The arrival of the series fallout on Amazon Prime Video and, above all, the very good reception reserved for it, arouse the desire to (re)launch the games. On Steam, traffic is clearly increasing.
Bethesda and Amazon have obviously succeeded in their bet with the adaptation of the Fallout games: the series, broadcast since April 11, 2024 on Prime Video, is popular. And this success has a positive impact for the video game saga, as highlighted a tweet published on April 14 by the SteamDB account (the Steam database). “ The Fallout saga more than doubled its average number of players connected at the same time on Steam, with the broadcast of the series “, we can read.
This phenomenon has already occurred in the past with The Witcher. When the series was released on Netflix, audiences flocked to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and books. It is a way of deepening the understanding of a universe into which we have entered through the most accessible prism (reading or playing requires more effort). The series being canonical (it takes place after the games), we want to know more and discover what happened before. For Bethesda, it is therefore a double victory.
People are replaying Fallout thanks to the series
When you go to the Steam Charts site and type “Fallout” in the search bar, you only come across green numbers – a color symbolizing an increase. Thus, all games in the license observe growth in various proportions.
This is what the figures say :
- Fallout 4 : 18,600 players connected on average, with a gain of +26%
- Fallout 76 : 8,500 players and gamers connected on average, with a gain of +43%
- Fallout: New Vegas : 4,500 players and gamers connected on average, with a gain of +24%
- Fallout Shelter : 1,600 players and gamers connected on average, with a gain of +16%
- Fallout 3 : 3,000 players and gamers connected on average, with a gain of +48%
- fallout : 287 players and gamers connected on average, with a gain of +65%
- Fallout 2 : 239 players and gamers connected on average, with a gain of +24%
Unsurprisingly, it is the most recent games that attract the most, with Fallout 4released in 2015 and which has always maintained solid traffic, as well as Fallout 76despite a chaotic launch in 2018 (the multiplication of updates has been good, with a notable improvement in content).
Note that these figures only concern Steam, while the Fallout games are also available on console, or even mobile for some (Fallout Shelter). Bethesda is also preparing to offer a big update for Fallout 4so that it runs better on PS5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X – enough to make you want to restart the game.
Finally, for several weeks, the Amazon Prime Gaming subscription has made it possible to recover games from the saga without paying anything, while reductions have been offered on Steam. In short, everything is done to recreate the excitement around Fallout.
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