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Every Fallout Game Ranked

Fallout spans 5 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 1997 and 2018. The highest-rated is Fallout 3 (91) and the lowest is Fallout 76 (54). Across 106 critic reviews, the series averages 76, and Fallout 76 has drawn the most reviews.

Highest ratedFallout 3 91
Lowest ratedFallout 76 54
Series average76
  1. 1
    Fallout 3

    Fallout 3

    91
    8 critic reviews·Oct 27, 2008·Bethesda Softworks
    PCPS3Xbox 360
    “Fallout 3 is packed with interesting places, with choices to make, with that nebulous sense of adventure you only find in the best RPGs. And after a long wait, it's finally here.”
    — Videogamer · 90/100
  2. 2
    Fallout 4

    Fallout 4

    85
    36 critic reviews·Nov 8, 2015·Bethesda Softworks
    PCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1
    “As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and every choice is yours. Only you can rebuild and determine the fate of the Wasteland. Welcome home.”
    — Worth Playing · 85/100
  3. 3
    Fallout: New Vegas

    Fallout: New Vegas

    82
    8 critic reviews·Oct 18, 2010·Bandai Namco Entertainment
    PCPS3Xbox 360
    “This will only sting for a decade.Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues has injected new life into the RPG. It’s almost as though [...]”
    — VGChartz · 81/100
  4. 4
    Fallout Shelter

    Fallout Shelter

    71
    10 critic reviews·Jun 13, 2015·Bethesda Softworks
    PCPS4Xbox OneSwitch
    “Fallout Shelter works best when played as a mobile game- get too addicted to it, and its lack of endgame, and shallowness of mechanics make themselves apparent, and start to create problems.”
    — GamingBolt · 70/100
  5. 5
    Fallout 76

    Fallout 76

    54
    44 critic reviews·Nov 13, 2018·Bethesda Softworks
    PCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1
    “Fallout 76 is an online prequel where every surviving human is a real person. Work together, or not, to survive.”
    — Worth Playing · 57/100

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Fallout games in release order

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