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Fallout 2 cost to play
What Fallout 2 costs on Steam UK, its PEGI 16 age rating and how many people still play it on Steam.
Fallout 2 gameplay, images and trailer
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The short version
- From £7.99: Cheapest standard price: Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 30.5 h to beat: Main story: 30.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- 26p an hour: £7.99 ÷ 30.5 hours (main story)
- 263 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 16: Age rating
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Fallout 2 player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 264
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 263
- 144 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- −17%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 2,302
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Is Fallout 2 dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Fallout 2 peaked at 263 players at once in September 2026, with 144 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 144 | 263 | −17.3% |
| August 2026 | 190 | 318 | +12.8% |
| July 2026 | 165 | 282 | +14.6% |
| June 2026 | 136 | 246 | −4.7% |
| May 2026 | 145 | 258 | −23.0% |
| April 2026 | 175 | 335 | −45.2% |
| March 2026 | 260 | 611 | −45.8% |
| February 2026 | 557 | 1,127 | +17.9% |
| January 2026 | 468 | 956 | +82.4% |
| December 2025 | 218 | 524 | +65.8% |
| November 2025 | 180 | 316 | +5.3% |
| October 2025 | 156 | 300 | – |
What Fallout 2 costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (Steam UK, standard price) | £7.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Fallout 2?
Fallout 2 takes about 30.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 81 hours to complete everything.
- Main story30.5 h
- Main + extras47 h
- Completionist81 h
Cost per hour (main story)
26p
£7.99 on Steam UK ÷ 30.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 5 Nov 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Fallout 2 is rated
GamesChart Score
87.0, #57 of 3,236 rated games
#4 of 1998 · #6 of the 1990s · #16 in Puzzle · #45 on PC
Critics
Players
Built from 17,287 ratings across 4 of 5 sources (no IGDB critic rating). Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #56
Return of the Obra Dinn2018 · Lucas Pope87.0 - #57
Fallout 21998 · Black Isle Studios87.0 - #58
Resident Evil Requiem2026 · Capcom Development Division 187.0
Fallout 2 questions
How much does Fallout 2 cost in the UK?
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (Steam UK, standard price): £7.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Fallout 2 free to play?
No. Fallout 2 is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Fallout 2?
Main story: about 30.5 hours. Main + extras: about 47 hours. Completionist: about 81 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £7.99, that's 26p per hour (main story).
What age rating is Fallout 2?
Fallout 2 is rated PEGI 16.
How many people play Fallout 2?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 263, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 2,302.
What is Fallout 2's all-time Steam peak?
2,302 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Fallout 2 (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 264. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Fallout 2 dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Fallout 2 peaked at 263 players at once in September 2026, with 144 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only.
Do these Fallout 2 player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on Mac, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Fallout 2?
Fallout 2 is developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Fallout 2 is a post-nuclear role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios, first released in 1998 on PC. It has been on Steam since 19 August 2009, where Bethesda Softworks is listed as publisher, and it is sold at a one-off price.
How it plays
Fallout 2 is a single-player role-playing game set in a post-nuclear, retro-future world, and the sequel to the original Fallout. Bethesda describes the first game as having taken role-playing out of the dungeons and into this apocalyptic setting.
The story begins 80 years after the player's ancestors crossed the wasteland. The player sets out from a primitive village to find the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, which could save it. Along the way they face crippling radiation, megalomaniac mutants and a steady stream of lies, deceit and treachery.
Survival depends on the character's skills and traits, which the player has to master over the course of the game. On Steam the game is single-player and supports Steam Cloud saves.
What it costs
Fallout 2 costs £7.99 on Steam UK at standard price; it was 75% off on the day we checked, which we don't record as its price. Steam also sells it in the Fallout Classic Collection. Steam lists no add-ons for the game.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 263 concurrent players on 21 October 2026, and its all-time peak on Steam is 2,302. Players on other PC stores aren't counted.
Age rating
Fallout 2 is rated PEGI 16. pegi.info lists the PC release from ZeniMax Europe/Bethesda Softworks Europe (01/05/2014) for violence and bad language, and Steam's store data also shows PEGI 16.
How we checked
The price is the Steam UK listing, read on 21 October 2026, at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day, and the age rating from pegi.info. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and Bethesda's official Fallout 2 page.
It ranks #57 in our best games of all time ranking.
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Fallout 2 Steam store screenshots (Bethesda Softworks), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Fallout 2, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Fallout 2, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Fallout 2, published by steamcharts.com
- Bethesda – Fallout 2 official page, published by fallout.bethesda.net
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