Games like The Elder Scrolls® Online
If The Elder Scrolls® Online is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom, The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road and The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its antiquities system rewards exploration, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Online is a massively multiplayer RPG set in the expansive Elder Scrolls universe. Players can explore multiple provinces, each offering distinct storylines that reviewers describe as feeling like separate games. The game features antiquities-digging mechanics that reward exploration, alongside deep crafting and housing systems where players can customize their homes and unlock fast-travel shortcuts. Fully voice-acted stories deliver cinematic questlines, while faction guilds and daily reward systems provide ongoing progression. Players often describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, and epic, with an immersive world spanning over a hundred hours of content. Available on Steam Deck for $19.99, the game has earned an 82% positive rating from over 73,000 reviews.
About The Elder Scrolls® Online: Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Traverse the Telvanni Peninsula in Morrowind and preserve secrets ascribed to the unfathomable realms of Apocrypha. Unlock the runic power of a brand-new class - the Arcanist - and fight to uphold reality itself.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
A forgotten Daedric Prince has returned, bringing chaos to West Weald! Explore a new zone and defend the city of Skingrad, now beset by a dangerous Daedric cult and the jungles of Valenwood. Customize your skills like never before with the new Scribing system.
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Welcome to High Isle, a part of Tamriel never-before-seen in the Elder Scrolls. Explore the Bretons' idyllic ocean enclave and seat of chivalric culture as you confront the ruinous forces of the Ascendant Lord.
New World: Aeternum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Ranked #4 for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.
Black Desert
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Ranked #5 for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
Neverwinter
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Ranked #6 for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Neverwinter is a free, action MMORPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, action combat and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic world of Neverwinter!
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Ranked #7 for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
Throne and Liberty
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Ranked #8 for The Elder Scrolls® Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Throne and Liberty captures the essence of classic MMORPGs while introducing new gameplay elements, depth and excitement at every turn. Gather your guild, prepare for battle, and set forth for throne... and liberty!
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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® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
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.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Shares an epic mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
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 Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
The hit RPG returns! Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay Re-Reckoning delivers intense, customizable RPG combat inside a sprawling game world.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Reviewers of The Elder Scrolls® Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Elder Scrolls® Online at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Priced ~50% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Elder Scrolls® Online on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Massively Multiplayer with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Other recommendable Steam games by ZeniMax Online Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Elder Scrolls Online - Greymoor
WHY THIS
Another title from ZeniMax Online Studios, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls® Online. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Join over 18 million players in the award-winning online multiplayer RPG. Explore the frozen tundra and snowy mountains of Western Skyrim and stop a powerful Vampire Lord from enslaving Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, part of the year-long gothic adventure The Dark Heart of Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls Online - Blackwood
WHY THIS
Another title from ZeniMax Online Studios, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls® Online. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood is the ultimate Elder Scrolls experience and includes the base game, Blackwood Chapter, and all previous Chapters.
The Elder Scrolls Online - Elsweyr
WHY THIS
Another title from ZeniMax Online Studios, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls® Online. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Dragons return to Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, part of the Season of the Dragon year-long adventure! Explore the savannahs and canyons of Elsweyr, defend the home of the Khajiit from an ancient evil, and command the undead with the Necromancer class.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
WHY THIS
Another title from ZeniMax Online Studios, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls® Online. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
A forgotten Daedric Prince has returned, bringing chaos to West Weald! Explore a new zone and defend the city of Skingrad, now beset by a dangerous Daedric cult and the jungles of Valenwood. Customize your skills like never before with the new Scribing system.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
WHY THIS
Another title from ZeniMax Online Studios, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls® Online. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Traverse the Telvanni Peninsula in Morrowind and preserve secrets ascribed to the unfathomable realms of Apocrypha. Unlock the runic power of a brand-new class - the Arcanist - and fight to uphold reality itself.
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle
WHY THIS
Another title from ZeniMax Online Studios, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls® Online. Shares Action and Adventure with The Elder Scrolls® Online.
Welcome to High Isle, a part of Tamriel never-before-seen in the Elder Scrolls. Explore the Bretons' idyllic ocean enclave and seat of chivalric culture as you confront the ruinous forces of the Ascendant Lord.
Frequently asked about The Elder Scrolls® Online
- Does The Elder Scrolls® Online run on Steam Deck?
- The Elder Scrolls® Online 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® Online cost?
- The Elder Scrolls® Online is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Elder Scrolls® Online have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Elder Scrolls® Online supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Elder Scrolls® Online?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Elder Scrolls® Online are The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom, The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle.
- Who developed The Elder Scrolls® Online?
- The Elder Scrolls® Online was developed by ZeniMax Online Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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