The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has reached 9 million players just 3 months after its surprise launch.
In a post on social media today, Bethesda Game Studios announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has reached a new milestone of 9 million players.
To everyone who emerged as a hero of Kvatch, mastered Arch-Mage, rose to Grand Champion, banished the Blackwood Company, gallivanted as the Gray Fox, and listened to the Night.
— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) July 25, 2025
Thank you for sharing in our worlds. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/CgSYfObWyx
The game released in April of this year, and we reviewed it at the time, stating:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is about as good a remaster as you could hope for. It doesn’t look to reinvent the gameplay, instead focusing on smart tweaks where possible. What is remade are the graphics, and Virtuous has done a stupendous job keeping the feel of the original while overhauling every single pixel. It’s available on Game Pass, is fully Play Anywhere, and retails for $50 otherwise. Oblivion is an easy recommendation, as one of my favorite games is now that much better.
Oblivion Remastered is a graphical remake, which runs in Unreal Engine 5, on top of the game’s original Gamebryo Engine for its core gameplay systems. The team behind this version of the title, Virtuous, have recently suffered layoffs across their incredibly large organization.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was originally released in 2006 on the Xbox 360. Virtuous took that base game and made numerous quality-of-life improvements on the title for this Remaster. It begs the question of remake vs. remaster, with this title changing so much that it could logically count as both for many players.
Are you one of the 9 million Oblivion Remastered players? Let us know in the comments section below if you’ve tried this one out, or have no interest in Bethesda’s biggest franchise.
