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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) cover art

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2009-06-16

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RPG

Franchise: The Elder Scrolls · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 27, 2007 (PlayStation 3), Jul 26, 2007 (Xbox 360), Mar 20, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

691
playing now
95%
positive of 53k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,926
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (1574 ratings)
46h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 131h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

691 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a 2006 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and co-published by Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games. It is the fourth installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following 2002's The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2006, followed by PlayStation 3 in 2007. Taking place within the fictional province of Cyrodiil, the game's main story focuses on the player character's efforts to thwart a fanatical cult known as the Mythic Dawn that plans to open portal gates to a demonic realm known as Oblivion.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 691 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,411 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~176/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52,978 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.23-78%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.17 at GamesPlanet FR (2023-11-24) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 41 of 66 observed days · $1.06 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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78578520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7913252026-08-06 21:00 — 611 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 363 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 405 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 674 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 419 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 540 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 777 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 497 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 586 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 791 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 387 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 491 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 648 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 375 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 461 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 627 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 408 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 532 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 782 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 474 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 351 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 655 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 532 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 452 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 611 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 529 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 326 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 591 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 524 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 691 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.49$2.692015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — best price $6.792015-02-16 — best price $20.952015-04-05 — best price $20.952015-05-26 — best price $20.952015-07-25 — best price $11.992015-12-18 — best price $6.792016-04-30 — best price $10.212016-09-22 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-12-22 — best price $5.922018-08-08 — best price $7.502018-09-29 — best price $16.602019-04-03 — best price $10.072019-11-26 — best price $4.492020-01-30 — best price $9.902020-04-21 — best price $13.082020-07-14 — best price $13.082020-08-31 — best price $14.992020-10-22 — best price $13.492020-12-14 — best price $14.992021-04-17 — best price $5.982021-08-10 — best price $3.482021-12-22 — best price $3.392022-05-27 — best price $13.062022-09-14 — best price $3.482023-01-06 — best price $13.492023-05-24 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-03-05 — best price $3.742024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-12-16 — best price $3.112025-05-15 — best price $3.742025-11-27 — best price $14.992026-04-28 — best price $13.062026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k5492026-05-31 — 622 pageviews2026-06-03 — 613 pageviews2026-06-06 — 627 pageviews2026-06-09 — 660 pageviews2026-06-12 — 646 pageviews2026-06-15 — 620 pageviews2026-06-18 — 561 pageviews2026-06-21 — 549 pageviews2026-06-24 — 628 pageviews2026-06-27 — 606 pageviews2026-06-30 — 839 pageviews2026-07-03 — 690 pageviews2026-07-06 — 704 pageviews2026-07-09 — 832 pageviews2026-07-12 — 660 pageviews2026-07-15 — 630 pageviews2026-07-18 — 981 pageviews2026-07-21 — 691 pageviews2026-07-24 — 626 pageviews2026-07-27 — 670 pageviews2026-07-30 — 639 pageviews2026-08-02 — 830 pageviews2026-08-05 — 648 pageviews2026-08-08 — 794 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,076 pageviews2026-08-14 — 859 pageviews2026-08-17 — 904 pageviews2026-08-20 — 677 pageviews2026-08-23 — 694 pageviews2026-08-26 — 680 pageviews2026-08-28 — 719 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.0k02026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,708 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 3,998 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 3,750 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 3,442 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 809 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 2,926 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGMagicActionFantasyMedievalModdableAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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