Another day, another exciting new free game from the Epic Games Store today, and what an exciting offering indeed, as one of Bethesda’s best Fallout games is free! That’s right, Fallout 3 is an Epic Games Store free game today, and it’s the full Game of the Year Edition too!
As with previous free games on Epic, you’ll only have 24 hours to claim this title before it’s back to the marked price. All you have to do is log into the Epic Games Store, add the game to your cart, and it should be free. Direct store linkage is available below.
The Game of the Year Edition of Fallout 3 includes all five major add-ons, which include the expansions.
Epic Games Store Link: Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition
About Fallout 3 GotY Edition (via Epic Games Store)
- Operation: Anchorage – Enter a military simulation and fight in the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders.
- The Pitt – Travel to the post-apocalyptic remains of Pittsburgh and become embroiled in a conflict between slaves and their Raider masters.
- Broken Steel – Increase your level cap to 30, and finish the fight against the Enclave remnants alongside Liberty Prime.
- Point Lookout – Embark on a mysterious and open-ended adventure in a huge, murky swampland along the coast of Maryland.
- Mothership Zeta – Defy hostile alien abductors and fight your way off of the alien mothership, orbiting miles above the Capital Wasteland.
Key Features
- Limitless Freedom – Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L. – Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation — the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character.
- Fantastic New Views – The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective.
- The Power of Choice – Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways.
- Blast ‘Em Away With V.A.T.S. – Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation.
I know the game is 15 years old by now, but it’s still a wonderful title to play through. Just be sure to download mods, as the base version hasn’t aged all that well.
Again, you’ll only have 24 hours to claim this game, and even if you don’t plan on using the Epic Games Store launcher, it wouldn’t be a bad idea just to have this on your account for the future,