The Elder Scrolls® Online
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
- Released
- May 22, 2017
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Metacritic
- 80 ↗
- Website
- elderscrollsonline.com ↗
How many people are playing The Elder Scrolls® Online?
The Elder Scrolls® Online had 8,034 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 2, 2026, 23:00 UTC, down 14% from 9,319 a day earlier. As of Nov 2, 2026, 23:00 UTC, it ranks #125 of the 502 games tracked here, down 3 places from #122 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 15, 2026 is 12,925, on Oct 4, 2026; the latest reading is 62% of that.
Over the last four weeks, The Elder Scrolls® Online has been busiest during the evening in Europe, with the busiest hour around 19:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent The Elder Scrolls® Online updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Jul 29, 2026 Regular update Tour Tamriel with the Prince of Madness in a New Questline ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Jul 10, 2026 Major update Season One: Return of the Thieves Guild Is Now Live ↗ Not tracked the week before
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