The game in this headline is The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Bethesda’s digital card game—not The Elder Scrolls: Blades. Legends was delisted from Steam on November 2, 2024, and its servers permanently shut down on January 30, 2025. The closure has passed: the game is no longer playable because it became inaccessible when its servers went offline.
What happened to The Elder Scrolls: Legends?
Bethesda’s reported shutdown notice said: “The Elder Scrolls: Legends servers will permanently shut down on January 30, 2025.” MMOBomb reported the notice and the loss of access after the closure; the original Bethesda announcement was not available in the sources reviewed. MMOBomb’s report
This was a service closure, not merely a store-listing change. After the servers went offline, Legends became inaccessible. The available reporting does not establish an official offline mode.
When was Legends delisted and shut down?
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| November 1, 2024 | Bethesda announced the planned server closure, according to the reported chronology. Chronology |
| November 2, 2024 | The game was delisted from Steam, according to the available chronology. Delisting preceded the server shutdown; it did not itself mark the end of access for players who already had the game. Chronology |
| January 30, 2025 | The servers permanently shut down, after which the game became inaccessible. Shutdown report |
Can you still play it or download it?
No. The Steam delisting happened before the shutdown, and the later server closure made the game inaccessible. The sources reviewed do not establish that an official offline version or another supported way to play remains available. Do not treat an unofficial preservation project as an endorsed or verified route to play.
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Is this The Elder Scrolls: Blades?
No. The Elder Scrolls: Legends is the digital card game covered here. The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a separate game, and later coverage of Blades shutting down concerns a different title. GameSpot’s Blades coverage
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- ENTER THE WORLD OF SKYRIM: Experience the legendary open-world RPG as a tabletop adventure, exploring Tamriel through branching quests, iconic factions, and rich Elder Scrolls lore.
- COOPERATIVE OR SOLO PLAY: Designed for 1–4 players, allowing you to adventure solo or team up to face dragons, uncover conspiracies, and shape the fate of Skyrim together.
- OPEN-ENDED QUEST SYSTEM: Choose how you approach each mission—diplomacy, stealth, or combat—as your decisions permanently impact the story and the world around you.
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Rank #3
- Live Another Life, In Another World: Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls comes to life in one legendary experience from all three official add-ons.
- Dawnguard: The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the Elder Scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him? Or will you become a Vampire Lord?
- Hearthfire: Purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, and more.
- Dragonborn: Journey off the coast of Morrowind, to the vast island of Solstheim. Traverse the ash wastes and glacial valleys of this new land as you become more powerful with shouts that bend the will of your enemies and even tame dragons.
Rank #2
- Live another life, in another world: Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of the elder scrolls comes to life in one legendary experience from all three official add-ons.
- Dawnguard: The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the elder scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him Or will you become a Vampire Lord
- Hearthfire: Purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, and more
- Dragonborn: Journey off the coast of Morrowind, to the vast island of Solstheim. Traverse the ash wastes and glacial valleys of this new land as you become more powerful with shouts that bend the will of your enemies and even tame dragons
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