OpenMW icon
OpenMW icon

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.

OpenMW screenshot 1

Cost / License

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
OpenMW screenshot 1
OpenMW screenshot 2
OpenMW alternatives  
27likes
24alternatives
1article

Features

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

 Tags

OpenMW News & Activities

Highlights All activities

Recent News

Recent activities

  • brodertotte88 liked OpenMW
  • Amney liked OpenMW
  • Enderal icon
    bugmenot added OpenMW as alternative to Enderal
  • soul1472 liked OpenMW
  • Arthagam liked OpenMW
  • lixicus liked OpenMW

Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Dom P
3

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

Top Negative Comment
zerush
1

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

Korwin
0

The game is not sold via Steam or GOG.

Cora
2

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.

Featured in Lists

Open Source Games

A list with 44 apps by justarandom without a description.

List by Darlene Sonalder with 44 apps, updated

Games

A list with 65 apps by NylaTheWolf without a description.

List by Nyla Smokeyface with 65 apps, updated

Gamers software

A list with 20 apps by ctulhu043 without a description.

List by ctulhu043 with 20 apps, updated

Official Links

AppStores & Other Links

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.

OpenMW information

AlternativeTo Category

Games

Popular alternatives

View all

Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about OpenMW, and it has gotten 27 likes

OpenMW was added to AlternativeTo by RemovedUser on and this page was last updated . OpenMW is sometimes referred to as Open Morrowind.