The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

Steam Deck Playable

Bethesda Game Studios · RPG · Jun 16, 2009

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.99.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
28k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 128 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 67 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 28k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I feel like Morrowind has the best plot of the series and the most interesting lore as a whole.
128 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics, while old, have a certain charm to them, I find it quite nice to look at.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Replayability: I’d like to revisit this with mods sometime in the future to fix the issues mentioned below—with a bit of tweaking, it’ll be a 10/10
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game is really good, I fell in love with the ambience and the game's appeareance, the depth of the background of Vvardenfell aswell as Morrowind culture is spectacular, you get to learn so much by simply talking to NPC's, thanks to the lack of voice acting, Bethesda could get away with making dialogues become wikipedia, click on a keyword and you'll get an explanation.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Some controller related issues that were eventually resolved with some tinkering—felt pretty good after that
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Played on steam deck via OpenMW mod as vanilla as possible
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters128 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Gameplay48 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Crashes19 reviews
100%
Interface11 reviews
91%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat67 reviews
97%
Bugs24 reviews
96%
Difficulty13 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
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