Fallout games in order: Chronological and release date

Fallout游戏顺序: 按时间顺序和发布日期。

Happy Fallout Day! With Fallout Season 2 around the corner and its setting confirmed to be New Vegas years after its 2010 debut, there has never been a better time to dive back into this iconic post-apocalyptic RPG video game series. But where to start? And what's going on with the Fallout timeline? We've put together this handy guide to the Fallout games in order — both chronological and release — to help you get your head around the wasteland's complicated history.

欢庆《辐射》日！随着《辐射》第二季即将推出，且其背景设定已被确认是在2010年首作推出多年后的新维加斯，现在正是重新沉浸于这个标志性的后世界末日角色扮演游戏系列中的最佳时机。但从哪里开始呢？关于《辐射》的时间线又发生了什么？我们整理了这份关于《辐射》系列游戏的实用指南，按照时间顺序和发布顺序排列，旨在帮助你理解这片废土复杂的历史。

While playing through the games in release order is pretty straightforward thanks to the mainline entries just being numbered, there are still some cheeky subtitle entries that could confuse newcomers. Chronological order is where things get more complicated, though, as the various games jump all over the post-apocalyptic timeline.

按照发布顺序游玩这些游戏相当简单，这要归功于主线作品只是被编号而已。然而，仍然有一些狡猾的副标题条目可能会让新手感到困惑。然而，按照时间顺序游玩会更加复杂，因为各个游戏跨越了整个后末世的时间线。

Some of these games are spin-offs in different genres, too. If you’re only interested in the first/third-person shooter/RPG hybrids that began with Fallout 3, you can begin your Fallout journey there; each entry’s main questline works on its own, and the settings have always changed despite sharing the same world and taking place in North America. But if you're willing to dive into the older titles, you'll find some excellent stories and a staggering amount of gameplay depth.

其中一些游戏是不同类型游戏的衍生作品。如果你只对《辐射3》开启的第一/第三人称射击/角色扮演混合类型游戏感兴趣，你可以在那里开始你的《辐射》之旅；每款游戏的主要任务线都是独立的，尽管它们设定在同一个世界内且发生在北美，但背景设置始终有所变化。不过，如果你愿意探索更早期的作品，你会发现一些精彩的故事和令人惊叹的游戏深度。

Wasteland not your vibe? Want to escape this broken planet and explore the stars? Then you can also check out our round-up of the best space RPGs of all time. Oh, and mild spoilers ahead for the entire Fallout series.

这片废土不适合你吗？你想逃离这个破碎的星球，探索星空吗？那么你也可以看看我们整理的史上最佳太空角色扮演游戏合集。哦，而且整个《辐射》系列游戏内容稍后会有些轻微剧透。

The Fallout series takes place in the future, starting in the 22nd century after a nuclear war between the United States and China broke out in 2077, devastated the world, and reset modern civilization.

《辐射》系列游戏设定在未来，故事始于22世纪，当时美国和中国之间爆发了一场核战争，这场战争在2077年摧毁了世界，并重塑了现代文明。

The aesthetic of this universe is post-apocalyptic (much of it was shaped by classic movies like Mad Max) and retrofuturistic, as its unique timeline diverged from our own after World War II, with an advanced atomic age that mixed with the culture and society of the 1950s. This is the chronological order to follow:

这个宇宙的美学是后启示录的 (其中大部分是由像《疯狂的麦克斯》这样的经典电影塑造的) 和复古的未来主义，因为它独特的时间表与第二次世界大战后的我们自己的时间表不同，具有先进的原子时代，与文化和20世纪50年代的社会。这是要遵循的时间顺序:

Fallout 76

辐射76

Fallout

沉降物

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel - Not entirely canon, but referenced

辐射策略: 钢铁兄弟会-不完全是佳能，但被引用

Fallout 2

辐射2

Fallout 3

辐射3

Fallout: New Vegas

辐射: 新维加斯

Fallout 4

辐射4

Also note that two non-canon entries in the series don't fit into the chronology: Fallout Shelter and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004).

另请注意，该系列中的两个非佳能条目不符合时间顺序: Fallout Shelter和Fallout: 钢铁兄弟会 (2004)。

Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One

平台: PC，PS4，Xbox One

Developer: Bethesda Game Studios

开发商: Bethesda Game Studios

Despite being the latest entry in the series and a spinoff game, Fallout 76 actually takes place before every other Fallout game. Set in 2102, only 25 years after the end of the world and the new beginning, players (plural, since this is an online game) exit Vault 76 in West Virginia and are tasked with ‘reclaiming’ the surrounding Wasteland. Appalachia wasn’t hit as hard by the nukes during the war, so the natural environments are greener and richer than other parts of the US (but still extremely dangerous).

尽管是系列中的最新作品和衍生游戏，《辐射76》实际上发生在其他所有《辐射》游戏之前。游戏设定在2102年，即世界末日和新开始之后的25年后。玩家（由于这是一个在线游戏，所以是多个玩家）从西弗吉尼亚的76号避难所中走出，他们的任务是“重新占领”周围的废土区域。阿巴拉契亚地区在战争期间没有受到核弹的强烈影响，因此其自然环境比美国其他地区的环境更加绿色和丰富（但仍然极其危险）。

The original main questline leads players all over the map to recolonize the area and push back against the Scorched mutants. Besides other players, however, Appalachia was originally devoid of friendly non-player characters (NPCs).

最初的主线任务引导玩家在整个地图上重新定居该地区，并对抗灼伤变异体。然而，除了其他玩家之外，阿巴拉契亚最初没有友好的非玩家角色（NPC）。

Thankfully, the free Wastelanders update (and subsequent content) fixed that by bringing different groups of people back to Appalachia. Right now, the overarching narrative has advanced to the year 2105, though players joining now can still experience past storylines.

值得庆幸的是，免费的Wastelanders更新 (以及随后的内容) 通过将不同的人群带回阿巴拉契亚而解决了这一问题。现在，总体叙事已经推进到2105年，尽管现在加入的玩家仍然可以体验过去的故事情节。

Platforms: PC, MS-DOS, macOS

平台: PC，ms-dos，macOS

Developer: Interplay Productions

开发商: Interplay Productions

The original Fallout took us to Southern California in the year 2161, 84 years after the Great War. The player controls the Vault Dweller, a custom protagonist who lives in Vault 13 and is tasked with finding a new water chip after the previous one broke. Living underground without water isn’t ideal, so they’re sent into the outside world with little equipment and their trusty Pip-Boy 2000 portable computer device.

最初的“辐射”号在2161年，也就是第一次世界大战84年后，带我们去了南加州。玩家控制着一个住在13号金库的定制主角“金库德维勒”，他的任务是找到一个新的水芯片，因为前一个坏了。生活在没有水的地下是不理想的，所以他们被送到外面的世界几乎没有设备和他们值得信赖的Pip-Boy 2000便携式计算机设备。

The adventure becomes more complicated (and bloody) once the water chip is returned, as the Vault Dweller is tasked with destroying a mutant army created by The Master, a man-turned-mutant who’s begun using a pre-War virus to try to convert all of humanity into super mutants. At this point, the open-ended nature of Fallout allows the player to choose several narrative paths depending on their choices. We won’t spoil all the endings here; some are good and some are bad. But the Vault Dweller’s ultimate fate is bittersweet regardless.

一旦返回水芯片，冒险就变得更加复杂 (和血腥)，因为金库居民的任务是摧毁由主人创建的变异军队，这是一个由人变成的变异人，他开始使用战前的病毒来尝试将所有人类转变为超级突变体。在这一点上，《辐射》的开放性允许玩家根据自己的选择选择几种叙事路径。我们不会破坏这里所有的结局; 有些是好的，有些是坏的。但是，无论如何，金库居民的最终命运都是苦乐参半。

Platforms: PC

平台: PC

Developer: Micro Forté, 14 Degrees East

开发商: Micro Forté，14 Degrees East

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel – commonly shortened to Fallout Tactics – takes place in the American Midwest in 2197 and focuses on the Brotherhood of Steel, a post-War paramilitary order operating across the United States whose core purpose is to preserve and secure advanced technology to prevent another apocalypse.

辐射战术: 钢铁兄弟会-通常简称为辐射战术-于2197在美国中西部发生，重点是钢铁兄弟会，这是战后在美国各地运作的准军事组织，其核心目的是保护和保护先进技术以防止另一次启示。

The game follows a squad of members as the faction enters a fierce war against a shocking threat from the West. Fallout Tactics focused on tactical combat and strategy over the traditional role-playing of Fallout 1 & 2, and the story puts the Brotherhood in confrontation with various enemy factions.

当该派系与来自西方的令人震惊的威胁进行激烈的战争时，该游戏跟随一队成员。辐射战术专注于战术战斗和战略，而不是辐射1和2的传统角色扮演，故事使兄弟会与各种敌人派系对抗。

For the most part, the story isn’t considered canon, yet some universe-building elements and even plot beats were later referenced. If you’re someone who wants to get deep into the canon vs. non-canon discussion, it’s an okay game worth checking out at least once. Otherwise, feel free to skip it.

在大多数情况下，这个故事不被认为是佳能，但后来引用了一些宇宙建筑元素，甚至情节节拍。如果你是一个想要深入佳能与非佳能讨论的人，这是一个值得至少检查一次的好游戏。否则，请随时跳过它。

Platforms: PC, macOS

平台: PC，macOS

Developer: Black Isle Studios

开发商: Black Isle Studios

While Fallout 2 can be enjoyed on its own, it does continue the story of the original as it features a tribal village known as Arroyo, located in northern New California, which was founded in the late 2170s by the original Vault Dweller and a group of companions. In 2241, roughly 80 years after the events of the first game, Arroyo faces a terrible drought and tasks the Chosen One, descendant of the Vault Dweller, with retrieving the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (G.E.C.K.).

虽然《辐射2》可以单独游玩，但它确实延续了原版游戏的故事，因为它设定了一个名为阿罗约的部落村庄，位于新加利福尼亚北部，这个村庄是2170年代末由最初的避难所居住者和一群同伴建立的。在2241年，即第一游戏事件发生约80年后，阿罗约面临着严重的干旱，并委托了避难所居住者的后裔——被选者——去取回伊甸园造物工具包（G.E.C.K.）。

The early twist is the G.E.C.K. is said to be housed inside Vault 13, which makes the Chosen One’s quest a return to the home of their own lineage. No more story spoilers here, but the Enclave, a remnant of the pre-War United States government, also shows up with an agenda of its own. For the most part, Fallout 2 was quite similar as a game to the original, yet its narrative went a bit deeper and expanded both the pre- and post-War worlds.

早期的转折是G.E.C.K. 据说被安置在Vault 13内，这使被选中的人的追求回到了自己的血统。这里没有更多的故事破坏者，但是飞地是战前美国政府的残余，也出现了自己的议程。在大多数情况下，《辐射2》与原版非常相似，但它的叙述更深入，扩展了战前和战后的世界。

Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360

平台: PC，PS3，Xbox 360

Developer: Bethesda Game Studios

开发商: Bethesda Game Studios

With Bethesda Game Studios at the helm and dropping the CRPG gameplay in favor of a more hands-on first-person approach, Fallout 3 jumped ahead to 2277, exactly 200 years after the Great War. The protagonist, however, is born in the year 2258, and we get to see them grow up over a few stages. The plot kicks off when James (their father) mysteriously leaves Vault 101.

在贝塞斯达游戏工作室的掌舵下，放弃了CRPG游戏，转而采用更亲力亲为的第一人称方法，《辐射3》在大战结束200年后跃居2277。然而，主角出生在2258年，我们可以看到他们在几个阶段长大。当詹姆斯 (他们的父亲) 神秘地离开Vault 101时，情节开始了。

After some disagreements with the vault’s overseer, the Lone Wanderer begins a journey through the Capital Wasteland – the ruins of old Washington DC and its surroundings – as they try to locate their doctor-scientist dad, who’s far more important than anyone in Vault 101 ever thought.

在与金库的监督人员发生一些分歧之后，这位唯一的流浪者开始了穿越首都荒原的旅程-旧华盛顿特区及其周围地区的废墟-他们试图找到他们的医生科学家父亲，他比金库101中的任何人都重要得多。

We won’t spoil the later stages of the story here, but it involves water yet again, though the main questline takes a few more twists and turns. In any case, the most memorable characters and quests are mostly found off the main path and in the post-launch expansion packs.

我们不会破坏故事的后期，但它再次涉及水，尽管主要任务需要更多的曲折。无论如何，最令人难忘的角色和任务大多在主路径和发布后的扩展包中找到。

Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360

平台: PC，PS3，Xbox 360

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment

开发商: Obsidian Entertainment

Fallout: New Vegas starts in 2281 and presents an entirely different kind of protagonist: the Courier, who was simply hired to deliver a package to the largely untouched city of New Vegas. In the prologue cutscene, they’re intercepted by a well-dressed man and his goons. They shoot the Courier in the head, leaving them for dead. But that’s not the end of their story.

辐射: 新维加斯始于2281，呈现出一种完全不同的主角: 快递员，他只是被雇用来将包裹运送到基本上未受影响的新维加斯市。在开场白中，他们被一个衣冠楚楚的男人和他的暴徒拦截。他们开枪射击信使的头部，让他们死了。但这并不是他们故事的结局。

A combination of sheer luck and a shallow grave allows the Courier to survive the shot and recover in the nearby town of Goodsprings. Shortly afterwards, they get a lead on who shot them and set off into the Mojave Desert to find the man in the checkered suit.

纯粹的运气和浅浅的坟墓相结合，使信使得以幸免于难，并在附近的古德斯普林斯镇康复。不久之后，他们得到了谁开枪打死他们的线索，然后出发进入莫哈韦沙漠，寻找穿着格子服的人。

Things, of course, quickly get more complicated, and the Courier ends up in the middle of a war for control of New Vegas and its people. This one’s widely considered to be the best-written of the modern Fallout games, and its fantastic expansions only solidified its cult status.

当然，事情很快就变得更加复杂，《信使》最终陷入了控制新维加斯及其人民的战争之中。这个被广泛认为是现代Fallout游戏中写得最好的，它的梦幻般的扩展只是巩固了它的崇拜地位。

Platforms: PC, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series X|S

平台: PC，PS4/5，Xbox One/Series X | S

Developer: Bethesda Game Studios

开发商: Bethesda Game Studios

Fallout 4 fast-forwards to 2287 and returns to the East Coast. More specifically, it takes the player to The Commonwealth, which contains the pre-War state of Massachusetts. It was first mentioned in Fallout 3, but it was this game that first took us to Boston and its surroundings.

辐射4快进到2287，然后返回东海岸。更具体地说，它将玩家带到包含战前马萨诸塞州的联邦。它最初是在《辐射3》中提到的，但正是这款游戏首先将我们带到了波士顿及其周边地区。

Though the game opens on October 23, 2077, the day the bombs fell, the story takes place 210 years later. As far as we know, the expansions also happen in the same year. This is, chronologically, the last Fallout game before the TV show begins in the year 2296.

尽管游戏在炸弹落下的那天2077年10月23日开始，但故事发生在210年后。据我们所知，扩张也发生在同一年。按时间顺序，这是2296电视节目开始前的最后一场辐射游戏。

In Fallout 4, you play as a father/mother looking for their child, Shaun, who’s been taken away from them for mysterious reasons by a man who also kills their spouse. After some time inside a cryogenic pod, the protagonist exits Vault 111 and begins their quest for revenge and their son. The Commonwealth Minutemen, the Brotherhood of Steel, an enigmatic group known as the Institute, and the Railroad are the main factions. Human-like synths are at the center of the story, with many of the ethical questions surrounding thinking machines in science fiction put at the forefront of the main questline.

在辐射4中，你扮演一个父亲/母亲寻找他们的孩子肖恩，肖恩因为神秘的原因被一个男人从他们身边带走，这个男人也杀死了他们的配偶。在低温吊舱中待了一段时间后，主角离开了金库111，开始寻求复仇和他们的儿子。英联邦民兵，钢铁兄弟会，一个被称为研究所的神秘团体和铁路是主要派系。像人一样的合成器是故事的中心，科幻小说中围绕思维机器的许多伦理问题都被放在了主线的最前沿。

Bethesda has announced an Anniversary Edition of the game that's coming soon, too, which will contain all the official expansions and brings the game to a Nintendo console for the first time. It'll release on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on November 10, 2025, and on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

贝塞斯达已经宣布了即将推出的游戏周年纪念版，其中将包含所有官方扩展，并首次将游戏带到任天堂控制台。它将在2025年11月10日的PC，PlayStation和Xbox上以及Nintendo Switch 2 2026年上发布

Below, we’re listing every Fallout game ever made, including the non-canon ones, which aren’t part of the ‘chronological order’ section — just in case you’re doing a completionist run of the entire franchise.

下面，我们列出了有史以来制作的所有Fallout游戏，包括非佳能游戏，这些游戏不属于 “时间顺序” 部分-以防万一您正在对整个系列进行完整的运行。

Fallout Pinball is also being left out because there’s no story to be found there, obviously.

辐射弹球也被排除在外，因为那里显然找不到故事。

Fallout (1997)

辐射 (1997)

Fallout 2 (1998)

辐射2 (1998)

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001) - Not entirely canon, but referenced

辐射策略: 钢铁兄弟会 (2001) -不完全是佳能，但被引用

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004) - Non-canon

辐射: 钢铁兄弟会 (2004) -非佳能

Fallout 3 (2008)

辐射3 (2008)

Fallout: New Vegas (2010)

辐射: 新维加斯 (2010)

Fallout Shelter (2015) - Non-canon

Fallout Shelter (2015) -非佳能

Fallout 4 (2015)

辐射4 (2015)

Fallout 76 (2018)

辐射76 (2018)