This figure was announced by Bethesda, the company that developed Fallout 76. The game reached the mark of 17 million people five years after its release: It was released in November 2018 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
The indicator takes into account both those who bought the game and those who played it for free thanks to a Game Pass subscription.
Recall that in December 2022, Bethesda reported an audience of 13.5 million people. Thus, over the past year, Fallout 76 has been able to increase its audience by 3.5 million users.
Fallout 76 is the first multiplayer game in the Fallout series. At the start, it received negative reviews, but over the years Bethesda has changed the opinion of gamers for the better after fixing the main problems in the game. Currently, the Fallout 76 rating on Steam is 76% based on 49 thousand reviews.