Overview
Who made it, when it came out, and how players rate it overall and right now
Developer
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Released
Sep 5, 2023
Genres
RPG
Steam store page
OpenAll-time positive
56%
Steam rating
Mixed
Last 30 days
58%▲ 2 pts
English reviews
119,075
Last updated
Oct 29, 2026
The Good
The most praised themes, as a share of all this game's reviews
Story & characters33%
“its fun and the story is good”
Gameplay & combat18%
“Great graphics and great speech quality and absolutely addictive gameplay”
Content & grind12%
“There's so much content to it, so many side quests which I love, and so many different things you can do”
Price & monetization11%
“it's definitely worth fifty if you can get it on sale”
Graphics & art11%
“so far, this is amazing, beautiful, so much more than I expected”
The Bad
The most common complaints, as a share of all this game's reviews
Story & characters31%
“Empty planets, bland gear, shallow companions, and tedious and bland missions”
Bugs & crashes19%
“The gameplay is painfully boring, and the constant crashes only make it worse”
Gameplay & combat18%
“the combat is boring and has no substance”
Price & monetization16%
“Boring and not worth your money”
Content & grind14%
“One dimensional, flat, boring, uninspired, morally empty, repetitive, useless, and a complete waste of money”
Recent complaints
Top complaints in reviews from the last 30 days (Sep 29 to Oct 29), to spot new problems or recent fixes
Story & characters23%
“It is a waste of money, from the character creator to missions to NPCs you can see how bland is this game”
Price & monetization13%
“i just cant recommend this game unless Bethesda decides to start caring and actually fixes their game instead of adding more DLC's and more bugs”
Bugs & crashes13%
“The gameplay is painfully boring, and the constant crashes only make it worse”
Opinions over time
Percent positive each month, with the number of reviews below. The dashed line is the all-time score, and the last point covers the last 30 days.
Monthly % positiveFlagged monthAll-time score (56%)
Flagged events (red dots): months with a surge of negative reviews or a sharp drop in score.
- Dec 2023 (score drop): 8,304 reviews, 27% positive vs a usual 54%
- Jan 2024 (score drop): 5,083 reviews, 30% positive vs a usual 52%
- Jun 2024 (negative surge): 3,299 reviews, 24% positive vs a usual 40%, 1,375 more negative reviews than usual
Playtime
Percent positive by how many hours reviewers had played when they wrote their review
A low score under 2 hours often means a rough first impression, a bad launch, or performance problems.
Review Randomizer
A random review from this game's sample, which leans toward reviews other players found helpful
I know this game has gotten a lot of hate for a lot of valid reasons. But I’m playing Fallout in space and I’m loving it.
The gameplay is extremely satisfying for me and I actually have this yearning to go out and explore space. The fact that there are so many planets with resources and missions and storylines really feels alive to me. I’m actually happy I had low expectations for this game, because I’m having an awesome time and I’d even go so far to say that I’m proud of Bethesda for the care they put into this game. Not proud of Bethesda for the paid mods, but just about everything else feels really good to me. I know people talk about wanting to actually fly the ships on-planet and leave atmosphere and such. That would be cool, but I didn’t expect that. I expected fast travel, and I still feel immersed in the space captain experience. Character customization was also really good in my opinion.
My character’s name is Eugene Starfield and he is the Dragonborn of space.