Among the best card games ever
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“One of the CCG GOATs. Loved this game. So many different viable decks, cool mechanics, cool side content (like pve campaigns and puzzles).”
Steam review · 1041.1 h played ↗
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Sparkypants Studios, LLC2017Card Game · Board Game · Strategy
The verdict
A deep, well-loved Elder Scrolls card game with lanes and runes, but its servers shut down in January 2025 and it can't be played now.
Great for
Nobody new can play it; it's a memorial for fans of deep, balanced CCG design and TES lore
Main risk
Servers are offline, so the game can't be launched or played at all, even solo
What players love
Great art, sound and TES lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It's Elder Scrolls art, sounds and music, what's not to love?”
Steam review · 38 h played ↗
Fun single-player campaigns and puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I still revisit it for the PvE content. It's a shame that we won't see more support”
Steam review · 29.6 h played ↗
Generous free-to-play progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Everything can be unlocked by just playing, and budget decks can be competitive”
Steam review · 2326 h played ↗
Lanes, runes and prophecies add depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It takes the Hearthstone formula, makes it so much more indepth and so much more fair.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers shut down, game unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Can't even load the game to play against bots or just in campaign mode.”
Steam review · 19.8 h played ↗
Abandoned, stale and unbalanced meta
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Then they released an expansion that completely broke the meta, and then almost immediately afterwards abandoned all support of it”
Steam review · 998.5 h played ↗
Pay-to-win and expensive content
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Then I hit Rank 5: Me vs Full Legend/Epic decks. Every time.”
Steam review · 173.8 h played ↗
Worse new client after developer change
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The new client is a half-baked, talentless re-skin of the original game - avoid at all cost.”
Steam review · 115.8 h played ↗
Bad matchmaking and few players
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“the multiplayer is a complete unbalanced mess full of David Vs Goliath match-ups”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
No offline mode or single-player preserved
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“This game literally had offline features yet they killed the whole thing anyway.”
Steam review · 170.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
ProcessorIntel Pentium D or AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 6800 (256 MB) or ATI™ Radeon™ X1600 Pro (256 MB) or better
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
ProcessorIntel Pentium D or AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 6800 (256 MB) or ATI™ Radeon™ X1600 Pro (256 MB) or better
Storage3 GB available space
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