{"id":807640,"date":"2025-12-06T13:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Zd2x9RaEX2HUR5ixk4S3XJ"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:01:49","slug":"fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallout 76 hits an all-time player count record on Steam following the Fallout TV series on Amazon, and the other games are spiking too"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>People like the Fallout TV series on Amazon an awful lot\u2014we called it &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/fallout-tv-show-review-the-best-fallout-anything-since-fallout-new-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the best Fallout since New Vegas<\/a>&#8220;\u2014and that seems to be having quite the spillover effect for the Fallout videogames. All of the games in the long-running post-nuclear RPG series have seen a significant jump in players, and they&apos;ve also muscled their way into Steam&apos;s top-selling games chart.<\/p>\n<p>SteamDB noted on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteamDB\/status\/1779459741984379079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-has-more-than-doubled-its-player-counts-on-steam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eurogamer<\/a>) that &#8220;Fallout has more than doubled its concurrent players on Steam with the release of the Fallout TV series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1056px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:151.14%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pKmRETcVrrjr5YcdahkUn7\" name=\"fallout 1.png\" alt=\"SteamDB chart showing Fallout player counts spiking after the release of the Fallout TV series on Amazon\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1596\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SteamDB (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/377160\/charts\/#1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout 4<\/a> is the biggest beneficiary, spiking up to more than 83,000 concurrent players over the weekend, compared to a high of 24,000 the weekend before, a few days ahead of Amazon&apos;s Fallout launch. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1151340\/charts\/#1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout 76<\/a> arguably set an even more impressive mark by surpassing 39,000 concurrent players on the weekend following the TV series release, a new all-time high on Steam for the four-year-old game. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/22370\/charts\/#1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout 3<\/a>\u2014my favorite of the Bethesda Fallouts, and I make no apologies for it\u2014also saw a huge bounce, going from roughly 1,000 concurrents on April 7 to 6,700 a week later.<\/p>\n<p>Some of that Fallout 76 surge is no doubt helped by the &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fallout.bethesda.net\/en\/freeplay\">free play event<\/a>&#8221; that started last week and runs until April 18, but I wouldn&apos;t credit that for all of it: It&apos;s had free weeks in the past and never put up numbers like this. (It does, however, make this a very good time to give Fallout 76 a shot.)<\/p>\n<p>The raw numbers aren&apos;t quite so big, but even the original games have gone way up: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/38400\/charts\/#1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout<\/a> broke 2,300 concurrent players immediately following the Amazon series, up from fewer than 300 the weekend before, while <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/38410\/charts\/#1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout 2<\/a> surpassed 1,000, compared to a previous weekend high of 350.<\/p>\n<p>There&apos;s also a whole lotta Fallout among the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/topselling\/US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top sellers on Steam<\/a> right now: Fallout 76 is in third spot, Fallout 4 is in fourth, Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition holds 10th place, and New Vegas is just one place out of the top 10. Fallout 3 and the Fallout Franchise bundle both made the top 20.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1422px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:144.59%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"oS5nG6DcRBdZmWMGcerJRF\" name=\"fallout2.jpg\" alt=\"Steam top 20 selling games, April 15 2024\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1422\" height=\"2056\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Steam)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hell, even Fallout Tactics managed to power its way into the top 100.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1311px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:6.79%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i9z3ubqZecyGD9MQLxKUdM\" name=\"fallout 3.png\" alt=\"Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel makes the Steam top-selling games chart after the release of the Fallout TV series on Amazon\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too-1.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1311\" height=\"89\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Steam)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is not unprecedented. In 2022, CD Projekt said the success of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime on Netflix drove a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-helped-push-cd-projekt-to-the-best-third-quarter-in-our-entire-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyberpunk 2077 sales pop<\/a> that helped deliver the company&apos;s best financial third quarter in its &#8220;entire history.&#8221; Even so, it&apos;s interesting to see the boost having such an impact across the whole of the Fallout series.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt nostalgia is driving a lot of seasoned Fallout vets back to the glory of the old days, but suddenly grabbing top spots on Steam&apos;s best-selling chart points to a lot of newcomers joining the party too.<\/p>\n<p>Bethesda, naturally, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethesdaStudios\/status\/1779880614923034684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took note<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1056px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:92.71%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9DaWKWTceRK5kcMBPXEw4T\" name=\"fallout 4.png\" alt=\"It's incredible to see all the new players coming to Fallout. Welcome! We're happy to have you join the best community there is.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too-2.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1056\" height=\"979\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Bethesda Softworks (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another good reason for jumping into Fallout 4, if not now then in the very near future, is the upcoming <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/the-fallout-4-next-gen-update-announced-in-2022-will-finally-be-out-later-this-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next-gen update<\/a>, which more than a year after it was announced is finally set to arrive on April 25. That&apos;ll bring the game to current-gen consoles with all the latest bells and whistles, and will also upgrade the PC version with support for widescreen and ultra-widescreen displays, new content, and various fixes and gameplay tweaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adjacent to that, there&apos;s also the very big Fallout London mod on the way\u2014it was set to drop April 23 but the development team decided to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/the-fallout-london-mod-has-been-delayed-by-fallout-4s-planned-next-gen-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delay it<\/a> until after the Fallout 4 next-gen update to ensure it didn&apos;t break anything. Hopefully we&apos;ll have a new release date on that one soon.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to dig a little deeper into the Fallout vault, we can help. To learn more about the game that sparked the beef over whether Bethesda is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/in-which-i-mostly-debunk-the-latest-fallout-controversy-that-claims-todd-howard-used-the-fallout-show-to-retcon-non-bethesda-fallout-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retconning Fallout&apos;s canon<\/a> (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/bethesda-design-director-confirms-fallout-new-vegas-is-still-canon-of-course-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it&apos;s not<\/a>), check out our guide to having the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/fallout-new-vegas-guide-tips-best-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best Fallout: New Vegas experience today<\/a>, and if the classics are what you&apos;re after, this is what you need to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-the-classic-fallout-games-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get them up and running<\/a> at full clip on modern hardware. As far as Fallout 3 goes, you might want to hold off on that one: A 2023 leak suggested that a remaster of that game is in the works, and at this point you might as well wait.<\/p>\n<p>A couple more to consider, since we&apos;re talking about it: If you dig the original Fallout style but find those games a little too past their best-before date for your tastes, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/wasteland-2-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wasteland 2<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/wasteland-3-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wasteland 3<\/a>\u2014sequels to the game that inspired the very first Fallout game\u2014are excellent.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People like the Fallout TV series on Amazon an awful lot\u2014we called it &#8220;the best Fallout since New Vegas&#8220;\u2014and that seems to be having quite the spillover effect for the Fallout videogames. All of the games in the long-running post-nuclear RPG series have seen a significant jump in players, and they&apos;ve also muscled their way into Steam&apos;s top-selling games chart. SteamDB noted on Twitter (via Eurogamer) that &#8220;Fallout has more than doubled its concurrent players on Steam with the release of the Fallout TV series.&#8221; (Image credit: SteamDB (Twitter)) Fallout 4 is the biggest beneficiary, spiking up to more than 83,000 concurrent players over the weekend, compared to a high of 24,000 the weekend before, a few days ahead of Amazon&apos;s Fallout launch. Fallout 76&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fallout-76-hits-an-all-time-player-count-record-on-steam-following-the-fallout-tv-series-on-amazon-and-the-other-games-are-spiking-too\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":807641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-807640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fallout 76 hits an all-time player count record on Steam following the Fallout TV series on Amazon, and the other games are spiking too | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People 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