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Courier's Companion

An unofficial companion app for Fallout: New Vegas (and the rumored sequel) that handles build planning, quest tracking, and a personal 'courier diary' so your playthrough survives between long sessions.

Target user

FNV and upcoming NV2 RPG fans

Features
  • SPECIAL allocation planner with point-spend simulator and 'is this build viable?' feedback
  • Auto-tracking quest log with optional stealth-spoiler mode
  • 'Courier Diary' notes per quest; AI turns them into a shareable session recap
  • Faction reputation tracker with predicted outcomes at your current karma
Why now

Reports of an Obsidian Fallout project with Josh Sawyer have driven fan hunger and replay value to a peak; companion apps capture the moment between official sequels.

Signals · overall 7/10
Demand
7/10

Confirmed active fandom: incumbent F4 & F76 Companion & Guide app has 4.2K ratings and 4.8 stars covering NV, plus 197+ apps listed in the FNV category on appshunter.io; FNV-specific NexusMods quest tracker remains popular.197+ Best Fallout New Vegas Apps & Games for iPhone (2026)F4 & F76 Companion & Guide - App Store

Whitespace
6/10

No FNV-first companion exists — the incumbent bolts NV on as a secondary feature within an F4/F76 app and has bare-bones note-taking per its own reviews, leaving room for a courier-diary/SPECIAL build planner focused on NV; however, general build/quest tracker mods and apps already exist.F4 & F76 Companion & Guide - App StoreQuest Tracker Extended at Fallout New Vegas - mods and community

Monetization
5/10

The incumbent monetizes via subscription/IAP and multiple reviews explicitly complain about being paywalled from basic features ('I hate being limited… just a waste of money'), capping realistic willingness to pay in this niche.F4 & F76 Companion & Guide - App Store

Longevity
8/10

Strong upward revision: Bloomberg (via Forbes/ScreenRant) reports Obsidian is actively developing a new Fallout led by Josh Sawyer with Avowed 2 cancelled, sustaining multi-year fan hunger between the 2010 original and a sequel likely years away.New 'Fallout' Game Reportedly Coming From Obsidian - ForbesNew Fallout Game Is Coming From New Vegas Developer - ScreenRant

Feasibility
7/10

Game is 15 years old with stable public data (Fandom/Nexus wikis, mods), so content and SPECIAL/quest data are trivially sourceable; diary/notes features are simple to build, but Bethesda IP risk is real and the incumbent already has a head start on cross-game coverage.Fallout: New Vegas companions | Fallout Wiki | Fandom

fallout · 500+ searches · JPGoogle Trends · 2026-07-18 (6d ago)