Because it tunrs out, loads of persons are considering taking part in a revamped model of one thing most of them doubtless sunk hundreds of hours into years in the past. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered shadow-dropped yesterday and its preliminary participant quantity peak on Steam has immediately leapfrogged all however certainly one of 2025’s different single participant releases thus far.
It is not an entire image as a result of it is only one storefront on one platform, however regardless, it is a sturdy begin with an opportunity to get higher as soon as the weekend hits.
In accordance with SteamDB, Oblivion Remastered’s 24-hour participant quantity peak sits at 182,298 and there are simply over 70,000 people exploring Cyrodiil proper now as I write this.
How does that stack up? Nicely, it is a greater peak for the final 24 hours than Baldur’s Gate 3, which is having fun with a nice post-Patch 8 bump of its personal, solely trailing behemoths Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, and Dota 2 in that timeframe.
In the meantime, evaluating it to the Steam player peaks of other games that’ve come out in 2025 thus far, it sits seventh, with solely Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 of the video games that sit forward of it being completely single participant. KCD2 boasts a peak of simply over 256,000 gamers, for context.
Whereas we do not know any numbers for different platforms or gross sales numbers but, it is a sturdy begin for Oblivion on PC. Particularly given the sport dropped proper onto the PC and Final variations of Xbox Recreation Go, plus the actual fact an absence of modding for the unique on consoles has doubtless served to galvanise curiosity in it on Collection X/S and PS5.
Individuals like excuses to dive again into outdated issues they’ve fond recollections of, I dunno what to let you know.
Have you ever performed the Oblivion remaster but, and if that’s the case what do you suppose if it thus far? What number of JAWS OF OBLIVION have you ever CLOSED SHUT? Tell us beneath!