

Like the disc release of Oblivion, the deluxe versions include the main game, Knights of the Nine, and Shivering Isles, but it also adds English versions of the Wizard's Tower, Fighter's Stronghold, Orrery, Thieves' Den, The Vile Lair, Mehrunes' Razor, and Horse Armor. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the Legendary release of the game and requires Steam activation.Īs a bonus, the included Steam key will activate Steam versions of Morrowind and Oblivion. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY editions are based on the retail versions of the game, which do not require Steam activation.įor Oblivion, this means that the disc version of the game does not include the smaller add-ons (Horse Armor, Fighter, Stronghold, Mehrunes Razor, etc), see below for more information on how to get access to those add-ons. And to celebrate the occasion, Bethesda has just decided to give out these titles for free.The Elder Scrolls Anthology is the same content you would get if you purchased the boxed version of each game.Īrena and Daggerfall include a pre-configured version of DOSBox that is installed during installation and allows you to play on modern machines. With Bethesda now transferring its library of games to Steam in order to retire the Bethesda Launcher, both Arena and Daggerfall have now finally landed on Valve's popular marketplace. Even though other entries in the series like Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim have been available on Steam for years, the first two Elder Scrolls games have never landed on the platform.


So why is Steam making these Elder Scrolls titles free in the first place? Well, this is actually the first time that either game has ever come to Steam. It wasn't until six years later in 2002 that Morrowind then came to Xbox and PC and made the RPG franchise a staple of the genre. Daggerfall then ended up launching two years later in 1996 and expanded on many of the ideas seen in Arena. Arena, which is the first installment in the franchise, was released all the way back in 1994, which means that it's pretty aged by today's standards. As of today, Steam has made both The Elder Scrolls: Arenaand The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfallavailable to download at no cost.
