Elder Scrolls Oblivion remaster leaked file size confirms it's 2500 percent bigger than original

A new leak suggests the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster will be a massive download, if you've got the drive space for it.

Well, it's official: the Oblivion remaster is officially real. As we continue the long wait for The Elder Scrolls 6, Bethesda felt it was the right time to stop remastering Skyrim and instead start reviving its earlier RPGs.

While Bethesda will reveal more later today, that hasn't stopped a number of leaks and reports from coming out about the game.

Hard to believe the original Oblivion is nearly 20 years old.

Most seem to suggest the game is being rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, and will be available to play on the same day it's revealed.

But what's more is we may now have had a glimpse of what Oblivion Remastered's file size may be. If you haven't got a lot of available storage on your drive, you may want to start clearing space.

According to X0XLEAK, the complete download size of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will be 120.94 GB.

For reference, the Steam version of the original game is only 5.58 GB. That means the newly remastered assets account for a 2500% jump in size.

With the remaster supposedly using Unreal Engine 5, everything from the textures to audio files are going to balloon up in size so they look amazing on big 4K displays.

I even just checked my own personal modded Oblivion folder, and it's only reached 12 GB. So, expect the game to look gorgeous.

Since the original game was released in 2006, there wasn't any demand for high-resolution textures on this scale. I mean, 1080p gaming hadn't even become standard by that point.

Other recent hits that use Unreal Engine 5 include Black Myth Wukong, Silent Hill 2, and Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

While those games looked absolutely incredible, players also experienced some performance and optimisation issues associated with the engine. Let's hope Bethesda can make it work.

As this is a leak, be sure to take this information with a pinch of salt. Bethesda is set to reveal the Oblivion remaster later today at 4PM BST/11AM EST.