—	1426192559793446302
22413	— Italian	All	702.3 MB	—	6382002204720697634
22414	— Spanish	All	702.2 MB	—	5488403124754598315
22415	—	All	713.0 MB	—	510516551377929480
22420	— DLC 22420	All	650.0 MB	—	2788937135207952237
22421	— German	All	666.1 MB	—	3812313136308151902
22422	— French	All	645.9 MB	—	6596995097302129190
22423	— Italian	All	652.6 MB	—	6297114583786406906
22424	— Spanish	All	654.6 MB	—	6219885424239218661
22425	—	All	666.1 MB	—	4238768808028713797
22430	— DLC 22430	All	527.5 MB	—	6374078947564922635
22431	— German	All	529.0 MB	—	772599791885347145
22432	— French	All	525.6 MB	—	1701853461528151119
22433	— Italian	All	527.4 MB	—	4218514739819691989
22434	— Spanish	All	528.8 MB	—	2159329771730419636
22435	—	All	529.0 MB	—	5066624404984487816
22440	— DLC 22440	All	599.7 MB	—	1414355692444715444
22441	— German	All	611.8 MB	—	8770886742008577796
22442	— French	All	605.8 MB	—	7003795207598876299
22443	— Italian	All	603.2 MB	—	7578078769577605107
22444	— Spanish	All	601.7 MB	—	6143960173608211454
22445	—	All	611.8 MB	—	7098154533786220013
228988	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
461150	—	All	197.1 MB	174.1 MB	6263313154763130481
2792480	— DLC 2792480	All	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	14365438	Jun 4, 2024	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Fallout 3

Executable	Systems	Description
Fallout3Launcher.exe	All
FalloutLauncherSteam.exe	All	Test Branch
Fallout3Launcher.exe	All	Test Branch

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations2

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinMyDocuments	My Games\Fallout3\Saves	*.fos	All
WinMyDocuments	My Games\Fallout3	FalloutPrefs.ini	All

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