Genre ActionReleased May 22, 2017

The Elder Scrolls® Online

Developed by ZeniMax Online Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks
Estimated lifetime revenue
$28.94M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$21.20M
After Steam's 27% cut
Units sold
2.94M
≈ 18 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 161,936 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
161,936
Very Positive81% positive
Playing now
9,876
16-day peak 12,321 · low 8,383
New reviews, last 16 days
+171
≈ 11 a day since Oct 1

History

Oct 1 – Oct 17

161.9K161.9K161.8K161.8K
Oct 1Oct 9Oct 17

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Action →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Action games on Steam

Outearns 33% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$57.83M
352,680 reviews
Top 10% start at
$223.75M
This game
$28.94M
11th pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

Developer
ZeniMax Online Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Genre
Action
Released
May 22, 2017
Steam app ID
306130
Data updated
Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.