Fallout 4 similar games & best alternatives

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Fallout 4

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2015

Should you play it?

Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, welcome you to the world of Fallout 4 – their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming.

What works

  • Extensive freedom and exploration
  • Deep crafting and settlement building
  • Strong replayability with mods
  • Immersive post-apocalyptic world
  • Engaging combat and weapon customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Main story and dialogue considered weak
  • Bugs and technical issues
  • Limited dialogue choices
  • Some repetitive radiant quests
  • Ai pathfinding and companion limitations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

  • Windrose

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • Valheim

  • Risen 2: Dark Waters

  • Smalland: Survive the Wilds

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Fallout 4 but with less leadership over others

  • Metro Exodus

  • Days Gone

  • Fallout 3

  • Risen 3 - Titan Lords

  • Tomb Raider Game of the Year

  • Metro: Last Light Redux

More competitive

Games that feels like Fallout 4 but with more competition against others

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • Shatterline

  • Dying Light

  • Borderlands 2

  • Once Human

  • Killing Floor 2

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Fallout 76

  • Fallout 3

  • Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Fallout 4. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Fallout 4. These titles are not in What to play next.

Fallout 4: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence, Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026