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

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

My play time on steam is only a tiny fraction of my time in this game. I've played this game on both console and PC since 2004. I still think this is the best game of The Edler Scrolls series. I'd pick the vanilla version of this game over the vanilla version of Skyrim. Skyrim only beats Morrowind, in my mind, because of the fantastic mods available.

Great Game. My favorite of all time. Plenty of things to do and many different ways to play. Would highly recommend to anyone of all backgrounds. Now a days its older but it's golden

It's aged surprisingly well, if you can get past the combat. Treat it less as an action RPG and more of a 3D visualization of what is going on, and it gets a lot better. Some graphical mods to make it more visually appealing, and it's a great game even today, for some audiences.

Hard to say anything new about this game in 2025, but I'll mention that you really should get some mods if you're thinking about playing this game. It is very easy to have a vanilla experience, with a handful of mods to fix all the worst problems and allow you to use a modern PC to a fuller potential.

https://modding-openmw.com/

Its morrowind yall, people still be making mods for this game, thats how good it is.
It has stood the test of time and is a monument how good games used to be (by AAA studios anyways). buy it or use OMW, dont make a difference to me partner.

mega stuffy, quests take away bring, but the story is interesting purely because of this I will put a like ( this game needs a remake and if the remake will be I hope they will somehow fix all these stuffy identical quests and I hope the fight with Dagoth will look better, although for those years it already looks normal )

It requires a bit of modding and a lot of reading dialogue boxes, but it's a great RPG, and Bethesda's best writing.

Gem of an RPG. We'll probably never get anything quite like Morrowind ever again.

For any prospecting players, this game is a lot like Fallout 1 where its mechanics can cause 'culture shock' to the modern gamer. Melee hit chance is in this game and that can throw off new players. If you want to hit your strikes make sure to have that weapon skill as a major (AND use that weapon type in question. Don't use the iron dagger as a knight etc.), increase your agility when you can, and keep your fatigue up.
Also, you should get OpenMW so the game is playable. It took me less than 10 minutes to install it.

Morrowind is an interesting game. Many people who play this will probably just quit after wandering around outside for five minutes, eventually dying to a mudcrab or a kwama forager do to not being able to land a single hit with their starting dagger while at 0 fatigue and a Short Blade skill level of 5. While Morrowind's mechanics are not overly complicated in retrospect, there is a bit of a learning curve in figuring out how to create a viable character, level up, and actually engage in combat.

Unlike later Elder Scrolls games, your character in Morrowind lacks a lot of the quality of life features that players in later games may take for granted. You cannot run at full speed or constantly jump without deleting your Fatigue (which in turn makes you less effective in combat/skills), every weapon strike and spell casting is subject to a percent chance to fail based on your skill levels and attributes, fast travel is limited to specific NPCs that operate travel services, many enemies in the open world are NOT scaled to your level and can be incredibly powerful if you stumble across them early on, and there are NO quest markers--just text instructions in your journal that vaguely tell you where to go or who to talk to.

This sort of gameplay appeals to many players, while turning others away. Some may consider the RPG combat mechanics to be less immersive, while seeing the quest and fast travel limitations as more immersive than later titles. I've always liked the very deep level of customization allowed in the game. Morrowind lets you craft your own custom spells with almost no limitations other than your own character's skill level, gives you immense freedom with enchanting gear, has a huge number of gear slots, has an impressive variety of spell effects ranging from useless/niche to broken, and allows spell effects and stats to scale up virtually without limit. You can, for instance, go from barely being able to run faster than a crawl to being able to jump across the entire world in a single bound. Morrowind scaling is crazy.

A large part of the appeal of Morrowind also comes from the setting and story. The world has a very alien feeling, with giant mushroom trees, and poison jellyfish cows, dinosaurs, tower-sized bug taxis, and so on. And the cultural dynamic is quite unique compared to other fantasy settings. You really do feel like an outsider in a relatively hostile land that you need to earn your place in. There are complex faction dynamics, race relations, cultural clashes, and a story that I think sets it apart from the setting and narrative of later ES titles like Oblivion and Skyrim.

Morrowind isn't a game for everyone. Many people may not be able to get past the dated graphics and clunky controls/mechanics, but overall, this is an incredible open world game, full of secrets, hidden areas/dungeons, and hundreds of hours of content, that I fully recommend.

It's even better than I remember. Played Morrowind to death in the early 2000's but picking it up in the mid 2020's has been a lot of fun.

Morrowind has the best story of all the Bethesda games. Tragedy, pride and betrayal.

Classic dungeon crawler. Punishing difficulty, obtuse design. Ugly without mods and borderline unplayable. If for some reason, you're still curious, then this game is 100% for you. It is a fascinating Pandora's box of classic CRPG goodness. The modding community has kept this game up for 21 years, and I doubt they'll stop anytime soon.

По моему мнению лучшая из частей своей серии, в нее хочется постоянно возвращаться снова и снова.

Played this for 300+ hours on disc before buying it on steam to re-visit. A bit of a rougher experience than Skyrim and Oblivion to be sure, but it holds a special place in my heart. The artifacts, the dungeons, the weapons, and just the world in general; it's a must-play for any open-world RPG enthusiast.

This has been a lot of fun so far. Definitely a break from more modern games. What is this actually reading the quest log and map?! XD I personally find that endearing and part of the fun. I never played any of the older Elder Scrolls games so this has been a new experience. I did download some graphic mods, which I recommend. It makes the game more pleasing to look at. Do not recommend "Uncle Crassius", that guy is a weirdo...join some other house so you can avoid him...

still did not finish the game sooner or later just is a very long a slow game not making it bad but showing how some oldschool games used to be like this at the start slow but once you get in the middle or end of the story its rolling still good love the skyrim series

Fascinating experience especially when coming from newer ES games seeing how the design philosophy was changing over time. I enjoyed it but it took some effort to get into it. I still like Oblivion more but its definitely a cut above Skyrim as an RPG. Accessibility and graphics are not to be underestimated when it comes to games appeal but at least I won't point and laugh at Morroboomers anymore, they do have a lot of good points.

Design and writing don't hold up to today's standards, but it was still very fun to play and to glimpse into the budding elements of RPG design that now permeate the genre. I'm also a huge lore-fanatic of the Elder Scrolls series, and so while the pacing and narrative delivery were very foreign to me as someone who didn't grow up with these games, I was still able to appreciate the vision.

I can imagine that in 2002, when the range of choice was so constrained to only a handful of big titles, the sandbox, exploratory nature and the "we won't hold your hand" design philosophy was extremely appealing. A big (comparative to it's size, almost empty) sandbox that takes hours and hours to explore and just make sense of is hugely valuable, it kept you playing and kept you occupied, while there was nothing else to turn your attention to.

I don't think the issue is necessarily that "zoomers these days have no patience for delayed gratification", I think it is largely just that existing as a video game is no longer a quality that can be insisted on, there are thousands and thousands of alternatives that are begging for your attention, and I think that kind of competition has driven developers to streamline their design and focus in on the things that players REALLY want when they have the luxury of choice.

It was also very satisfying to see the evolution of what Bethesda has been approaching over decades, and I'm glad they have been able to identify the old hard-nosed rules of RPG that detract from the flow of a game, and morph these things into gamified echoes of realism and sandbox.

This is an amazing game for people who don't mind buggy messes, easily my favorite of the elder scrolls games so far