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If The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition is a 2009 open-world RPG developed by Bethesda Game Studios that continues to attract players on Steam where it holds a 95% positive rating from over 31,000 reviews. The game features faction politics, mod support, physics-driven interaction, quest and puzzle design, radiant AI, and a skill-based progression system. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, nostalgic, and retro. Reviewers highlight that modding breathes new life into the game, the physics system makes the world feel alive, quests encourage creative problem solving, radiant AI makes NPCs behave unpredictably, and skill-based progression feels organic. The Game of the Year Edition is currently available for $14.99 and runs at a playable level on Steam Deck. It received a Metacritic score of 94.
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
Top pick for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
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Shares mod support, faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Shares skill based progression and a nostalgic mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
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Shares mod support, faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
Ranked #5 for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
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The Elder Scrolls® Online
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Priced ~80% under The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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Shares mod support, faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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Shares skill based progression and a nostalgic mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
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Shares mod support, faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009).
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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
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Frequently asked about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
- Does The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) run on Steam Deck?
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) cost?
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) are The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
- Who developed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)?
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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