Fallout games in order: What's the best way to play Fallout?
Fallout is a video game series with surprisingly few entries, considering it's been going for nearly 30 years.
Bethesda kicked off the post-apocalyptic RPG series in 1997, before following up with a sequel only one year on — pretty unthinkable today.
It would then be another decade before Fallout returned, taking it to new levels in the more action-orientated Fallout 3.
A brief handing over of the IP to Obsidian Entertainment (now known for The Outer Worlds) resulted in the much-beloved Fallout: New Vegas, before another five years would pass before Fallout 4 hit in 2015.
Sure, there have been spin-offs in between, and a load of DLC — but those mainline entries take years to build.
Who knows how long we'll be waiting for Fallout 5? Well, at least we have the Amazon Fallout TV show to keep us occupied.
Outside of that, it's a great time to bunker down and make your way through the RPG series, whether it be the first time or the 18th. We're not here to judge.
What we are here to do is list out all of the Fallout games in chronological order, so you know where to begin.
While you might naturally be drawn to the first Fallout game when considering playing the lot, it's worth noting that the first and second entries are more top-down classic RPGs, as opposed to the modern action RPGs of today's standards.
That's why we would advise anyone approaching the post-apocalyptic series for the first time to start with one of the titles from the 21st century.
This then comes to Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4.
Since the latter is the latest iteration and was launched in November 2015, Fallout 4 is the best starting point, in our opinion.
Every game has its own single-player adventure that stands by itself, so it makes sense to jump into the most modern of the lot. Not only will the controls be easier to pick up, but it's much easier to access, being available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC.
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