The Elder Scrolls vs Wanderness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Elder Scrolls
Build and manage your own castle and dynasty across generations. Make crucial decisions, customize your stronghold, and send heroes on quests to protect your kingdom. Your choices shape your legacy.
- Build and customize your castle
- Manage your dynasty across generations
- Make impactful kingdom decisions
- Train subjects and assign workstations
- Complete epic quests with heroes
- Equip heroes with epic gear
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From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning developer behind Skyrim and Fallout Shelter, comes The Elder Scrolls: Castles – a new mobile game that puts you in control of your very own castle and dynasty. Oversee your subjects as the years come and go, families grow, and new rulers take the throne. BUILD YOUR DYNASTY Tell your story for generations - each day in real life covers the span of an entire year in The Elder Scrolls: Castles. Train your subjects, name heirs, and maintain order to help your kingdom flourish. Will you keep your subjects happy and ensure a long life for their ruler? Or will they grow discontent and plot assassination? MANAGE YOUR CASTLE Customize your castle from the ground up, adding and expanding rooms, placing lavish decorations and inspirational monuments, and even assign subjects to workstations to ensure your castle has the resources to thrive for years to come! RULE YOUR KINGDOM Make key decisions that impact your legacy. Will you risk a limited supply of food to aid a neighboring kingdom? How should a heated spat between your subjects be settled? Your choices determine if your rule will inspire prosperity or lead your castle to peril. COMPLETE EPIC QUESTS Create heroes, equip them with epic gear, and send them to battle against classic Elder Scrolls foes to collect valuable items and keep your kingdom growing.
Wanderness
Explore serene natural landscapes and capture beautiful moments with your camera in this walking simulator. Immerse yourself in a zen-inspired world designed to calm your mind and ease anxiety. Reconnect with nature at your own pace.
- Explore 360-degree photo landscapes
- Relaxing soundscape
- No timers or pressure
- Full day-night cycle
- Capture and share photos
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Discover peace and tranquility with Wanderness, a new type of walking sim that takes you through serene natural landscapes. As you wander, capture stunning moments with your trusty camera and immerse yourself in a soothing, zen-inspired world that calms your mind and eases anxiety. Reconnect with the beauty of nature and find your center, one peaceful step at a time. Features: -Explore a stunning world crafted from real 360-degree photographs. -Relaxing and uplifting soundscape that transports you to serenity. -No timers and no pressure. Just wander and capture photos at your own pace. -Experience a full day cycle as the landscape gracefully transforms from dawn to dusk and into night. -Easily share your lovely photos with friends and family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wanderness at 100% against The Elder Scrolls's 49%. Wanderness also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). The Elder Scrolls's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 6) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. The Elder Scrolls sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Wanderness asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wanderness holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Elder Scrolls has 13K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of The Elder Scrolls's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wanderness's.
The Elder Scrolls ships an update every 2 weeks, Wanderness every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Elder Scrolls | Wanderness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (13K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #95 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 686 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bethesda | Moolion Inc |
Customer experience
The Elder Scrolls
Wanderness
Bugs and requests
The Elder Scrolls
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to select rooms without selecting characters
- Accidental character movement due to poor UI
- Inconsistent resource collection when game is closed
Requested features
4 requests- Multiple save files or restart option
- More customization options for castle and characters
- Improved character management tools
- Deeper integration with Elder Scrolls lore and characters
Wanderness
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Elder Scrolls
- Pouch of Gems$1.99
- Small Starter Bundle$4.99
- Emperor's Pass (7 days)$4.99
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- Sack of Gems$4.99
- Legendary Event Subject Bundle$6.99
- Satchel of Gems$9.99
- Emperor's Pass (30 days)$13.99
- Large Starter Bundle$14.99
- Emperor's Pass (1 year)$19.99
- Strongbox of Gems$19.99
Wanderness
No in-app purchases
Questions
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