Faithful nostalgic Oblivion experience
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“All the charm of the original, including some lingering hilarious glitches, and it also looks beautiful.”
Steam review · 133 h played ↗
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
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Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Bethesda Game Studios, Virtuos2025Action RPG · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
A gorgeous, faithful UE5 repaint of Oblivion with its charm and jank intact, but plagued by stutter, crashes and no patches. Skip it without a strong PC or nostalgia.
Great for
Nostalgic Oblivion fans with a high-end PC who tolerate Bethesda jank and use community fixes
Main risk
Severe stutter, memory leaks and crashes that worsen over time, with no official patches
What changed in the last 30 days
140 recent reviews
Many recent negatives say the game got worse or stopped launching, with hard PC crashes and corrupted saves, plus no patches in over a year. Fairly confident.
140 recent reviews
What players love
Stunning visual overhaul
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“A fantastic remaster. Graphics are AMAZING.”
Steam review · 40.6 h played ↗
Great quests and guilds
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The Dark Brotherhood questline alone is worth the price.”
Steam review · 37.9 h played ↗
Improved leveling and systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the leveling changes are very warmly welcomed!”
Steam review · 76.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization and stutter
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“THIS IS THE WORST OPTIMIZED GAME IVE EVER PLAYED PLAYING ON A MID TO HIGH END PC and it runs like trash”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Abandoned with no patches
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“It's literal abandonware.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and system freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it crashes every 2 minutes ive played it for 2 hours and i have about 20 crashes”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Lots of bugs, old and new
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Remaster is full of glitches that lock you out of questlines. Save often”
Steam review · 63.9 h played ↗
Performance degrades over time
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Problem is there is a memory leak. After 30ish hours my save slows down to a crawl.”
Steam review · 39.5 h played ↗
Not Steam Deck ready despite Verified
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“I can barely get 20 FPS while outside on the lowest setting and the highest performance upscaling.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified125 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
Storage125 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 (with updates)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel Core i5-10600K
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 6800XT or NVIDIA RTX 2080
Storage125 GB available space
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
Storage125 GB available space
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