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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Whether you follow the main quest or pursue your own goals across the world, Oblivion gives you room to shape your character and route. At $3.99 from 
CDKeys, it is most compelling for players seeking a solo RPG built around melee, magic, and exploration. The product description also names Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles as expansions included in the Game of the Year Edition. At $14.99 from CDKeys, this RPG's open exploration and customizable character make it a natural fit for self-directed solo play.
CDKeysThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009) PCAll-time low ~ $2.17across Steam & third-party stores
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01About The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Create a character of your own and choose whether to pursue the main quest or explore the world. Fight in first person with melee and magic while the inhabitants follow their own schedules and goals. Steam players rate the game 94%% positive across 43,043 reviews. The Steam PC version supports single-player and Steam Cloud. The interface is available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
Credits
PRODUCER
Todd Howard
American video game designer, director, and producer (born 1970)
LEAD DESIGNER
Ken Rolston
American game designer
Composer
Jeremy Soule
Art Director
Istvan Pely
Developer
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
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$2.172023-11-24 · GamesPlanet FRBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
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| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-19
02Before you buy
Play mode
The Steam PC version supports single-player and Steam Cloud. Controller support is unspecified.
Language and audio
The interface supports English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Full audio is available in English, French, and German; subtitles also support Italian and Spanish.
Expansions
The product description says this Game of the Year Edition includes Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles.
03Frequently asked questions
How open is the adventure?
You can pursue the main quest at your own pace or explore the world and find your own challenges.
How do character creation and combat work?
Create a character of your choice and fight in first person with melee combat and magic.
What does Shivering Isles add?
The description introduces a new land divided between Mania and Dementia, with new foes.
What is the Knights of the Nine quest about?
Its questline takes you across Cyrodiil as you seek to restore the Knights of the Nine.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviewsSelected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
Okay, where to start. I figured that there was no need for me to review this game as it is so successful, but, as always, All the Steam reviews on the front of the store page are one to two sentenced jokes instead of something actually helpful. Please thumbs-up this, if you like this review, for visibility. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the sequel to the critically acclaimed The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Knowledge of prior storylines are not needed to enjoy Oblivion, though a working understanding of TES world lore will always enhance your experience in any of The Elder Scrolls games. A good idea is to just read some of the in-game books, from time to time, as you play the game. Some of the fictional books are amazing little detours from the game world. Oblivion and Morrowind are less fantasy experience and more-so a virtual world that you live in. With mods, this experience feels more real to me than some of the Dungeons and Dragons campaigns I've played. It's incredibly easy to get immersed into this work. Oblivion's main story leaves some to be desired. You are a prisoner who meets the Emperor (voiced by Patrick Stewart) and his guards as he flees a rumored assassination attempt through hidden tunnels in the Imperial City prison. Suffice it to say, that its' not really a spoiler that you witness the Emperor's assassination. Before the Emperor's death, he tells you that you are fated by the gods to save the Empire and "close shut the jaws of Oblivion". Long story short, you flee the tunnels and are sent to track down the Emperor's last remaining illegitimate heir (voiced by Sean Bean) as well as pretty much single-handedly repel the invasion of Daedra from Mehrunes Dagon’s hellish plane of Oblivion. However, in classic Elder Scrolls fashion, the main quest isn’t even the largest part of the game. The entire Imperial province of Cyrodiil is open to you for exploration. There are many guilds to join, whether or not you want to be a mercenary, a mage, a thief, an assassin, or a holy crusader. There is an abundance of miscellaneous side and freeform quests for you to do. I recommend the purchase of a strategy guide, not so that you’ll have a walkthrough, but because you’ll need some way to keep track of where everything is! There are many quests and areas that you will miss if you don’t scour the world for them. You can easily spend around 350 hours if you finish all of the main, side, and faction quests as well as the DLC. Many people just wander across the world, not even touching the main story. The mechanics have long been applauded as an improvement over Morrowind, level scaling aside. Morrowind offers a better story and atmosphere, while Oblivion offers a more modern experience. The graphics are a bit dated by today’s standards, but I still sometimes catch myself stunned by the beauty of Cyrodiil. Skills are a lot more streamlined than Morrowind, which I consider a negative trait, although it does make the game friendlier to newcomers. Combat is not as bad as so many people claim. To me, it really feels like I’m actually swinging the sword. The magic system is a lot simpler than Morrowind’s but a lot easier to use. It is not as good as Skyrim’s magic system, but still useful. The DLC The Knights of the Nine and The Shivering Isles far trump Oblivion’s main quest. Knights of the Nine puts on a holy crusade to fight against Umariil the Unfeathered, an ancient Ayleid elf who has come to try to enslave men once more. The Shivering Isles sends you to the frankly breathtaking realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric “Mad God”. Most of the dialogue in The Shivering Isles will have you chuckling to yourself and smiling. And the atmosphere of the realm brings nostalgia from Morrowind to mind. Now, I am going to discuss mods. Oblivion’s modding scene is unparalleled by Morrowind or Skyrim. There are enormous overhaul mods, plenty of lore friendly stories, and enthralling and immersive stories and factions. You can even reach an added five or six hundred more hours if you play through some quality mods. Morroblivion, brings the entire landmass of the previous game, Morrowind, as well as all of it’s quests, items, NPCs, creatures, etc. You can then travel between the two provinces with your same character. Other mods add some of the other provinces from Tamriel. And a few mods have been so well rated that they’ve become known as unofficial expansion packs. Oblivion is an astounding RPG that will draw you in and stick with you for a long, long time. The replayability of Oblivion is excellent. The game was released eight years ago and I am still playing it to this day. You will not regret buying this game. Get the Deluxe pack for $25 that comes with all the DLC, themed player lairs, and, yes, even horse armor. It is well worth the price and you will get your money’s worth over and over again. For more reviews and video games stuff, visit my blog: https://proquestinations.comShow moreShow less
1,749.5 hours at review2,254 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Don't buy the Game of the Year Edition. Buy the Game of the Year Edition Deluxe, or you will be unable to acquire the plugins not included in this edition without paying full price for the game again. This is a very clunky and consumer-unfriendly way to handle expansions for a game, and it is set up this way on the Steam store for no apparent reason. I've played the Game of the Year Edition and enjoyed it, and I'd like to get the other official DLCs such as Battlehorn Castle and Frostcrag Spire. However, owning the Steam version of the game, I have no way to acquire those DLCs without buying the game all over again. This is bad practice. The game is great, but the way expansions are handled on the store is something I cannot approve.Show moreShow less
48 hours at review2,276 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
It's almost embarrassing, at 60 years of age, to still be so enamoured in a game. It is my game. My "go to" in personal timeouts, and I'm sure Oblivion is the key element in my surviving cancer & surgeries, with tumours in head and lung - 15 YEARS ago! They said I had 4 to 6 months to live. I went to Oblivion - and SURVIVED ! I can't say what this wonderful game has meant to me, and therefore, my familyShow moreShow less
9.1 hours at review1,247 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I have to leave a negative review because if you buy the normal GOTY edition, you don't get all the official mini mods. This wouldn't be a big issue if you could upgrade, but the store page is bugged and you can't get the deluxe edition content unless you ask Steam to remove the game from your account and buy it again . Just buy the GOG edition.Show moreShow less
40.3 hours at review105 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Two bandits were chatting. I blasted one with a huge ball of fire. He fell to the ground screaming, engulfed in flames. The other bandit took one look at the charred body and said... "Hmm... must have been the wind"... and walked off. 11/10Show moreShow less
75.9 hours at review1,151 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I really wanted to like this game. But i didn't I didn't use any mods expect for a mod that adds a custom race (purely cosmetic, no special stats). Therefore i'm reviewing the raw product here.Think about it: console peasants can't install mods! I've played through the main story quest, shivering isles main quest and quite some side quests. And through the whole time...nothing seemed very interesting or exciting. Ether you are on the dull green grass carpet of cryodiil, or the rocky wasteland of oblivion. When i look back now, all i remember is mostly killing demoras inside oblivion towers. The NPCs are mostly bland, boring and rarely have anything to tell you. Everybody's face looks ugly and i mostly see the same faces over and over again.(or they are just too similar) When a moment or a location is being built up in the game, i always get disappointed at the end. Examples (spoilers): Gardens of Flesh and bone: When i heard people talking about it and how horrible this place is,i imagend a place where organs were growing on fleshy trees, Meatmonsters and zombies, blood and bones everywhere and overall gory. What i got was a the same environment as in a hollowed out tree that i needed to go in a few mins ago. Skeletons, flesh antronaches(wich look like oversized shaolin monks) and a few hungers were the enemies that i saw. The final climax: i expected to fight lord deagon himself and maybe some new enemies. What i got was killing the same darn enemies that i was killing the whole time(demoras and their minions) and at the final battle, I WAS JUST A SPECTATOR. Now to the mechanics: The game was optimized to the casual market. Questmarkers that you need to follow like a fish swimming after his prey were never a thing that i really liked. And without them you would be helpless since you can't ask people for directions or to give you hints(like in Morrowind) Your Armor is barely customizable unlike in Morrowind.And the amount of different armor and weapon types is laughable.Even Skyrim has more. The Magic system is mostly alright. There are even some bugs. I sometimes found myself being stuck in place ,so i had to use the "tcl" command. in the GOTY edition (wich is the one that i own) , you can't cure vampirism due to a glitch Overall: This is probably worst TES game for me. i even found more enjoyment in TES: Arena Everything seems dull and boring, it just wasn't much of an adventure or a cryptic experience. "True Rpg" players should stick with Morrowind or Daggerfall and people who want an exciting actionpacked adventure should stay with Skyrim.Show moreShow less
90.2 hours at review94 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM! YOU'VE VIOLATED my mother..Show moreShow less
50.2 hours at review891 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion is one of the most hyped games I have ever come across. Even before it reviewer copy was even thought of at the Bethesda headquarters gaming magazines around the globe was proclaiming it the second coming of sliced bread. Nobody seemed to believe it could be anything other than a perfect game that would be remembered for centuries to come. When the game finally came out any review was a foregone conclusion, 10/10, GOTY and nothing but praise. And I will admit, I bought into the hype and got it on launch day. This also marked the last time I would buy a game at full price without having played it first. Oblivion starts you out as a simple prisoner. However things quickly change as Patrick Stewart comes knocking, on the run from mysterious assassins. He spots that you are, of course, the chosen one that must save the world from a variety of evildoers and then proceeds to die in a timely fashion leaving you with the road map to stopping the ongoing demonic invasion. As you step out into the world for the first time it is easy to get stunned with the sheer enormity of it all. The map is huge, explorable on foot and littered with various types of landmarks and caves. It all seems too good to be true. And unfortunately, it is. As you explore caves and travel the world a number of things will begin to dawn on you. For me, the first thing that struck me was the amount of features I had seen in preview videos that weren't actually in the game. Getting missions by listening to people talking, complicated traps and AI. I felt a little deceived that none of the major reviews had even mentioned that several announced features had been cut. But the biggest thing that hit me, and the reason why this is the game that thought me to never buy a game at full price unless I had already played it, is the sheer mediocrity of it all. Sure the world is huge, but it's all the same procedurally generated English countryside and traveling around the world without using fast-travel quickly becomes monotone. Yeah there is a lot of caves and ruins for you to explore, but they are all cut and paste from the same 5-6 modules so once you've done one in a particular texture set, you've done every location made with that texture set, sure the modules might be put together in a different order, but they're still the same modules. Yes we have Radiant AI and everybody in the game walks around and follows a schedule but it's all sterile devoid of any emotion, people walk around mindlessly stopping every two steps to have inane nonsensical conversations with each other and then go back to their unbreakable schedule. Graphics are unfortunately dated thanks to still being on Gamebryo and the while the music is top quality the voice-acting, except for the first 10 minutes that features Patrick Stewart, is absolutely horrible and even rivals the low standards of Sigma Team games. The problem with Oblivion isn't that it's a bad game, because it's not. Far too much money and time have been invested in this game for it to ever be on the level of games like Bad Rats. It is however extremely mediocre. Everything about this game is mediocre. Nothing stands out or even tries to meet the standard of an indie development. It is a game that, if not for the hype, would have been nothing more than a footnote in the history of exploration driven RPGs.Show moreShow less
240.5 hours at review48 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
I made a Khajit and he could punch stuff. I leveled up punching stuff, running places, and jumping to their maximum level but when I went to the arena I had trouble. I easily defeated my opponents by punching them until they could no longer stand up, then continuing to punch them as they lay bloody on the arena's dirt floor. I heard the crowd roaring as my fists crashed into the Grey Orc's skull; I felt their love wash over me like a crimson silk gown. Slowly, after the vampire scum gave out his last breath, I walked out of the arena. Not in triumph, not in victory, but in remorse. I had just punched my way through a dozen or more skulls, and for what? In my agony I gloomily set up at the The Bloated Float Inn, located in the Imperial City's Waterfront District. I woke up to the sounds of rustling, was confronted by a clearly beligerant bandit. The man had no idea I was the Arena Champion, he had not heard how I crushed the skulls of countless enemies with my punching, how I jumped clear over them with little effort, or even how I ran circles around the arena dodging every single attack thrown at me before pummeling my opponents into submission. The very idea of the man standing before me, a person unknowing of my athletic prowess, set me in to an uncontrollable rage. I don't recall what happened over then next ten minutes, but my memory picks back up again standing inside of the Inn owner's cabin covered head to toe in blood. I navigated back through the ship, which now more resembled a slaughter house, to try to find someone who could tell me what happened. Located in the messhall I found a naked shivering woman named Selene. I will never forget the look on her face when I approached her, a visage of fear so vivid the viewer can feel it. It was then I realized what event must had befallen the denizens of The Bloated Float Inn. The ingorance of that would-be bandit set me into a blood fueled rage. I slaughtered every person aboard the ship for his sin, that is, every person save for this trembling woman. I decided then and there to never use my fists again, I set off from the boat, WHICH HADN'T LEFT THE HARBOR, to embark on a pilgrimage. One that would encapsulate all nine divine shrines and eventually lead an unwilling khajit boxer to defeat the ancient Aylied king Umaril using only Talk good skill, run fast skill, and jump high skill. After defeating such an awesome foe I came to the conclusion that one need not fight with his fists to attain his goals. Through the use of hecka convincing words, speedy feet, and super strong legs, anyone can stamp out evil without ever lifting a finger. Oblivion taught me the greatest lesson of all, that fighting is evil.Show moreShow less
2 hours at review826 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Only purchase the Game of the year Deluxe Edition, if you purchase the regular version and at any point want to buy the rest of the dlc, you either need to remove the game from your account entirely or request a refund, then purchase the game of the year deluxe edition, otherwise it will only let you buy the game as a gift for a friend.Show moreShow less
69.5 hours at review43 people found this helpful
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