The gates of Oblivion have officially opened on Nintendo hardware. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered launched today, August 11, on Nintendo Switch 2 — the first time any version of Oblivion has ever made it onto a Nintendo console. If you've been holding out hope since the original 2006 classic, or since the remaster shadow-dropped on PC, PS5, and Xbox back in April 2025, today's the day.
Pricing and Editions
Two ways to grab it:
Digital Standard Edition — $49.99
Physical Deluxe Edition — $59.99, and notably ships as a full cartridge — the entire game is on the card, no extra download required. That's actually worth calling out, since a lot of recent Switch 2 releases only put part of the game on the cartridge and make you download the rest.
Both editions include the base game plus the Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine expansions, along with the full DLC lineup: Fighter's Stronghold, Spell Tomes, Vile Lair, Mehrune's Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard's Tower, The Orrery, and the Horse Armor Pack. Basically, everything.
Performance: What Bethesda Promised
Built on Unreal Engine 5 by port studio Virtuos, the Switch 2 version targets:
900p at 30fps in handheld mode
1080p at 30fps docked
DLSS upscaling on both
No 60fps mode has been announced, so don't expect a buttery-smooth frame rate here — this is a 30fps experience across the board. On the plus side, Switch 2 owners get some nice extras: motion controls, touchscreen support, and even a mouse-control option for handheld play.
The Honest Part: How's It Actually Running?
Here's where it gets interesting. Ahead of the official launch, a content creator got hold of a physical copy with the day-one patch installed and ran some early performance tests. The verdict: better than the leaked pre-release footage suggested, but not without issues.
In enclosed spaces — dungeons, towns, interiors — the game reportedly holds its 30fps target pretty consistently in docked mode. The open world is where it stumbles: the same traversal stutter and frame-rate dips that have followed Oblivion Remastered since its original April 2025 launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox are still present here. So if you were hoping the Switch 2 port would magically fix a problem that's dogged every other platform for over a year, temper expectations a little.
There's actually a silver lining buried in this, though — Bethesda apparently framed the Switch 2 port as the version through which the game might finally get its first major update across all platforms in over a year. Whether that update also targets the stutter issue isn't confirmed, but it's the most direct hint yet that a fix could be coming everywhere, not just on Switch 2.
A Few Things to Know Before You Buy
A couple of practical details worth flagging if you're deciding whether to jump in today:
No cross-buy and no save transfer — if you already own Oblivion Remastered on PC, PS5, or Xbox, the Switch 2 version is a separate purchase, and your progress won't carry over.
Not on Xbox Game Pass here — the Xbox version is included with Game Pass, but that doesn't extend to the Switch 2 release. You're buying it outright.
Download size: the digital version clocks in at 61.4GB, so make sure you've got the storage room if you're going digital over the full-cartridge physical Deluxe.
Worth Buying Today?
If you've never played Oblivion and always wanted a portable way into Cyrodiil, this is a genuinely solid entry point — full DLC included, motion controls for flavor, and the novelty of finally having Elder Scrolls IV in your pocket. Just go in knowing the open-world stutter hasn't been fully solved yet, even on brand-new hardware.
Are you picking up Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 today, or holding out for a performance patch? Let us know in the comments — and check back for our full impressions once we've spent more time in Cyrodiil.