The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

The best TES game, one of the best games of all time. A fun game, that while clunky occasionally, makes up for it with great gameplay. Don't play Skyrim go culture yourself and play Morrowind.

Oh my god. I attempted this game on the Xbox original, when I was younger.. after oblivion! dropped it, I don't think I was mature enough. Attempted it again when i was around 26 years old on the Xbox series x... sadly I lacked the required discipline to read things and to do a good job on my builds, I had real bad symptoms of ADHD growing up... so I gave up again. I am now 28 years old, half a year on my medications and finally able to think clearly! I am now attempting this on the pc and I am having an absolute blast, things are cohesive and simple as.

I highly highly recommend this game, as I thought oblivion was better, way better-- but I was so insanely wrong. This game has it all and now I am sad oblivion is getting a remaster and not this one hahah, it was the other way around my whole gaming life.

It doesn't age well, but I still love this game for being my entry into the world of RPGs, and that nostalgia carried me through a recent playthrough of its brilliant, clunky wonders.

I am sure that Todd hates this game, because it is the best out of all installments, and he had the least to do with it.

Go play some Morrowind, Nerevarine.

This is an incredibly good game if you are into the genre , the game requires you to do a fair amount of reading but the story and charecters really draw you into the world , Iv beaten the game 3 times and iv seen plenty of new thing each time iv played the game. A lot of people say this is the best elderscrolls game and I would say at the very least it has the best story and atmosphere. unlike its successors the player feels very weak at the start and absurdly powerful at the end of the game, instead of middling all the way through to the end because the enemies dont level with you, getting to level 50 does not mean you will just start seeing normal bandits wearing endgame armour and weapons.

Love this game, the feel and vibe. May be outdated and i'm forced to read to understand whats happening but i love it :)
Just wish i didn't run at a snails pace

he Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — A Review Worthy of Nerevar Reborn

In the age before time, before fast travel coddled the weak and quest markers led the blind, there existed a world forged not merely by code, but by myth, grit, and the ash-swept dreams of gods. That world... was Morrowind.

Released in the year of our Lord 2002, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind was not just a game. It was a portal — a blessed gateway to the alien majesty of Vvardenfell, where silt striders hum across fungal canyons and prophecy drips from the lips of madmen. The moment you awaken on that prison ship, with Jiub’s gravelly voice heralding your rebirth, you are no longer yourself. You are myth in the making. You are the Nerevarine.

The Worldbuilding? Divine.
Other games describe their settings. Morrowind breathes them. Its cities aren’t cookie-cutter outposts — they are wonders. Vivec, a floating hymn to hubris and divinity. Ald’ruhn, built beneath the corpse of a colossal crab god. Even the air tastes different — thick with spores, ash, and ancient secrets. No compass guides you here; you learn the land, charting your own course like the explorer you were always meant to be.

The Lore? Deeper Than Oblivion’s Maw.
Morrowind doesn’t hand you a story — it lets you live in a poem written by mad scholars and forgotten gods. Tribunal heresies, Chimer betrayals, Dwemer vanishing acts — every book, tomb, and mushroom-strewn path whispers lore older than the stars. Read The 36 Lessons of Vivec and try not to go mad. You won't. Because madness is enlightenment here.

The Gameplay? Rough. Raw. Real.
Morrowind demands patience. Your sword will miss. Your spells will fail. But with every swing, every stumble, you are learning. Becoming. Progress isn’t handed to you — it’s earned through sweat, salt, and spell scrolls looted from ancient ruins. It's an RPG that respects your intelligence — expects it, even. And for that, it is eternal.

The Music? A Sacred Hymn.
Jeremy Soule's score is not background music — it’s soul music. It doesn’t play — it resonates. The theme alone could reforge broken empires, or rouse Vivec from meditation.

The Legacy? Untouchable.
Morrowind is the reason modding communities still thrive like cults devoted to a forgotten god. It is the root of Tamriel’s mythos, the cornerstone upon which Oblivion and Skyrim built their fame. But those games? They are shadows. Morrowind is the flame.

In Conclusion:

Morrowind is not just a game. It is a holy pilgrimage through the dreams of gods and the ashes of empires. It is literature wrapped in code, art sealed in pixel dust. To play it is to be humbled. To finish it is to be changed.

And if ever a game could make God weep — it is this.

10/10. Not even Azura herself could improve it.

(I have way more hours on this game's OpenMW version)

Welcome Moon-And-Star, to this game, where peak is played.

This is my ex-wifes favorite game so i'm not allowed to play it anymore but still pretty fun. I miss her and i think about her every day

Can be difficult at the start but the game is filled with hours of fun if you are able to push through until you raise your skills. Outdated mechanics can be frustrating at times, especially for people used to more modern titles. The world, lore, and world building of the game is absolutely fascinating and extremely immersive if you take the time to learn and explore. Would recommend giving the game a try, especially if you are a fan of the other Elder Scrolls games.

I've had this game on Xbox since 2004; it is the best Elder Scrolls game. Todd's only taken it downhill from here. It has diceroll mechanics on hitting enemies right in front of you, but there's a mod for that if you really can't handle it. It's a game for experienced gamers, not one made to appeal to toddlers like Skyrim is in many ways.

only time I ever played morrowind was as a child and I remember understanding nothing of it lol mainly cause english is not my main language.
played a lot of oblivion and skyrim since then, but was always relutant to try morrowind again because of the the mechanics and the difficulty of the game as a whole to absorb.
now, after about 125 hours playing, I can say that I couldnt be more wrong. The game in fact doesnt lead u by hand, but it is very well described and the quest directions and instructions do server their purpose, being exactly what the experience is about: absolute exploration and self improvement. the game can be cheesed easily at the end with trainers and skills, but it still is such an unique RPG experience, that I think gets a bit behind other games like baldurs gate series because of the lack of the traditional turn based combat, which makes a bit confusing for begginers to accept that they simply cant hit everything like in newer the elder scrolls games.
but after u overcome those simple "problems" that are actually a overgossip (is that a word?) of how mechanics are hard in theory. but in the end, u really just need to pay attention. it is actually a game made to be played after reading a manual (which is included with the game) because it tries to be a real rpg, but adapted to be a video game. role playing games are based on strong solid rules, that can be overwhelming if u r new or dont like reading stuff, but I can asure u its worth it.
I have over 3k hours of skyrim gameplay (including consoles, mutiple pc versions and vr) and I can say that morrowind surprises me in many ways skyrim could never. It's an absolute must play for any fantasy player who enjoys rich lore. now get those nwahs out of resdayn. play dunmer.

Morrowind is a fantastic game. Out of all of the Elder Scrolls games, Morrowind is the best at conveying a sense of progress. In the first hour of the game, you will struggle against bugs. Near the end, it almost because boringly easy to topple the biggest creatures the game has to throw at you. The scope of the world is wonderfully done; the map feels large because of the corridor-like open world finely crafted by natural buffers such as lakes, rivers, lava, and mountains. Dungeons are a blast to explore, and I like the the lack of of markers, requiring greater attention to NPCs and your journal, making for better immersion.

The only negatives I can say about the game is that the guilds are on the weaker side, the main story didn't captivate me like Oblivion's, the game is frankly dated by most people's standards, and certain skills, such as sneak and speech, are not fun to use or level. But, if you're considering purchasing this game in 2025, you likely know what you're getting into.

Proof Bethesda can make an open world RPG with great writing and story telling. There are plenty of mods to make the game more comfortable for the modern gamer.

You love a great story and like magic.
Then i can recommend the game, but please play with mods.
Do it for yourself!

One of the games I return to replay every few years. This will be the 10th< time I play it. LETS GO!
I wish Bethesde knew how to make games with depth to them still. Every playthrough I do is significantly different from the previous!

Sooooo old now but sooo nostalgic. Plays awful compared to modern games but 10/10 for story. Will always be a favorite for me.

It's probably my favourite game. No other way to put it. The sights, sounds, creatures, people and music of Vvardenfell are forever burned into my brain. There's too much good in this game for me to even properly articulate it. The atmosphere is unrivalled, the character-building possibilities near unlimited and the pure joy of discovery this game offers is magical. It's unforgiving in places and obtuse but those things make it a better game in the end. The factions, settlements and characters are unique and offer incredible role-playing opportunities. The weapons are cool, the armour is cool, the spell system is insane in the most beautiful way. The books flesh out the world in a way that is almost unfair to other games. Morrowind is the best.

I have been a long time Elder Scrolls fan since I first watched my mom play it when I was a young boy. I started with Skyrim and I played it for years, but in 2023 I began my journey into Vvardenfell. I was entranced by it's beauty and charm, and I spent hours playing it. My mom had lent me her game discs and allowed me to play it on an old computer owned by my step-father. Unfortunately my mother died in September of 2023 and my step-father took the game discs as well as the guide books my mom owned even though she promised them to me (my step-father didn't like me very much). I have recently bought a computer and this was the first game I bought on Steam. Even though I began with the much newer Skyrim, Morrowind became my favorite of the Elder Scrolls games. I would definitely recommend this game to Elder Scrolls fans both new and old so that we may remember where we began.

Morrowind is a game that excels at requiring you to think ahead. As a teen I made very slow progress in this game. As an adult, it's become apparent that cashing in 2-3 quests at a time should be the norm. For the time, this game was ground breaking. Today, it still holds solid weight as an enjoyable RPG.

At 2016, my halfway playing skyrim, i play morrowind. And i love this game more than skyrim, even after all these years i always think to play this again, there always this idea that morrowind offer much more adventure and mysteries to uncover, because unlike skyrim who take nordic inspired theme that we seen a lot at media, morrowind does not take any reference, its create its own world. imagine a game that purely made from scratch, everything is new without reference to real world theme, none. Its purely fantasy, that is nuts. and that is morrowind. neat part is, engine back then have limit so they cant spamming grass or leaf at the game, it will cost performance, so what they do is. Bethesda let the worlds barren with few flower for alchemy, but they compensate this barren world with actual lore as to why the worlds barren, and the more you play its gonna make sense why its barren. In this game you not born as hero, you were nobody, nobody expecting you do anything, and that is give you more freedom to what to do in game, because you are nobody you can do whatever you want, explore the lands, help people, mugging them, none of this matter except to fullfill your own excitement. In skyrim you born hero, you must fight dragon, so you trained to fight dragon, in a way that will give you sense that other quest is just stepping stone to fight dragon. In morrowind you always wander what to do who to fight, so you goes talk to people asking what to do, are there job? Are there threat? What their stories? And they offer you job, give some lore what happen at town, and tell there some big bad guy to defeat, but they not expecting you to defeat it, so neither are you expecting to go defeat that big bad guy, because you not own anybody anything. This idea make playing morrowind is more fun and immersive, like making your own name on this world. Sure there lot of reading in this game cause not everything voiced, but its make you more active to actual read and care about the stories.

Best Elder Scrolls game in the series. This game is absolutely fantastic and the player freedom is incredible.

7/10 - Good.
Started the game. Missed 5 attacks in a row. Got killed by a rat. 10/10 immersion.
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For a game over two decades old, Morrowind still manages to impress with its depth and unique RPG elements. I played it on OpenMW, and it was surprisingly stable and visually appealing. The quests, however, can feel repetitive, as many are basic fetch quests or simple tasks like "talk to this person and return." That said, the magic system is one of the game's standout features, offering a vast array of spells and scrolls that add a lot of variety and fun to gameplay.

Unfortunately, the combat system is a major letdown—it’s clunky and unrefined, and it’s the biggest barrier to fully enjoying the game. I'd recommend focusing on the main quest and any side content that catches your interest while avoiding combat-heavy sections if you can. The best thing about Morrowind is its distinctiveness and quirky charm. While it might not hold up to the hype for everyone, it still offers a unique RPG experience.

Overall, I'd suggest playing on OpenMW for a smoother experience, but be sure to grab it on sale. It’s definitely worth exploring, just don’t expect it to be flawless.

God Tier RPG, simply the best ES game in existence. PERIOD.
Steam says a couple hours played but I assure you it's closer 1k all together.

Recently played through it for the first time and it is absolutely incredible.

Very old, absolute classic. I am a rather new Elder Scrolls fan, having only played Skyrim a couple times around 8-9 years ago, but I absolutely love Morrowind. It's exactly what i'm into, but what that is, is a game from 24 years ago. If your system can handle it, you can use OpenMW to improve aspects of this game that's older than me, but honestly... it's pretty good in it's original engine. Plus, you can get mods in original Morrowind that fix the same bugs (maybe not, but they do fix bugs. so.).
What I'm saying is; Great game, I love it, it's my style for sure. However, many people may not have the same ideas when looking for a fantasy RPG. This is dungeons and dragons on the screen, so, only play this game if you're good with reading and behind-the-scenes dice rolls. (and lots of exploits. check those out!)

In the begining it is diffivult but as you kep playing it starts to get easier

One of the most immersive RPGs to ever play if the graphics bother you i suggest mods but other than that keep a open mind going in, and be ready to die this game ain't easy

Best time I had was when I stole some sacred armor and took the potion of divine intervention to get ported randomly somewhere far away and then had to grind for gold but still couldn't enter any cities because guards hated me so I found some drug lord slaver elves and drank a ton of alcohol in order to stack the buffs and debuffs so that if I ever hit any of the criminals they would die in one hit but that's a big IF because I was beyond drunk since the game allows you to just keep going and then I finally had enough gold and then had to strip completely naked and drop all inventory in order to outrun the guards and then went house to house in a city in order to find a guild to finally clear my name after hours and hours of living in exile... 10/10 would do it all again! (This happened maybe over a decade ago and then I rebought the game and then promptly even forgot this was in my Steam library til just now)

pretty good, holds up really well gameplay wise, although the map is a little annoying cause its unclear and travel is slow

I first got my hands on this gem when I was about 11 years old, so it was a nice memory from my childhood. I decided to get it on steam and give it a revisit. Still amazing, the music is stunning, the world is still creepy and alien, the RPG elements are still good - not as complex as in Arena or Daggerfall but still deeper than Skyrim or Oblivion. Bethesda is really good at building massive immersive worlds with a ton of lore. Still enjoyable in 2025. Still one of my all time favourites.

Very first Elder Scrolls game i played was Oblivion so i never got around to playing this one. Bought it last year and played 5-10 minutes on two separate occasions. It was VERY difficult for me to get into this game. So much was different compared to the usual Elder Scrolls i'm used to. Oblivion has its wonky charm but man, this one is out there.
However today i decided i'm going to force myself to play this game because i need some new Elder Scrolls entertainment as we disdainfully wait for 6. Now i cannot stop. After getting past all the things that turned me away from this game initially i found that i am falling in love with it more and more. Oblivion will always be my favorite Elder Scrolls game, but the more i play this game the closer it gets to dethroning Skyrim as my second favorite.

Worked for a little, then it began to crash every time I opened it; it gives me an error code that says it cant find the title.mp3. Now I am unable to return it because the time that I spent trying to fix this error somehow transferred to gameplay and exceeds the 2 hour return policy. Thanks for nothing steam. Now I know to go with Microsoft, at least they ensure their games work.

Classic game. I finished it on another platform—it's truly a great RPG that holds up even by today’s standards. The story is amazing and honestly has so many layers to it. The world-building is insanely good and immersive. The gameplay is very bare-bones and basic but somehow manages to be extremely rewarding through a leveling system that truly makes you appreciate every little level-up.

The fact that the game won’t hold your hand and tell you what to do offers such a sense of freedom and puts so much emphasis on every little thing you achieve—every hidden location, far-away quest, you name it. Unlike Skyrim, the factions are aware of each other and won’t let you join the Fighters Guild if you are in the mages Guild, for example, which is such a small yet extraordinary detail among many that make this game feel alive.

Also, I haven’t even mentioned the fact that you can fucking fly in this game.

long story short its a classic which you can run on any hardware
Personal advice: Install the Morrowind Patch for a complete experience with no bugs.

Having played this game, and not even completing the DLC or all of the side quests (as well as not completely exploring marksman, alchemy, or magic), I can easily say this is one of the most fun games I've ever played. Coming from a person who grew up on Skyrim and the simplistic mechanics brought by Bethesda Games Studios in 2011 (wow, it's been a while since Skyrim was released), Morrowind is a refreshing gaming experience that offers its own set of challenges.

From figuring out that your chances of hitting the target directly depends on your skill with the weapon you're using to the harsh reality of being able to ruin the main quest easily by killing one of the essential NPCs, there is no shortage of surprises or little tricks that can be learned through the game. I really enjoy the main story, as I believe it's one of the best in the The Elder Scrolls series, and the near infinite amounts of side quests makes it that you can never truly complete everything in the game in one playthrough.

The scenery is BEAUTIFUL and so unique, it's like you're stepping into a different world. There's nothing better than being woken up by Jiub, then stepping off that boat into a world that stuns you in every way possible. 10/10 would highly recommend.

One of the greatest RPG's ever made and one of my favorite games of all time. I've played it much, MUCH longer than Steam would have you think.

The graphics and combat have aged poorly but the story music and world have aged like wine.

saw a guy fall from the stratosphere and immediately died trying to do it myself, memorized a whole play just to get assassinated for being racist, bought a rat with a backpack for 250gs and it died 30 seconds later, still dont understand the combat. peak howard

A classic. Immersive to the point of being overwhelming at times. Truly unlike any of its peers both in the depths of its mechanics and the strange beauty of its setting.

Was a bit daunting at the start, as i made my way to the fighters guild only to be defeated by rats and the harsh reality set about manually saving a lot. after still fumbling around for a few hours, i decided to just lower the difficulty of the game and well now i can actually adventure without dying! lol at this point im tryin to enjoy the adventure this offered back then. i mustve been about 12-13 when this game came out but i had no idea it existed! anyways, ill keep giving this a shot!

>go to vivec. seems cool
>find an altar
>think, 'oh haha i'm diseased this would help!'
>only requires a potion donation.
>ez
>starts floating uncontrollably?
>keeps flying for more than a day??
>is still helpless to cliffracers

dang dude this game is great

Was once one of the best games ever. Stands as a critical part of the series, groundbreaking of course. But when I recall my history with video games, it stands out in a series of great works in gaming, those which could be said to be the greatest game ever at some point in time. I think it goes The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (and Majora's Mask), Shenmue I & II, and then this game. I love this game, especially the first time I played it when I was around 12.

Ancient and clumsy enough to be difficult to get into...but deep and unique enough to be worth the effort. (Freaking remake this gem already Bethesda, instead of pinching out things like Starfield.)

The best RPG made not just in the Elder Scrolls but of all time its a shame bethesda has fallen so far and that we might never get such a unique and deep RPG at least Wayward Realms looks like its gonna come close.

Be a warrior mage, an archer mage, anything with mage. Magic is true power. But seriously this is a pretty good game behind oblivion and skyrim I would say.

People love this game for it's numerous choices and ability to kill essential NPCs, but you can't even join Dagoth Ur.....

PatritianTVs analysis of this game is overly grand, it's not as good as he makes it out to be. The writing makes it seem limitless but its no better that the bethesda games that come out today, in fact it can be worse. Still a fun game to play(at least with a few mods), but by no means perfect in this day and age even with better technical systems. Just deeply interesting and fun.

With how cheap the game usually is BUY IT, MOD IT, AND FUCKING PLAY IT. I've got dozens of hours in it and the lore/history of the game is more than worth it. You won't be disappointed, and if you are? Look up a guide to make a good starting class so you arent missing 90 of your attacks on an enemy.

Ignore my play time. That's just starting on this account. I have hundreds more hours across the original PC version as well as console release.

This is a quintessential RPG for RPG lovers. Forget the blocky graphics. The muddy visuals are intended, as that's what Vvardenfell is. This game perfectly captures the feeling of being a nobody dropped into a bigger world with amazing secrets to explore. You'll fall in love with the immersion, class identity, role-playing strengths and involved story that Morrowind has to offer.

Es un buen juego. Una vez te acostumbras a las mecanicas, que estan bastante pero BASTANTE anticuadas, se vuelve muy disfrutable. Tiene uno de los mejores sistemas de magia de la saga Elder Scrolls, junto a su cantidad de objetos, tanto magicos como normales. La exploracion es satisfecha, las clases y las razas impactan mucho en tu playthrough, y puedes ser lo que tu quieras. Hay cosas que se quedaron en esta entrega que lastimosamente no aparecieron en otros juegos.

Unless your a mod maker or have an old ass computer won't be able to get past the beginning of game if you are a modder maybe could release a mod fixing the broken beginning of the game that crashes during tutorial. Needs to be patched or removed from the steam store. There are supposed patches on nexus but they don't fix the game breaking crash and shouldn't require mods to play a vanilla game in the first place.

This game is a timeless masterpiece. No matter how many hours I have or playthroughs I complete this game will never lose it's charm