Best Fallout games

Fallout 3 wins 75% of its duels and tops the Fallout ranking ahead of Fallout New Vegas, which holds second place with a 78% win rate over 9 duels.

The top three entries all hover above 1232 ELO, but the biggest divide emerges just below: 97 points separate Fallout 4 from Fallout 2, marking a stark line between modern and classic installments. Fallout 3 claims the summit with 1333 ELO after 12 duels, yet Fallout New Vegas trails by only 54 points despite fewer confrontations, suggesting fierce loyalty among its supporters. Fallout 4 secures third place at 1232 ELO with a 55% win rate across 11 duels, maintaining a comfortable cushion over the classic titles. At the bottom, Fallout 76 sits at 1110 ELO with a 43% win rate over 7 duels, reflecting the community's mixed reception of the multiplayer experiment. The original Fallout lands at rank 5 with 1111 ELO after 11 duels, a narrow one-point margin above its successor, underscoring how closely matched these pioneering entries remain in player memory.

This ranking draws from 251 duels contributed by 28 players across 6 contenders, last updated on 12 October 2026. The vote remains open: head to the Fallout TopList to cast your own verdict and shift the standings. Every duel refines the order, so your choice between Capital Wasteland, Mojave Desert, and Commonwealth carries weight in this ongoing contest.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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