Games Like Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

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Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Open World 23.1%, Moddable 17.7%, RPG 10.7%, FPS 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Built on Fallout 3's core first-person RPG framework, it expands faction choices, dialogue depth, reactive quests, and wasteland exploration.

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.7%, Open World 27.2%, RPG 8.3%, FPS 4.6%, Sci-fi 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct modern successor with first-person scavenging, V.A.T.S. combat, open-world exploration, companions, and extensive settlement building.

Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.6%, Open World 21.2%, RPG 19.6%, Sci-fi 4.4%, Great Soundtrack 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Although isometric and turn-based, it delivers foundational Fallout humor, branching quests, moral choices, and a richly reactive post-nuclear world.

You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.4%, Open World 22.3%, RPG 20.8%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Atmospheric 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original Fallout offers the series' defining retro-futurist wasteland, bleak comedy, consequential dialogue, and role-playing freedom.

Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.8%, Open World 29.6%, FPS 10.9%, RPG 7.2%, Sci-fi 4%

Why You'll Like It: A large, hostile anomaly-filled open world combines survival-focused first-person exploration with atmospheric factions and scavenging.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.

Why similar: Open World 32.5%, Moddable 23.8%, RPG 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, First-Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its dense hand-crafted world, deep role-playing systems, and unusual exploration reward players who enjoy Fallout 3's freedom and discovery.

Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.

Why similar: Open World 39.3%, Moddable 23.3%, RPG 16.3%, First-Person 3.9%, Great Soundtrack 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Bethesda's other landmark sandbox RPG offers the same first-person exploration, quest freedom, mod support, and environmental storytelling in a fantasy world.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.7%, Open World 22.4%, RPG 15.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Exploration 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric RPG closely channels classic Fallout through its Soviet wasteland, skill checks, dark humor, and choice-heavy quests.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.9%, Open World 26.2%, RPG 16.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Story Rich 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its party-based tactical combat and heavily branching post-apocalyptic decisions capture the reactive role-playing heart of Fallout.

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

Why similar: Open World 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, RPG 18.3%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Third Person 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A rough-edged open-world RPG with factions, meaningful character progression, jetpack exploration, and a distinctive science-fantasy apocalypse.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Open World 35.3%, RPG 13.8%, FPS 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person open-world RPG with quest choices, build variety, cybernetic upgrades, and a richly detailed dystopian city to explore.

The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.

Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Moddable 19.4%, FPS 16.9%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs first-person action with deep RPG customization, stealth alternatives, dialogue decisions, and levels built for multiple approaches.

Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.3%, Open World 20.4%, FPS 16.2%, First-Person 3.7%, RPG 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: An earlier id Software wasteland shooter with vehicle travel, mutant-filled ruins, and a similar dusty post-apocalyptic visual tone.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.3%, Open World 24.2%, FPS 11.4%, First-Person 5.4%, Atmospheric 3%

Why You'll Like It: Its desolate post-nuclear journey emphasizes atmospheric first-person survival, resource scavenging, exploration, and story-driven choices.

Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

Why similar: RPG 52.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, Action RPG 7.4%, First-Person 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its memorable factions, expressive dialogue, build-dependent solutions, and morally murky urban world make it an essential choice-driven RPG.

Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Join millions of players as you explore, build, quest, and triumph in a massive open-world multiplayer adventure.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38%, Open World 32.9%, RPG 13.9%, FPS 5.5%, Shooter 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It adapts Fallout's exploration, loot, perk builds, and environmental storytelling into an online shared wasteland best enjoyed cooperatively.

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.7%, Open World 31.1%, FPS 14.7%, First-Person 4.7%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides colorful post-apocalyptic open-world driving and explosive first-person combat, though with lighter role-playing than Fallout 3.

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.5%, Open World 30%, RPG 13.8%, Sandbox 7.6%, Exploration 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone sequel to ATOM RPG with more Soviet-apocalypse exploration, character builds, and old-school choice-driven role-playing.

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 51.5%, RPG 25.2%, Open World 12.8%, Sci-fi 3.5%, Adventure 2%

Why You'll Like It: This party-based post-apocalyptic RPG offers tough tactical encounters and extensive quest consequences from Fallout's spiritual predecessor.

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.3%, RPG 17.4%, Open World 15.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Exploration 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG built around skills, dialogue checks, factions, and exploring a strange sealed-off science-fiction wasteland.

Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.

Why similar: Open World 38.2%, RPG 22.4%, First-Person 7.3%, Action RPG 5.2%, Exploration 4.6%

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.7%, RPG 25.4%, Open World 15.6%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Atmospheric 2%

Why You'll Like It: Its unforgiving underground post-apocalypse offers dense exploration, build-focused RPG systems, scarce resources, and meaningful tactical choices.

Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40%, Open World 36.2%, RPG 4%, Third Person 3.8%, Action 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades dialogue-heavy RPG systems for excellent post-apocalyptic driving, scavenging, combat, and hostile desert exploration.

In this sequel to the vintage Open World RPG ELEX, Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat - the Skyands, who want to change the face of the planet forever.

Why similar: Open World 32%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, RPG 14.2%, Action RPG 5.3%, Third Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its huge open world, faction allegiance, jetpack mobility, and player-driven progression continue ELEX's Bethesda-like RPG approach.

Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

Why similar: Open World 48.5%, RPG 24%, First-Person 8.2%, Story Rich 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its historical setting, its immersive open world, grounded first-person role-playing, quest flexibility, and survival elements suit Fallout 3 fans.

Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.

Why similar: Open World 30.1%, Moddable 17.4%, RPG 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, First-Person 5.4%

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

Why similar: Open World 32.9%, Moddable 25.7%, RPG 16.7%, First-Person 4.4%, Great Soundtrack 3.7%

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.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Open World 24.3%, Moddable 13.9%, RPG 9.6%, FPS 3.9%

The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

Why similar: Open World 31.2%, RPG 25.1%, First-Person 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Action RPG 7%

Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, comes in its entirety to VR.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Open World 29.8%, RPG 11.7%, FPS 6.8%, First-Person 4.1%

Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 73.6%, RPG 8.4%, Sandbox 5.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Great Soundtrack 2.7%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.8%, Open World 27.4%, FPS 9.4%, First-Person 6.4%, Action RPG 4.3%

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.

Why similar: RPG 23.7%, FPS 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, First-Person 10.4%, Action RPG 9.4%

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.8%, RPG 17.2%, FPS 13.6%, First-Person 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?

Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Open World 23.9%, Third Person 7.6%, Adventure 5.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

Why similar: FPS 32.4%, RPG 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 58%, RPG 17.4%, Open World 12.9%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.

Why similar: Open World 41.2%, Moddable 19%, RPG 18.1%, First-Person 5.7%, Great Soundtrack 3.1%

As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

Why similar: RPG 30.7%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Open World 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%, Story Rich 5.7%

THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS

Why similar: Open World 35.8%, RPG 27.7%, Action RPG 8%, First-Person 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe Edition, released in 2009.---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

Why similar: Open World 32.9%, Moddable 25.8%, RPG 16.7%, First-Person 4.4%, Great Soundtrack 3.7%

Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.

Why similar: FPS 29.3%, RPG 18.3%, First-Person 17.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.6%

FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCE.Fully re-mastered with HD visuals and audio, Fable Anniversary is a stunning rendition of the original game that will delight faithful fans and new players alike! The all new Heroic difficulty setting will test the mettle of even the most hardcore Fable fan.

Why similar: Open World 39.3%, RPG 29.7%, Action RPG 5.1%, Third Person 4.4%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the prequel chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy. With the ability to directly influence the balance of power through Faction Wars, step into the boots of Scar — a seasoned mercenary, able to somehow survive deadly Emissions.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, RPG 18%, FPS 13.8%, First-Person 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%

Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.

Why similar: FPS 39.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 8.2%

You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...

Why similar: Open World 50.5%, FPS 20.6%, First-Person 6.4%, Shooter 4.5%, Sandbox 4%

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Open World 33.3%, Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Story Rich 4.5%

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

Why similar: Open World 44.6%, Post-apocalyptic 31.2%, RPG 8.4%, Sandbox 3.7%, Third Person 3.6%

Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.

Why similar: Open World 45.5%, RPG 29.3%, Third Person 4.5%, Exploration 3.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%

The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.

Why similar: Moddable 46.5%, Sandbox 19.2%, RPG 13.2%, Character Customization 7.5%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

Why similar: Open World 36%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, RPG 10.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Third Person 3.5%

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, Open World 19.6%, FPS 11.7%, RPG 9.2%, Sci-fi 7%