The process for migrating Bethesda games to Steam will take some coordinated effort from its users, and Bethesda has promised that an extensive guide will be made available to its customers on April 27th, when the migration process will officially take place. This migration will include both the game library and the wallet, ensuring that nothing is lost in the transfer. The only game not affected by this change is The Elder Scrolls Online, which will still keep its own separate launcher.

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Users will have the opportunity to transfer their game library and wallet to Steam until May 11th, when Bethesda Game Launcher officially closes down. The post on Bethesda.net states that from May 11th onwards, players will no longer be able to launch their Bethesda games within the Bethesda launcher. Despite retiring the service, customers will retain their Bethesda.net account, as many Bethesda games rely on it to provide services such as mods, in-game items, and exclusive updates.

A very important thing to note is that despite retiring the Bethesda Game Launcher, customers will not lose ownership of their games and will be able to complete the migration process at any time from April 27th. Their library will remain untouched on Bethesda.net – they just won’t be able to start them through the launcher.

Regarding saved games and individual game progress, Bethesda reassures its customers that it will also provide detailed instructions on how to transfer all of it over to Steam, with some games being capable of doing it automatically. Bethesda goes on to say that the exception to the rule seems to be Wolfenstein: Youngblood, with the rest of its games being able to provide an automatic transfer of player progress.

As for live titles such as Fallout 76, Bethesda explains that it will still require logging in and connecting to a player’s Bethesda.net account and even offers incentives and rewards for those who transfer over to Steam early. In case players accidentally link the wrong Steam account with their Bethesda library, they will be able to unlink it for a separate amount of times. If they realize it too late, with their account already migrated, they will be able to send a support ticket to resolve the problem.

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