Free on Steam: Two The Elder Scrolls parts are free

Since April 2022 you can play two great RPG classics for free on Steam. The Bethesda giants tell the story before Skyrim & Co.

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Bethesda’s Steam move is well underway. On May 11, 2022, the Bethesda.net launcher was permanently shut down. However, players do not have to worry that their games, which they have obtained through the proprietary shop, can no longer be started afterwards. In fact, Bethesda offers its users to stream their games to Steam for free.

But this change has another effect: Since April 26, 2022, Bethesda has been offering its two RPG classics The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall for free on Steam.

Play The Elder Scrolls: Arena for free on Steam

Play The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall for free on Steam

Previously, the two cornerstones of the now world-renowned RPG series were only available for free on the Bethesda website.

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With The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Bethesda has landed two monumental RPG hits that are still being played by numerous gamers years after their release. But there’s more to the series than its best-known representatives, after all The Elder Scrolls has been around since 1994. Bethesda offers you the chance to get to know the cult series better and is giving away two of the earlier entries.

Play the beginnings of The Elder Scrolls for free

With The Elder Scrolls: Arena (Release 1994) and The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall (Release 1996) you can two absolute classics of video game history directly from Bethesda Download for free and experience the beginnings of one of the most influential RPG series for yourself.

Grab The Elder Scrolls: Arena!

In TES: Arena you have to assemble the Staff of Chaos after a coup, to save the kingdom. In TES 2: Daggerfall you must solve the death of the King of Daggerfall and prevent a powerful weapon, the brass golem Numidum, from falling into the wrong hands.

Grab The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall!

Before moving to Steam: Secure Bethesda games now for free

While Bethesda has long relied on its own launcher, the move to Steam is currently taking place. The fantasy RPGs TES: Arena and TES: Daggerfall are also to be made available on the PC platform. It is not yet known whether the role-playing games will also be offered there for free. (Source: GIGA)

For this reason, it could well be worth the RPGs now to download quickly and directly from Bethesda for free. In any case, you could sweeten the waiting time for The Elder Scrolls 6 with the two classics.

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