Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Fair · Strategy · 2009

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$9.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$2.4975% offFair

Cost per hourS
$0.39/hr
Reviews▼
79% of 2,969
Critics
82 players 3 lower
Genre rank
Top 11% Strategy

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
25.6h
To 100%
49.2h 1.9x the story

Price and sales

Sales
85 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$2.49 August 2013
Sale every
43d last October 2026
Lowest now $2.24 at Fanaticalall-time low $2.00 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
11 now
Cheaper than
29% of its genre
Better reviewed
75% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

85 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 75 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut ($29.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Cyber Knights: Flashpoint ($29.99, scores 55).

More about Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

This site sampled 591 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 694 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 29 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 16 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.39/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds3 of 591 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

A spin-off from a legendary franchise. While it ins't a direct sequel, it's still an excellent game, with a great story and a very enjoyable combat system combining turn-based and real-time gameplay. Highly recommended. NO STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
chimeriqueRecommendedafter 114hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
This is the gameplay i wanted with Fallout 3. Did we get it? no. Will we ever get it? probably not. This is a tactical RPG, it focuses on the tactics. And it does that well. Sadly, the story is fairly liniar, with very few chances to change the outcome of events. But, those moments are still there. I would love to see this game be given a real open world story akin to Fallouts 1 or 2. But that will never happen...
Vodkat The WrecklessRecommendedafter 2.0h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
The Brotherhood General: Go clear this bunker, initiate, you are disposable, but we need those supplies. Me: Gets absolutely obliterated by a radroach in a dark corridor while trying to figure out how to order my squad to fire. 10/10. At this point, I have tried, if not completely finished multiple times, just about every single Fallout title in existence. From the classic isometric originals to the modern 3D open...
ChristianRecommendedafter 1.3hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, SVGA, 645 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/38420/fallout-tactics-brotherhood-of-steel
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-3
Critics82
Players79
Metacritic critics · 2,969 Steam player reviews

Details

Developer14° East
PublisherBethesda Softworks
GenreStrategy
Released2009
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate