Just mere hours after its announcement and release,The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredhas hit over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam. The game was announced and shadow dropped around 12 p.m. ET today, and before 3 p.m. ET, it had already broken this milestone. There was a lot of anticipation of the game’s announcement and release, given thehuge slew ofOblivionremaster leaksover the past few days, and this player count might be proof that the shadow drop and the pulling power of theElder ScrollsIP are generating a lot of excitement.
SteamDBhas theplayer count forThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredcurrently sitting at 124,055, as of this writing, and it has only grown since the game’s release, just around 3 hours ago. This does not include players playing on Game Pass, Xbox Series X/S, or PS5, and it is also still in the middle of a normal weekday, so the player count is sure to grow as more players download the game after normal business hours.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Numbers Are Only Growing
This Is A Huge Release For Bethesda And Virtuos Studios
With over 100,000 players currently on just Steam,the player count is sure to soar later on today. There is no current data available for the other consoles, but given theOblivionremaster is a day-one Game Pass title, and fans' strong desire for Bethesda games to still appear on PlayStation, even with Bethesda now being owned by Xbox, it’s likely the game is going to perform well on PS5, too.
Bethesda’s last major release,Starfield, had a lot of anticipation behind it, especially as a new IP, but failed to see the critical and commercial reception thatThe Elder Scrollsfranchise has had. With theOblivionremaster now available,there is sure to be a lot of new interest inThe Elder Scrollsand even Bethesda games as a whole. Todd Howard from Bethesda has also confirmed thatThe Elder Scrolls 6is still in active development.
Our Take: The Oblivion Remaster Will Likely Bring In A Whole New Audience
The Elder Scrolls Has A Wide Appeal
With the remaster of a beloved classic that helped pave the way for open-world RPGs seeing a simultaneous announcement and release,a whole new audience is likely to experienceThe Elder Scrollsfor the first time, and returning veteran players are sure to find a lot to love in this updated version. There hasn’t been a new entry in the long-running franchise sinceSkyrimin 2011, so fans have been waiting for a new game for almost 15 years, and it’staken 19 years to get theOblivionremaster.
With the wait for newElder Scrollscontent over and the game seeing a lot of early success on Steam,The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredis likely going to enjoy a lot of praise. Now, fans can enjoy this beautiful remaster of a classic while the wait continues forThe Elder Scrolls 6.
