Stop
right
there,
criminal
scum!
Because
just
one
week
after
being
shadow-dropped
like
an
Oblivion
gate
spawning
outside
of
Bruma,
The
Elder
Scrolls
IV:
Oblivion
is
already
the
3rd
best-selling
game
of
the
year.

That
is
according
to
Mat
Piscatella,
executive
director
&
video
game
industry
analyst
at
Circana.
The
latest
detail,
which
accounts
for
both
digital
and
physical
sales,
puts
The
Elder
Scrolls
IV:
Oblivion
in
3rd
place,
behind
Monster
Hunter:
Wilds
and
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows.

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

Impressively,
the
Circana
data
is
based
on
dollar
sales
amounts
and
the
Oblivion
remaster
costs
just
$50,
compared
to
Monster
Hunter:
Wilds
and
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows
which
are
both
$70
games.

Everything
is
pointing
toward
the
release
being
a
massive
success.
Just
days
after
launching,
Bethesda
and
Virtous
announced
that
had
hit
4
million
players.
The
Steam
numbers
were
impressive,
too.
But
now
we
know
it
isn’t
just
people
playing
on
Game
Pass
–
plenty
of
copies
have
been
sold,
too.

Of
course,
Oblivion
may
not
hold
onto
its
position
as
here
are
some
massive
games
to
be
released
this
year
which
might
knock
it
down
a
few
spots.

As
for
me,
I’m
having
a
blast
playing
it.
While
Skyrim
is
a
lot
of
fun,
Oblivion
is
my
favourite
of
the
“modern”
Elder
Scrolls
games.
A
full
review
is
coming
soon.