New Skyrim Replacement Will Keep You Busy Until The Elder Scrolls 6

Published Nov 15, 2026, 1:00 PM EST Bruno Yonezawa is a Gaming Senior Writer for Screen Rant. He's been practicing professional journalism for over 10 years, and is also a communications specialist. He's played games all his life and turned that passionate hobby into a passionate career, in an industry where he's worked as a writer, editor, analyst, and more. A new RPG replacement for Skyrim looks like the perfect game to keep you busy until the arrival of The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel. It’s already been confirmed that we’re all in for a long wait with The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel. Industry insiders hint that the game is still at least two years away, and it could still take a while for Bethesda to even showcase a bit of what players can expect from the game. For now, we know its official title and the fact that it is set in the region of Hammerfell in Tamriel. As such, fans have been relying heavily on its predecessor, Skyrim, which completed 15 years a few days ago. However, that may soon come to an end, thanks to a new game arriving soon on Steam. Developed and published by OnceLost Games, The Wayward Realms is a first-person fantasy RPG, not unlike those from The Elder Scrolls series. The big thing about it is that it can nearly be considered a perfect replacement for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, as the team behind it includes developers who worked on some of the first entries in the series. The Wayward Realms is a new game from former Elder Scrolls developers. The OnceLost Games studio is directed by Ted Peterson and Julian LeFay, the lead developers of the team behind the original Elder Scrolls, Arena, and Daggerfall. From the gameplay trailer, it seems like The Wayward Realms is heavily inspired by Bethesda’s classic fantasy RPG series, and it doesn’t come as a surprise. Nevertheless, the developers at OnceLost Games want to do something different this time around. In The Wayward Realms, “choice and consequence are experienced on a scale never attempted before.” So what does that mean? The new The Wayward Realms RPG is going to use generative AI as part of a “Large Language Model.” According to the developers, this tool will “help parse out in-game character data,” such as quests, allied factions, and more. This will supposedly help “customize quest objectives and reword hand-written dialogue” to better fit the player’s progression, based on what they’ve experienced. Effectively speaking, the idea is that this tool will operate as a virtual Game Master, making the world react to everything you do within the campaign and outside of it. With this tool, the massive new open-world RPG intends to offer different players vastly different experiences, since the world will change with every decision you make. The Wayward Realms promises to deliver a huge world to explore, with cities that have “hundreds or thousands of NPCs.” The game will also rely on procedural generation as it expands while you explore. This RPG is set in a chain of islands known as the Archipelago, which is disputed by various kingdoms. The Wayward Realms is, undeniably, an ambitious new project, and the expertise from the veteran Elder Scrolls developers helps give it more credibility. The title does not yet have a release date or release window, for that matter. However, considering how much we’ll have to wait for The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel, hopes are that it arrives before Bethesda’s new RPG. Systems Developer(s) OnceLost Games Publisher(s) OnceLost Games Engine Unreal Engine 5