Bethesda is officially shutting down The Elder Scrolls: Blades on June 30. The mobile dungeon crawler, once hyped as Tamriel on the go, will see its servers go offline for good. The game has already been delisted from the App Store, Google Play, and Nintendo Store, making it impossible for new players to join the final days.
Current players aren’t left empty-handed. Bethesda is handing out a free bundle of Gems and Sigils, and every item in the in-game store now costs just one Gem or Sigil. It’s a last loot grab before the lights go out-think of it as a farewell party, but with heavily discounted microtransactions.
Why this matters for Elder Scrolls fans
For anyone still grinding dungeons or upgrading their town, this is the end of the road. The Elder Scrolls: Blades launched in 2020 for Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch, riding a wave of early hype. Over one million iOS users downloaded it during its first week in early access. But the game never matched the success of Bethesda’s mainline titles. Critics hammered it for being “repetitive” and packed with microtransactions, earning a “Generally Unfavorable” score on Metacritic.
This shutdown isn’t a curveball. Bethesda already pulled the plug on The Elder Scrolls: Legends, its card game spinoff, by halting development in 2019 and taking servers offline in January 2025. The studio is clearly trimming its mobile lineup, focusing on bigger projects (and maybe, just maybe, speeding up work on The Elder Scrolls VI).
What’s left for mobile Tamriel?
If you’re still craving Elder Scrolls on your phone, there’s one option: The Elder Scrolls: Castles. It’s the last mobile spinoff standing. For now, though, the era of free-to-play dungeon crawling in Tamriel is over.
The bottom line
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades servers shut down June 30-play while you can.
- All in-game items are now dirt cheap for remaining players.
- Mobile Elder Scrolls fans can still try The Elder Scrolls: Castles.
For diehards, this is your last chance to swing a sword in Blades. For everyone else, it’s a reminder that not every spinoff gets to be a legend.