Choose The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood
Choose The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 47% positive across 268 reviews.
The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood vs The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood and The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road both land in Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam. The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood (2021) is 3 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (2024). The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood scores higher on Steam reviews (47% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (39.8% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
Choose The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road if you want an Action and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road launched in 2024.
Both The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood and The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road sit in Massively Multiplayer and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood |  The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2024 |
| Genres | Massively Multiplayer, RPG | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 47% positive (268 reviews) | 39.8% positive (196 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Zenimax Online Studios | ZeniMax Online Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam.
- The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood (2021) is 3 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (2024).
- The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood scores higher on Steam reviews (47% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (39.8% positive).
- Both support cooperative play.
The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood vs The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road — FAQ
- Which is better, The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood or The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road?
- On Steam reviews The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood scores higher (47% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (39.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood or The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road first?
- If you want chronology, The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood (2021) came out before The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood and The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road similar?
- They overlap on Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood and The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood ships Online Co-op, Co-op; The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road ships Online Co-op, Co-op.