Choose The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™
Choose The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 71.8% positive across 5,194 reviews.
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ vs Ironbound
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ and Ironbound both land in Free To Play 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 are Free To Play games on Steam. The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ (2017) is 1 year older than Ironbound (2018). The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ scores higher on Steam reviews (71.8% positive) than Ironbound (69.6% 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 Ironbound
Choose Ironbound if you want a Strategy, Indie, and RPG game with LAN PvP. Ironbound launched in 2018.
Both The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ and Ironbound sit in Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and 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®: Legends™ |  Ironbound | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2018 |
| Genres | Free To Play | Strategy, Indie, RPG, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 71.8% positive (5,194 reviews) | 69.6% positive (184 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Sparkypants Studios, LLC | Secret Level SRL |
Side by side
- Both are Free To Play games on Steam.
- The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ (2017) is 1 year older than Ironbound (2018).
- The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ scores higher on Steam reviews (71.8% positive) than Ironbound (69.6% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Ironbound has no Deck rating yet.
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ vs Ironbound — FAQ
- Which is better, The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ or Ironbound?
- On Steam reviews The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ scores higher (71.8% positive) than Ironbound (69.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ 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®: Legends™ or Ironbound first?
- If you want chronology, The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ (2017) came out before Ironbound (2018). 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®: Legends™ and Ironbound similar?
- They overlap on Free To Play 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.
- Does The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Ironbound doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.