The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Buy95%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 53k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Bethesda Game Studios · RPG · Jun 16, 2009

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio3 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)?

Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 130 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 53k player reviews · updated

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 complaints
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
130 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
+ cool quests
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
>>>>For a game thats over 19 years old theres a reason people still play it. i havent played the remaster and i dont plan to, its just too much money for a low performance game just to have high res textures (some of wich break game lore). meanwhile this runs great on my laptop. its an old game, certain things arent obvious, one important thing is that if your computer goes to sleep the game will softlock/crash so you have to save before walking away (you can use f5 to quicksave). if youve only played skyrim before, this is not as easy to pick up, but once you know what youtre doing the way your character progesses feels much more personal and meaningful beacuse the stats and skills are actually connected in the leveling up process, instead of all being untied. if youre having a hard time research power-leveling, or just turn the difficulty down until later in the game
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The biggest downside of the game, and the one that happened to me unfortunately is the save data corruption issue which basically caused me to abandon my adventure in Cyrodill as the last stable save I had was made last year, and I would lose pretty much hundred of hours of gameplay, if not more.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Voice acting is mostly terrible (not you Patrick Stewart, I love you).
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I found this to be better using mods to recreate what it's like playing on the Xbox360, It does not feel like a proper PC game from the beginning unlike morrowind (which also had a really good xbox port) so might as well just mod it a bit and play it on your TV instead with controller support.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Oblivion was one of the 1st games I got when I bought my Steam Deck and I played it for at least 3 years now.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story and characters130 reviews
Graphics55 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Controls12 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
86% still recommend
Interface
73% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
63% still recommend
Bugs
71% still recommend
Difficulty
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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