The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Steam Deck Unsupported

Bethesda Game Studios · Open World · Oct 27, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.99.

92%
Very Positive
373k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 123 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 53 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 373k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Alright time to review... finally at a point where all major storylines are complete and most important side quests complete as well...
123 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Your actual daily loop often consists of running TexGen and xLODGen for high-quality terrain and object LODs, using ACMOS Road Generator to generate roads for world map, optimizing textures with VRAMr, cleaning and patching masters in xEdit, generating animations with Pandora, building custom bodies and armors in Bodyslide, generating patches with Synthesis, and finally sorting everything with LOOT.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
-Replayability (factions to choose from)
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The atmosphere is thick and immersive, the music is iconic, and the environmental storytelling is excellent.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
your game will crash over and over again, fire up the old 360 and play it on there however if you play it on a regular ol' shmegular hp laptop that you got to do online school during the pandemic it won't work out well for you. or even buy it now as a reason to save up for a pc or steam deck!!!!
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters123 reviews
Graphics46 reviews
Gameplay38 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Combat53 reviews
92%
Bugs35 reviews
83%
Crashes25 reviews
92%
Interface14 reviews
79%
Difficulty7 reviews
86%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.99 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
75
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.