Bethesda has delisted its mobile RPG spinoff The Elder Scrolls: Blades from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and Nintendo eShop ahead of a permanent server shutdown on June 30, 2026. Existing players can access all content for free via Gems and Sigils until closure.
The Elder Scrolls: Blades, launched in early access in 2019 for Android, iOS, and later Nintendo Switch, has been quietly removed from major digital storefronts earlier this month, as first reported by Eurogamer via Reddit's r/ElderScrolls community. The free-to-play dungeon crawler, which drew over one million iOS downloads in its first week but earned a 'Generally Unfavorable' Metacritic rating due to repetitive gameplay and heavy microtransactions, will see its servers go offline on June 30, 2026—marking the end of its seven-year run amid ongoing Elder Scrolls projects like Skyrim remasters and The Elder Scrolls Online.
Logging-in players receive this in-game notification: “The Elder Scrolls: Blades servers will permanently shut down on June 30, 2026. From now until June 30, 2026, all items in the store will be available for 1 Gem or 1 Sigil each. All players receive a free bundle of Gems and Sigils, so you can enjoy all content Blades has to offer. Thank you for playing and we hope you have enjoyed your time in Blades.”
This farewell gesture follows Bethesda's shutdown of another spinoff, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, in January 2025. Fans seeking mobile Elder Scrolls experiences can try The Elder Scrolls: Castles, which remains available.
