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RPGFanFallout 76 (2025) Review
Published 12/24/2025
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85
+33 vs critic avg
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE - 11/14/2018
Fallout 76
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall you and your fellow Vault Dwellers, chosen from the nation’s best and brightest, emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe.
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- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
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Critic avg
52
55 scored reviews
Total coverage
55
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Score range
0–92
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 52 across 55 scored reviews, with a 92-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
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90–1001 review · 2%
80–892 reviews · 4%
70–797 reviews · 13%
Below 7045 reviews · 82%
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Fallout 76 Review - 2024
Published 5/9/2024
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70
+18 vs critic avg
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Read originalMarc McLaren
Tom's GuideFallout 76: Steel Reign review | Tom's GuideTom's Guide
Published 7/31/2021
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70
+18 vs critic avg
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Read originalDrew Hurley
Cubed3Fallout 76 (PlayStation 4) Review
Published 1/19/2019
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40
-12 vs critic avg
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Read originalEthan Anderson
TrueAchievementsFallout 76 Review
Published 12/11/2018
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50
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalPeter Taylor
Jump Dash RollFallout 76 Review - Jump Dash Roll
Published 12/5/2018
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50
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalDrew Leachman
ZTGDFallout 76 (PS4) Review – ZTGD
Published 12/4/2018
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40
-12 vs critic avg
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Read originalBen Moore
Easy AlliesFallout 76 - Easy Allies Review
Published 12/4/2018
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Score
20
-32 vs critic avg
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Read originalChris O'Connor
ImpulsegamerFallout 76 PC Review
Published 12/1/2018
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92
+40 vs critic avg
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Read originalJez Corden
Windows CentralFallout 76 Xbox One review: Sorry internet, I like it (but still don't recommend it) | Windows Central
Published 11/30/2018
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60
+8 vs critic avg
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