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Fallout 76’s\u00a0<\/em>player count has boomed again, with over 60,000 new players flooding into the Wastelands to break the 2018 title’s player count high another time.<\/p>

The success of the Fallout<\/a><\/em> television show is the biggest reason for the surge. Although\u00a0the Amazon Prime series isn’t a direct adaption of any single\u00a0Fallout<\/em>\u00a0game, it weaves the same lore and Easter eggs throughout the show, referencing specific elements and places including New Vegas, the vault’s layout and locked door systems matching those seen in Fallout 76<\/em>, and how the of course the many nuclear explosions. So, it’s understandable why Fallout <\/em>games have only grown in popularity since the show aired.<\/p>

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This newfound interest in the long-standing Bethesda franchise has seen the player base of Fallout 76<\/em> once again rocketed by new Fallout<\/em>\u00a0fans, as\u00a0first reported by VGC<\/a>.<\/p>

We don’t have the player stats for other gaming platforms. However,\u00a0Fallout 76<\/em>\u00a0has seen a substantial player base boom on Steam since the television show launched on April 11. According to\u00a0SteamDB, the Steam statistics database website<\/a>,\u00a0Fallout 76<\/em>\u00a0only had a player count of 11,580 on the day of the show’s launch. Ten days later, on April 21, over 73,368 people are enjoying the Wastelands, which is very impressive.<\/p>

Fallout 76<\/em>\u00a0is just one of many Fallout games to see such substantial growth. According to the\u00a0playerstats from Steam DB<\/a>, Fallout 4<\/em>\u00a0had around 164,000 players on Steam today\u2014up from 21,000\u2014which is nothing short of amazing for a game that came out in 2015. And as\u00a0Fallout 4<\/em>\u00a0is getting a next-gen update<\/a>, it’s certainly worth playing in 2024.<\/p>

Now that\u00a0Fallout<\/em>\u00a0has been renewed for a second season<\/a>, the franchise may continue to boom with new players discovering the Wastelands and others reliving their nostalgic content, even though\u00a0Fallout 5<\/em>\u00a0has no confirmed release date.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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