Oblivion Remastered, a fresh version of a beloved game in a hugely popular series that’s midway through a big gap in mainline releases, has sold really well right out of gates. It’s taken just a week to rocket into the third best-selling game of 2025 spot in the US.
People love them some Elder Scrolls, people love themselves some Oblivion, in the words of Big Todd: it just works. It also certainly doesn’t hurt that this is by-and-large a deftly-executed remaster that’s so faithful it does everything you loved about the original. I personally wish it’d gone full remake, but that’s just one guy’s opinion, man.
This sales data for Bethesda and Virtuos’ shadow-dropped thing comes from Circana’s Retail Tracking Service, with the market research firm’s executive director and well-known games industry analyst Mat Piscatella having dropped the numbers in a Bluesky post.
“After just one week in market (w/e 4.26) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered is already the 3rd best-selling game of 2025 in the US ($ sales) trailing only Monster Hunter: Wilds and Assassin’s Creed: Shadows,” he wrote, “It was the best-selling game of the week.”
After just one week in market (w/e 4.26) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered is already the 3rd best-selling game of 2025 in the US ($ sales) trailing only Monster Hunter: Wilds and Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.
It was the best-selling game of the week.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 5 May 2025 at 16:27
As one of the replies to the post pointed out, that means the top three games of the year US sales-wise all have optional colons in the name (I’ve seen Shadows both with and without), which is a fun coincidence. As to whether that’s a factor in their success, Piscatella joked: “Correlation implies causation. So, more colons = more $$$. Maybe throw in a cologuard free with purchase.”
The more you know. Good job, Oblivion Remastered, especially given yours is an ageing colon.
Oblivion Remastered modding’s also off to a strong start, with the first modder to add a new location to it having recently told us they reckon it’s got the potential to show us all “the pinnacle of Elder Scrolls modding”.
Regardless of whether you’re playing with mods, our array of useful guides can help both newbies and veterans in need of a refresher, so check ’em out if that’s you.
