Bethesda Softworks Reviews 352

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers expressed significant dissatisfaction with the products, frequently encountering bugs and glitches that made games unplayable or frustrating. They also reported issues with game quality, noting that many releases felt unfinished and required community modifications to be enjoyable. Reviewers also highlighted problems with the user experience, such as persistent in-game issues like character movement and missing content. Furthermore, some people were dissatisfied with the staff, citing concerns about their conduct. The company's application was also a point of contention for some users.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not buy special edition games from this company. They don't forewarn you that UPS will charge you additional taxes for anything worth £135 or more. Just preordered Doom and now been emailed by U... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's been a month and they still haven't fixed the issues accessing Fallout 4 DLC. Basically, after hundreds of hours of gameplay and hundreds of euros spent on DLC and Creation Club, users can't acc... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bethesda has already lost my trust after Starfield and stealing my $100, a hollow shell of what Skyrim and Fallout once were . But now your employees are openly mocking the death of an innocent man,... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company doesn't pay attention to player settings. Starfield characters in constant motion. I've switched controllers, turned settings down and still have constant movement. Bethesda used to be... See more



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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Always bugged

20 years with games from Bhethesda and Never played a game that i didnt have to start over due to buggs thats just a joke.

STAY AWAY KIDS THE GAMES HERE WILL BUGG OUT !!!!!

7 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bethesda truly are a joke

Bethesda truly are a joke. From the awful releases to the continued lack of releasing at any reasonable rate. They seriously to call it a day and get their IP's in better hands.

30 March 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Community carries the company

After being a long-time fan of playing their games with mods (Playing their games since oblivion and fallout 3 was probably the last base game I enjoyed enough to finish) I truly feel that Bethesda no longer create good games. In fact, Fallout NV shows the rest of my point as it is one of their highest reviewed publishing's that was created by Obsidian Entertainment.

However, they are good at giving the community the tools they need to make a good game. The problem is they like to break the mods that all the fans like to play making it harder for people to experience them. One such example of this is Fallout 4 - The community managed to make a solid game known as Fallout London that sets the game in the UK and gives it an original story that is not just a remake of Fallout 3 (Probably Bethesda's last solid game but is so old it is hard to play today) flipped.

Then there is Starfield which had such good potential but fell short because of their reuse of assets. The game is enjoyable for a few hours but becomes very repetitive very fast. Once again, the game has been saved by the community with the Star Wars Genesis mod.

I would rate them higher as a company that releases good creation tools if they didn't get greedy with their games releasing them over and over to milk as much money as possible while just creating a buggy peace of mess that the community is left to clean up and breaking the hard work that has been put into making their games good.

27 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ADHD BETHESDA

This company doesn't pay attention to player settings. Starfield characters in constant motion. I've switched controllers, turned settings down and still have constant movement. Bethesda used to be the frosting on the cake. Now they're just the dried out crumbs. UBISOFT, I'm coming back to the Assassin's Creed series. Bethesda has nothing except Carpal tunnel injuries.

19 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Fallout 76...

I love Bethesda's games, especially the Fallout series, but I hate how they often release broken and unfinished games. Fallout 76 is a perfect example. I play on six accounts on Steam—two of which currently have a year of Fallout 1st—and I sometimes add a month to other accounts to unlock things from the season board. However, they leave many things broken for years, as long as players can't use them to gain anything. I personally don't exploit glitches or use anything outside normal gameplay, but it’s frustrating.

I pay for the membership not just for the stash, tent, and other perks, but to see them fix issues and improve stability. Sadly, it feels like all they care about is the money. The Atom Shop rarely has anything new; instead, it just features random cosmetic changes to existing items, which suggests they struggle to come up with new content. The new DLC is often buggy as hell, and some of the older DLC still needs fixing.

I hate having to create new accounts because we're limited to five characters per account, instead of offering more character slots. The fact that players have to pay for unlimited stash is ridiculous. Many of us, myself included, would happily pay for a membership just for better fixes and upkeep—the stash and tent alone are worth it. Plus, the lack of shared stash between characters is just dumb.

I'm tired of losing items because of bugs, or dropping things in the world only to come back and find they’re gone due to game crashes. I shouldn’t have to do this. I believe I should have unlimited stash across all my characters on one account, along with a shared normal stash.

I also recently learned that Bethesda made fun of Charlie Kirk’s death, which is pretty messed up. I don’t watch TV or social media, so I wasn’t aware of it until now. Making fun of someone's death is just uncalled for. Shame on you, Bethesda.

I don’t hate anyone, I just hate poor choices and actions that hurt others. Despite all this, I love your games, Bethesda, but as a supporter for many years, I feel like you only care about profit. Please fix the games. Give us something to be proud of again!

1 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

fallout 76 is paytowin with FO1ST

fallout 76 is paytowin with FO1ST, you alreade pay for Fallout76 and afterwards you have the option for more storage to pay a ridiculously insanly amount of dollars per month to have more storage cappacity.......insane company

2 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Could Be Great, But Too Many Issues Hold It Back

I really wanted to enjoy their games like Fallout 4 and Skyrim, but the experience has been pretty frustrating. Some of the titles still have cool ideas and fun moments, but constant bugs and crashes take away most of the enjoyment. Their support system also feels almost nonexistent when something goes wrong, which doesn’t help. It just seems like the company isn’t putting enough care into fixing long-standing problems. There’s potential here, but right now it’s hard to recommend more than a couple of stars.

22 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FWIW

Bethesda is doing better. Still far from great but they seem to be trying harder...

20 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely evil

Absolutely evil, extorting, vile company. They deserve the absolute worst. They deserve bankruptcy and failure. They screw millions over. Do not trust Bethesda ever again. They do NOT EVER deserve the rights to fallout. It is such a pathetic and sad shame that they even own fallout… it destroys my soul as a long time fan to know these vile, disgusting people own one of my favorite things. To hell with each and every one of them. Far left extremists to top it off.

10 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A Failed Company, Todd Howard Isn’t It

1994 (Arena), 1996 (Daggerfall), 2002 (Morrowind), 2006 (Oblivion), and 2011 (Skyrim)… but 14 years later, nothing…? 10 years since a Fallout? I was 11 when I last played the “new” elder scrolls… I am now 25… but no, please remaster Skyrim again… thats what everyone wants…?

13 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WTF did you just do??

WTF did you just do??

Why did you ruin this game completly now?

why are you updating the game with an update that just ruined the game?

you worthless useless clowns.

iam done with your games and your junk!

11 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Playing Skyrim

Playing Skyrim - full of bugs and now unplayable cause a character has suddenly decided to follow me around constantly talking so constantly interrupting the gameplay. How they have the neck to sell a game with so many bugs is incredible. Obviously they don’t care about reputation as there trust pilot rating confirms. Never playing their games again.

19 September 2025
Unprompted review

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