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OpenMW

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OpenMW is an free and open-source game engine recreation that reimplements the one powering Bethesda Softworks' 2002 open-world role-playing game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
3.6 / 5 Avg rating (5)
21 likes
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Features

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  1.  Moddable
  2.  Achievements Supported
  3.  Works Offline
  4.  Endless gameplay
  5.  Single player
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Open World Game

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  • Korwin reviewed OpenMW  
    2 months ago

    The game is not sold via Steam or GOG.

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    POX added OpenMW as alternative to A Plague Tale
    4 months ago
  • chesemiser updated OpenMW
    5 months ago
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OpenMW information

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.6
  • Alternatives

    23 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Games

Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about OpenMW, and it has gotten 21 likes

OpenMW was added to AlternativeTo by RemovedUser on Mar 28, 2015 and this page was last updated Nov 5, 2024. OpenMW is sometimes referred to as Open Morrowind.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Dom P
  
Top positive commentJan 1, 2022

an insane achievement by a dedicated community. i can run morrowind flawlessly on my dated android phone and hugely improves the game on all platforms. a gold standard for modding

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zerush
  
Top negative commentMay 29, 2018

It is only the mtor, also with failures. To play it you need the original game. It is not an alternative at all.

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Korwin
  
Negative commentJan 15, 2025

The game is not sold via Steam or GOG.

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Cora
  
Positive commentOct 26, 2018

While not an alternative, this implementation of the Morrowind engine is great. I'm finally able to seamlessly load and run Morrowind on a Linux distribution without all the extra fuss.

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What is OpenMW?

OpenMW is an free and open-source game engine recreation that reimplements the one powering Bethesda Softworks' 2002 open-world role-playing game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

The project aims to address issues with the original engine, as Morrowind has had no support or bug-fix updates for many years. The OpenMW engine is programmed in C++ and uses the Bullet physics engine, OpenAL-Soft for audio, MyGUI for window widgets, and SDL 2 for input. The launcher and OpenMW-CS tool use Qt for their graphical user interfaces. All the quests and other character choices of Morrowind and its official expansions and add-ons are fully playable in OpenMW, as are many third-party mods.

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