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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
45 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“One of the best and classiest fantasy rpgs in existense. If you havent experienced it yet, you should.”
“I absolutely love this game. There's so much content. Pretty much a must play for every RPG fan.”
“ꨄ My rating: 10/10 ꨄ Pros: - Massive map with lots of different locations to explore. With so many hours put into this game I've never even came close to exploring half of the locations on the map. - Plenty of different…”
26 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“10/10 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a classic and masterpiece of its genre. Play as the dragonborn in this story rich open world RPG. Bugs included. There’s not much to say about The Elder Scrolls V:…”
“If you watch gameplays to check why this game is so famous, you won’t understand, because it looks simple and old, and I had my doubts since Fallout: New Vegas didn’t click for me in any way. Until I got this game on…”
“One of the most comforting games out there. It’s calm, immersive, and always full of new adventures around the corner. You never really “finish” it, it’s a world you can keep coming back to, a kind of safe haven…”
17 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“10/10 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a classic and masterpiece of its genre. Play as the dragonborn in this story rich open world RPG. Bugs included. There’s not much to say about The Elder Scrolls V:…”
“ꨄ My rating: 10/10 ꨄ Pros: - Massive map with lots of different locations to explore. With so many hours put into this game I've never even came close to exploring half of the locations on the map. - Plenty of different…”
“If you watch gameplays to check why this game is so famous, you won’t understand, because it looks simple and old, and I had my doubts since Fallout: New Vegas didn’t click for me in any way. Until I got this game on…”
15 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“I absolutely love this game. There's so much content. Pretty much a must play for every RPG fan.”
“ꨄ My rating: 10/10 ꨄ Pros: - Massive map with lots of different locations to explore. With so many hours put into this game I've never even came close to exploring half of the locations on the map. - Plenty of different…”
“Skyrim is a unique game. No matter how many times Todd Howard tries to sell it to me, I’ll still buy it again and sink dozens of hours into it. I still don’t understand how it keeps pulling me back since 2011. It feels…”
9 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is without a shadow of a doubt, my favorite game of all time. Why you ask? First of all, the amount of freedom it gives the player. Instead of forcing you into one playstyle, the game lets…”
“============================== ⭐ FINAL SCORE: 9.1/10 VERDICT: [ ✨ CERTIFIED BANGER ] ============================== ---{ GAMEPLAY }--- 🏆 Absolute Cinema (10/10) ---{ GRAPHICS }--- ✨ Certified Banger (9/10) ---{ AUDIO…”
“While the recent updates with creation club content haven't helped the game in any other way than to make more money, Skyrim will forever hold a special place in my heart. It is one of the most magical and beautiful…”
9 of the 101 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Skyrim received a ton of praise when it came out but none of this praise is deserved. Once you've played medieval fantasy games that actually have good action combat like the Souls series or Dragon's Dogma and you've…”
“One of the few legendary games I don't find fun after a few hours. Borderline unplayable in my opinion without mods. I really tried getting into it on 3 different occasions, but after a while, everything becomes stale…”
“Honestly, i love this game. I’ve replayed it so many times and i still keep coming back to it. Yeah, the dungeons can get pretty repetitive, but the atmosphere more than makes up for it. Just walking around the world,…”
9 of the 101 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“10/10 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a classic and masterpiece of its genre. Play as the dragonborn in this story rich open world RPG. Bugs included. There’s not much to say about The Elder Scrolls V:…”
“i will never find game similar to this, very unique frosty, magical, beautiful hilarious with.. lot of bugs good soundtrack been stuck on some quests, console commands were a must College of Winterhold - most…”
“Skyrim? Yeah, it’s kind of the best game ever—and not just because everyone says so. It’s one of those chill games where you can just hop in, be whoever you want, and vibe. Want to be a dragon-shouting mage? Cool. A…”
8 of the 101 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Play hundreds of hours on Skyrim LE, played hundreds and counting hours on skyrim SE. Spend hundred hours on modding the game. I will say, AE and club creation are garbage ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and ♥♥♥♥ microsoft, they deserve all…”
“Alieah Akabar dovakin - Taliban Alduin asides Alduin getting funky above, Skyrim is a great game have thousands of hours from the 360 version to console xbox one xbox one S then the series X and had many of its multiple…”
“"people will just buy the exact same game, like over and over" -Todd Howard probably”
6 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“All i wanted to do is play a bit of skyrim after all these years. I never was the biggest fan but i enjoyed oblivion a lot. Calling this "Remastered" and an "Anniversary" Edition must be some deep joke i dont get. Im…”
“Have bought and played this game several times over the past decade and have never been disappointed in it, however one issue I have is that (to the best of my knowledge) there is no way to install select CC/anniversary…”
“Great game, so long as you don't get the anniversary edition, which I can't figure out how to disable :/”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“All i wanted to do is play a bit of skyrim after all these years. I never was the biggest fan but i enjoyed oblivion a lot. Calling this "Remastered" and an "Anniversary" Edition must be some deep joke i dont get. Im…”
“Play hundreds of hours on Skyrim LE, played hundreds and counting hours on skyrim SE. Spend hundred hours on modding the game. I will say, AE and club creation are garbage ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and ♥♥♥♥ microsoft, they deserve all…”
“Yet more money on another skyrim. Oh well. I love Elder Scrolls. W Ring of Khajit from fishing. Got lured into selling my soul to a ton of different Daedric princes. But hey, at least I got to slay a ton of dragons.”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is, without exaggeration, one of the greatest RPGs ever created. Even years after release, it still stands at the top thanks to its unmatched freedom, atmosphere, and near-infinite replay value. Completing the game to 100% on Steam—unlocking all…”
— a player, Steam review · 150 hrs played“I suggest to not play it all at once. You'll get hella bored. Try playing for few days then take a break from Skyrim. Still it's a decent game overall. I didn't enjoy it as much as I've heard about it.”
— a player, Steam review · 154 hrs played“Skyrim isn't just an iconic game. It's an experience in itself. Why? Easy enough to answer, given that after so many years since its first release, it became a game which a lot of players end up constantly revisiting. Not because of the added content by a vault that turned some…”
— a player, Steam review · 150 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | Open World · RPG · Adventure · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Character Customization · Moddable · Dragons · Story Rich · Magic · First-Person · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Surround Sound · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish * , Traditional Chinese, Russian * , Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 75 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version) Processor: Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB Storage: 12 GB available space