{"id":576070,"date":"2026-03-15T22:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/bethesda-adds-older-elder-scrolls-titles-to-steam-and-they-are-free-to-play"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:13:30","slug":"bethesda-adds-older-elder-scrolls-titles-to-steam-and-they-are-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bethesda-adds-older-elder-scrolls-titles-to-steam-and-they-are-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda adds older Elder Scrolls titles to Steam and they are free to play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bethesda-adds-older-elder-scrolls-titles-to-steam-and-they-are-free-to-play.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Betheda has made a few of its older games free to play on Steam, so if you haven&#8217;t given them a try yet, you no longer have an excuse not to.<\/p>\n<p>Again, they are older titles, so they won&#8217;t be as spiffy as Skyrim or newer Fallout titles. Still, free is free, and you should take time out of your day to play them, because why not?<\/p>\n<p>The titles made free to play are <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1812290\/The_Elder_Scrolls_Arena\/\">The Elder Scrolls: Arena<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1812390\/The_Elder_Scrolls_II_Daggerfall\/\">The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall<\/a> (you should really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/elder-scrolls-6-play-daggerfall-skyrim\">give this one a go<\/a>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1873030\/Wolfenstein_Enemy_Territory\/\">Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/bethesda-adds-older-elder-scrolls-titles-to-steam-and-they-are-free-to-play\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/bethesda-adds-older-elder-scrolls-titles-to-steam-and-they-are-free-to-play\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betheda has made a few of its older games free to play on Steam, so if you haven&#8217;t given them a try yet, you no longer have an excuse not to. 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