Games Like Fallout (Series) Similar Role-playing Games & First-Person Shooters like Fallout (Series)

Fallout is described as 'Series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games—and later action role-playing games—created by Interplay Entertainment' and is a popular role-playing game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Fallout for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Mac, Xbox and Playstation apps. The best Fallout alternative is The Elder Scrolls. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl or Destiny 2. Other Fallout like games are Metro, ATOM RPG, Wasteland and BioShock.

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  1. The Elder Scrolls icon

    The Elder Scrolls

     139 likes

    The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing open world fantasy video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

    62 The Elder Scrolls alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Wine
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch Online
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Comments about The Elder Scrolls as an Alternative to Fallout
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    It's other wibe. I don't see anything liked.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    The Elder Scrolls icon

    • Some users think The Elder Scrolls is a great Fallout alternative, some don't.

    • The Elder Scrolls is Paid and ProprietaryFallout is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl icon

    STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl

     38 likes

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter video game by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007. It features an alternate reality theme, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone in the near...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl as an Alternative to Fallout
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Negative
    0

    S.T.A.L.K.R. is first-person shooter game, not RPG.

    Guest
    Positive
    -2

    A mode unforgiving and indept version of a classic Fallout RPG

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl icon
    STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl icon

    • Most users think STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is a great Fallout alternative.

    • STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is Freemium and ProprietaryFallout is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Metro icon

    Metro

     22 likes

    Metro is a survival horror first-person shooter video game series, based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky.

    44 Metro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    Metro Exodus
     
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    Comments about Metro as an Alternative to Fallout
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Negative
    0

    Metro is first-person shooter game, not RPG.

    Metro icon
    Metro icon
    • Metro is Paid and ProprietaryFallout is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. ATOM RPG icon

    ATOM RPG

     2 likes

    ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic role-playing indie game, which takes place on the territory of the USSR in an alternative world after a nuclear war. ATOM RPG is inspired by classic Fallout.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • GOG Galaxy
    • Nintendo Switch Online
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Google Play Games
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    Comments about ATOM RPG as an Alternative to Fallout
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Positive
    0

    ATOM RPG is trying to catch and clone every aspect of classis Fallout games, and successfully enough.

    ATOM RPG icon
    ATOM RPG icon
    • ATOM RPG is Paid and ProprietaryFallout is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Wasteland icon

    Wasteland

     6 likes

    Wasteland was originally developed by Interplay, and spawned the creation of the Fallout series. The game was published by Electronic Arts. inXile Entertainment, is planning on remastering the original version that was created by Interplay.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    BioShock

     42 likes

    Going beyond "run and gun corridors," "monster-closet AIs" and static worlds, BioShock creates a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters, you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture, a...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    Comments about BioShock as an Alternative to Fallout
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Negative
    0

    BioShock is first-person shooter game, not RPG.

    BioShock icon
    BioShock icon
    • BioShock is Paid and ProprietaryFallout is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. Encased icon

    Encased

     1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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  10. The Outer Worlds icon

    The Outer Worlds

     4 likes

    Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  11. Underrail icon

    Underrail

     3 likes

    Underrail is an old school turn-based isometric indie role playing game that focuses on exploration and combat.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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  12. Baldur's Gate icon

    Baldur's Gate

     8 likes

    Baldur's Gate is a series of role-playing video games set in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  13. Mad Max icon

    Mad Max

     3 likes

    Survive the Wasteland as Mad Max, completing treacherous missions and scavenging for supplies to build the ultimate combat vehicle.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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    Rage

     8 likes

    Developed by id® Software, the creators of DOOM® and QUAKE®, RAGE is a groundbreaking first-person shooter set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, leaving a ravaged world behind.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Bethesda Launcher
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    Comments about Rage as an Alternative to Fallout
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Negative
    0

    Rage is first-person shooter game, not RPG.

    Rage icon
    Rage icon
    • Rage is Paid and ProprietaryFallout is also Paid and Proprietary
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