Bethesda.net Is Shutting Down And Migrating To Steam

In a general sense, nothing is going to change for Bethesda.net users through the months of February or March, 2022. And even then, once everything is migrated over to Steam Bethesda expects that the only significant difference will be the name of the launcher you use to access your games.

Any games you own through Bethesda.net will be available for free in Steam, and “many” of your game saves should transfer over with no problem — though it does acknowledge that you might have to manually copy certain save data over. In particular, at the moment it looks like Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the one game that won’t support save transfers, but that could change. Either way it says it will provide instructions once migration becomes available.

It goes on to say that virtual currencies (including the content of your Bethesda.net Wallet), add-ons, and DLC content should also transfer over to Steam automatically.

Fallout 76 players can expect the same, with character info, C.A.M.P builds, Atoms, Seasons progress, and friends lists all carrying over to Steam through the migration process. The only notable differences are that all future public test server phases will only be accessible through Steam, and that Fallout 1st memberships won’t automatically renew starting in April. Instead, subscribers will have to manually renew their membership through Steam after it expires.