OpenMW
Open-source engine that plays Morrowind from the player's own data, shipped with OpenMW-CS as a replacement for the original Construction Set.
Rewrite Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2009, long before AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Team
- OpenMW
- Started
- 2009-08
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux, macOS
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by OpenMW. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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