Genre RPGReleased Aug 19, 2009

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Developed by Black Isle Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.09M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$761.5K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
208.3K
≈ 12 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 17,562 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
17,562
Very Positive94% positive
Playing now
138
26-day peak 161 · low 105
New reviews, last 26 days
+78
≈ 3 a day since Sep 17

History

Sep 17 – Oct 13

17.6K17.5K17.5K17.5K
Sep 17Sep 30Oct 13

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

RPG →

Against the 120 most-reviewed RPG games on Steam

Outearns 13% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$33.45M
132,801 reviews
Top 10% start at
$147.19M
This game
$1.09M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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.

Developer
Black Isle Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Genre
RPG
Released
Aug 19, 2009
Steam app ID
38410
Data updated
Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.