Summary
- Despite being newer, Oblivion Remastered has fewer players on Steam than Skyrim.
- Oblivion Remastered launched in April, Skryim was first released in 2011.
- However, Oblivion Remastered was a day one Game Pass game, which may be skewing the numbers.
Even though The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is the newer game, its player count is being outdone by Bethesda's own Skyrim, which was first released all the way back in 2011. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is a project that was rumored for years before it was finally shadow dropped at the end of April. Many fans seem to be in agreement that Oblivion Remastered was well worth the wait, with a great deal of praise for the game bringing the original to modern graphical and gameplay standards.
Oblivion Remastered is largely the same game as the original, but with far more realistic graphics and various quality-of-life tweaks to make the game better match the standards of modern gamers. Oblivion Remastered was a huge hit right out of the gate, and it continues to enjoy a dedicated playerbase, but some may be interested to know that it is actually being outdone by the 14-year-old Skyrim.
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According to SteamDB, Oblivion Remastered currently has 18,205 players on Steam right now compared to Skyrim's 27,303. The player count numbers for the two games are a little closer when looking at the 24-hour peaks, with Oblivion Remastered at 36,894 players and Skyrim at 38,504. Now, Oblivion Remastered's peak player count seems to dwarf Skyrim's (216,784 versus 69,906), but that's because the data is specifically for the Special Edition of Skyrim that was released in 2016 and effectively replaced the OG game on Steam. Regardless, the takeaway is that there are more people playing Skyrim on Steam right now than Oblivion Remastered, despite the latter being a newer release, but there is some important context to consider.
Oblivion Remastered Player Count Compared to Skyrim
Skyrim is one of the best-selling video games of all time, with many more people having it in their Steam library compared to Oblivion Remastered. This fact alone makes it somewhat unsurprising that Skyrim's player count is currently higher than Oblivion Remastered. Beyond that, Oblivion Remastered was a day one Xbox Game Pass game, meaning PC gamers have the option of playing it through a subscription instead of buying it on Steam. If Oblivion Remastered's Game Pass player count was thrown in the mix, it's likely that it would be much higher than Skyrim's.
Something else to consider is that Skyrim's player count got a boost from Oblivion Remastered's release, as did Morrowind's. It seems those that enjoyed Oblivion Remastered were inspired to revisit the other classic Elder Scrolls games, so they seem to be complementing each other well. In any case, it will be interesting to see how the two games' player counts fluctuate over time and which one ultimately has the most staying power in the long run.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Genre(s)
- Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure
