The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe - 22 Apr 2025 at 3:23 pm UTC
Last updated: 22 Apr 2025 at 3:30 pm UTC

Bethesda Softworks today officially revealed and launched The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, after days of leaks. And from what they've revealed, I'm very excited to give it a go. It's even Steam Deck Verified right from the get-go with Valve verifying it against the latest Proton 9.0-4.

Bethesda teamed up with Virtuos for the remaster using Unreal Engine 5. Check out the trailer below:

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The official bit from Steam:

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered modernizes the 2006 Game of the Year with all new stunning visuals and refined gameplay. Explore the vast landscape of Cyrodiil like never before and stop the forces of Oblivion from overtaking the land in one of the greatest RPGs ever from the award-winning Bethesda Game Studios.

Rediscover Cyrodiil

Journey through the rich world of Tamriel and battle across the planes of Oblivion where handcrafted details have been meticulously recreated to ensure each moment of exploration is awe-inspiring.

Navigate Your Own Story

From the noble warrior to the sinister assassin, wizened sorcerer, or scrappy blacksmith, forge your path and play the way you want.

Experience an Epic Adventure

Step inside a universe bursting with captivating stories and encounter an unforgettable cast of characters. Master swordcraft and wield powerful magic as you fight to save Tamriel from the Daedric invasion.

The Complete Story

Experience everything Oblivion has to offer with previously released story expansions Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine, and additional downloadable content included in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

As a huge fan of Skyrim, completing it numerous times, I never was able to get into Oblivion (although it's been a long time since last trying it). Looks like this will be a great time to give it a proper go in completed upgraded form and it does look gorgeous. This doesn't just look like a remaster, it's practically a full remake based on everything they talked about during the livestream announcement.

There's a standard edition for £49.99 and a Deluxe Edition for £59.99. The Deluxe Edition includes:

Digital base game

Unique digital Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon Armors, Weapons, and Horse Armor Sets

Digital Artbook and Soundtrack App

Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine story expansions

Additional downloadable content: Fighter’s Stronghold expansion, Spell Tome Treasures, Vile Lair, Mehrune’s Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard’s Tower, Orrery, and Horse Pack Armor

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered | Release Date: 22nd April 2025

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R Daneel Olivaw 8 hours ago

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Whoa! I mean from the leaks I was expecting an announcement and all that, but I was NOT expecting a full launch today!!! Damnation ... I really wanna try it but Clair Obscur also comes out in a few days!

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holy shitballs 115gb

also holy shitballs: the price. If you want the full story $60 is damn insane to ask for a remaster I feel like.

Last edited by R Daneel Olivaw on 22 Apr 2025 at 3:38 pm UTC

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Raaben 8 hours ago

I wonder how the mod scene will be for this. 90% of what made Oblivion fun (or playable IMO) was from the mod community.

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grigi 8 hours ago

The mods and the weird jank.

I find it weird that Elder Scrolls 6 is still not out and they are now doing remasters of 4...

I am strangely not excited about this. Maybe I'm just getting old.

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junibegood 8 hours ago

For anyone wondering what gameplay changes are included, the answer is : not much
https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/article/5tFF7zRQyRL9XzJK5AidPa/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-extended-look

Let's copy the best stuff modders made for free in the past 20 years and sell it 60 bucks ! Yay !

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Nezchan 8 hours ago

I'm still gonna wait for Skyblivion though.

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soulsource 7 hours ago

I just bought the original Oblivion again - this time for PC. Not because of the game itself, which I had already played a lot on Xbox 360, but because of the mods.

I recently read that Sir Terry Pratchett contributed to the companion mod Vilja, and that this mod helped him enjoy the game despite his illness (Vilja can lead the way out of dungeons, for instance). This got me curious.

If the remaster would support the original mods, it would be an insta-buy. However, unless there is an official statement that this is the case, I strongly doubt it.

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JIMJAMJI 7 hours ago

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I really like the way it looks, just picked it up now, hopefully it will have a vibrant modding community.

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R Daneel Olivaw 6 hours ago

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@soulsource the original was made with their own creation engine and this remaster is made in unreal engine, so ... nope ... mods won't work until they're updated for ue5.

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Caldathras 6 hours ago

I really like the way it looks, just picked it up now, hopefully it will have a vibrant modding community.

Do we even know if it will be possible to mod in Oblivion Remastered? Are we just assuming it will be because other Bethesda games do?

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soulsource 6 hours ago

Do we even know if it will be possible to mod in Oblivion Remastered?

I have meanwhile also found a source that explicitly states that the remaster does not have modding support: https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/69672

the original was made with their own creation engine and this remaster is made in unreal engine

Yeah, see above. Modding is not supported in Oblivion Remaster.

However, heise (a German computer magazine publisher) wrote that supposedly the Creation Engine is still used under the hood of the remaster - if that is true, it might (warning: my own speculation) mean that the gameplay scripting is still done with Creation Engine, while Unreal is used for visuals.

Last edited by soulsource on 22 Apr 2025 at 5:50 pm UTC

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Caldathras 6 hours ago

Unreal Engine 5?

I don't get it. Why didn't they use the Creation Engine from Skyrim SE or even their Creation Engine 2 from Starfield?

Don't get me wrong. From the launch videos, animated GIFs and pictures, the remaster looks gorgeous. It won't run in my gaming laptop, however. 125GB of storage? Sorry, Todd. I didn't upgrade for Starfield and I'm not upgrading for this one either. Those days are done.

I'll happily do another playthrough of my slightly modded version of the original Oblivion one more time ...

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Kimyrielle 6 hours ago

I don't get it. Why didn't they use the Creation Engine from Skyrim SE or even their Creation Engine 2 from Starfield?

I never looked at the Starfield version, but CK is extremely outdated. I suppose they finally wanted to get rid of the old tech instead of continuing apply bandaids to CK.

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Leahi84 5 hours ago

I'll stick to the original due to its modding support. Super excited for Skyblivion. Hopefully Elder Scrolls 6 goes back to the creation engine. There's no way people will be able to mod this to any degree like they do for the other games, if at all.

Last edited by Leahi84 on 22 Apr 2025 at 6:15 pm UTC

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Purple Library Guy 5 hours ago

"Say goodbye to all of this, and hello to Oblivion"

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TheRiddick 4 hours ago

Being a UE5 game, performance is not overly great. Will certainly need some optimization passes. I picked it up for like %16 discount and got a free copy of ziggarut at same time.. not too bad.

Skyblivion will definitely run a lot better for most people!

Last edited by TheRiddick on 22 Apr 2025 at 7:18 pm UTC

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R Daneel Olivaw 3 hours ago

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@Kimyrielle their own creation engine may be old, but they keep updating it and they're using it for the elder scrolls 6 which launches next year or year after. So it's still actively developed.

I'd say they used UE5 for this because the core bethesda team didn't do it. They subcontracted it out and the subcontractors were probably most familiar with UE 4/5. Also, even though they SAY modding isn't supported, since it's a ue game, there will be mods, they just might have to hack them in.

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walther von stolzing 3 hours ago

Way less goofy looking character models, less potatoey heads; good job I guess.

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g000h 2 hours ago

I'd rather they just give us a completely new game rather than remastering the old one, and then heaping modern game pricing on top of it. (Basically, the remastered game is not worth the money they are asking, because they didn't need story writers, game designers, and can probably remaster the original with a skeleton-crew of developers and artists, and then charge top-dollar for it).

Last edited by g000h on 22 Apr 2025 at 9:28 pm UTC

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sonic2kk 2 hours ago

Game is fairly heavy but I am running it at 4k "max" settings (FSR3 at Quality, and the the usual raytracing scam turned off). I'm getting 60fps no problem apart from at a handful of moments, mainly when exiting the sewer at the start of the game I dipped for 50fps for a good 30 seconds but it cleared up after that without a single dip.

The game could stand to be a bit more optimised, but I'm very pleased with it overall. GPU usage on my 7900XTX is around 85% with Mesa 25.0.3.

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Purple Library Guy 2 hours ago

@g000h: A lot of these studios may be better off reliving old glory than creating new suckage.

Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 22 Apr 2025 at 10:06 pm UTC

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