Oblivion Remastered is already the third-best-selling recreation of 2025 within the US primarily based on greenback gross sales after only one week on sale.
That knowledge comes from Circana recreation business analyst Mat Piscatella, who stated it was additionally the best-selling recreation for the week ending on April 26. Oblivion Remastered’s efficiency places it behind solely Monster Hunter Wilds and Murderer’s Creed Shadows as 2025’s different top-two-selling video games.
It is a powerful stat for a recreation that isn’t solely a remaster of an almost 20-year-old title however one which was additionally shadow dropped with primarily no advertising (apart from numerous leaks within the weeks main as much as its launch). Oblivion Remastered’s huge gross sales numbers are additionally spectacular contemplating it was launched instantly on Xbox Game Cross for consoles and PC, the place subscribers might play the sport at no further price. Piscatella stated Game Cross subscribers didn’t issue into the sport’s gross sales knowledge.
The recreation can also be obtainable on PlayStation 5. Quite a lot of of these gross sales got here from these enjoying on PlayStation, with Oblivion Remastered, in addition to two different Microsoft-published titles, claiming the highest three spots on the most-downloaded PSN video games for April in each North American and Europe.
Only a few days after launch, Bethesda Game Studios introduced Oblivion Remastered had been performed by greater than 4 million individuals throughout all platforms. Although Oblivion Remastered’s launch initially appeared to overshadow some smaller video games releasing across the similar time, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s writer stated “proximity to Oblivion did not appear to hurt us in any respect.” The turn-based RPG, which can also be on Game Cross, has offered multiple million copies.
In GameSpot’s Oblivion Remastered overview, we stated Bethesda’s remaster walks the fantastic skinny line between familiarity and freshness, updating the open-world RPG for the trendy age whereas nonetheless retaining most of the tough edges and quirks that give the sport its character.