Game

Fallout 4

2015 · Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Shooter · Role-playing (RPG)

82IGDB player score
1,768 ratings

Previously Take

An 82 average from 1,768 ratings: not perfect, but the kind of game people keep recommending anyway. Survival is the whole game, from the studio behind Skyrim — scarce resources, bad odds, and every small win feeling huge. Solo only, and better for it — this is a one-player experience through and through.

Awards & honors

The Game Awards 2015

Game of the Year — Nominee

About this game

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to the world of Fallout 4, their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. 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.

In Fallout 4, the player takes on the role of the Sole Survivor, emerging from Vault 111 after being cryogenically frozen for 210 years following a nuclear attack in 2077. The main story revolves around the Sole Survivor's search for their kidnapped son, Shaun, in the post-apocalyptic Boston area known as the Commonwealth. Along the way, the player encounters various factions, faces moral dilemmas, and must decide which path to take in rebuilding the Commonwealth.