Mat Piscatella of Circana has given us their US stats for April, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered topped the US sales chart.
In a long Blue Sky thread that our own Jon Clarke will break down in another article, Mat Piscatella of Circana (formerly NPD) fame gave us insight into the month of April’s US gaming sales. Xbox dominated the charts across their own and Sony’s platforms, with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered topping the month across PlayStation 5, Steam, and Xbox Series X|S. It immediately jumped to the third highest selling title of 2025.
Another shocking statistic, showing just how much gaming has grown is that Oblivion Remastered has sold more copies in one month than the original did in fifteen.
We covered the game back at launch, stating:
Seemingly out of nowhere, definitely not leaked for months, a full-on graphical remake and gameplay remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is out, so I had to review it. Virtuous and Bethesda Game Studios have teamed up to rebuild the entirety of Oblivion’s graphics in Unreal Engine 5. It is an enormous package, with all of the original release’s DLC, smart gameplay improvements, and a rebuilt UI. It, of course, is day one in Game Pass as well. The fun jank, frustrating jank, and indelible cool as shit charm of Oblivion is all here, and it is glorious.
I’m a huge Bethesda fan, starting with TES III: Morrowind on the original Xbox. For their older titles Oblivion is still my favorite. The story sees you as an unnamed prisoner, freed thanks to visions the Emperor, voiced by Patrick Stewart, has been having his entire life. For roughly 40 or so hours you’ll wander the countryside slaying fantastical creatures, enter the gates of Oblivion and take on Daedric Lords, and it’s all Bethesda’s classic Gamebryo Engine clockwork simulation.
The good and the bad come with that, of course. While the graphics are the star of this Remastered edition, there have been multiple gameplay tweaks and improvements. You can sprint, leveling has been changed to be a mix of Oblivion and Skyrim, with improvements to enemy level scaling. Weapon hits have sound effects and graphical impacts when they land, and the UI overhaul is a massive improvement over the original.
Have you played Oblivion Remastered? Let us know in the comments section.
