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About this game
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. Skyrim Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons plus all-new features like remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, screen-space reflections and more.
Skyrim Special Edition also brings the power of Bethesda Game Studios Creations to consoles. New quests, environments, characters, dialogue, armor, weapons and more – with Creations, there are no limits to what you can experience.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN
Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
LIVE ANOTHER LIFE, IN ANOTHER WORLD
Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY
Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.
BATTLE DRAGONS
Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- October 26, 2016
- Developer:
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher:
- Bethesda Softworks
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchises:
- The Elder Scrolls
Skyrim
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Partial Controller Support
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
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
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
- Processor: Intel i5-2400/AMD FX-8320
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB /AMD R9 290 4GB
- Storage: 12 GB available space
Critic Reviews
81
Based on 65 Critics
IGN
Leif Johnson
8 / 10"If you’ve never experienced Skyrim, the Special Edition is certainly an adventure you can’t afford to miss."
Attack of the Fanboy
Mike Guarino"It’s showing its age and still suffers from the trademark Bethesda bugs, but The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a good enough excuse to warrant a return trip or...
GamesRadar+
Andy Hartup
"A wonderful recreation of Skyrim, which remains - despite rough edges and badly-aged elements - one of the greatest RPGs ever made."
Reviews provided by OpenCritic
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Statistics
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>= 80 Hours
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Achievement Hunter?
88.31% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
88.31% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
2.55%
Easy
14.05%
Just Right
77.37%
Tough
5.29%
Unforgiving
0.73%
Relax & enjoy! 77.37% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Tried It
5.31%
Played It
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Halfway
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Beat It
36.01%
Conquered It
31.35%
Completionist! 31.35% of players have Conquered It
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition User Reviews
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Vexy
Verified purchase
If it wasn't for the modding community, I would have stopped playing a long time ago. Still, the game is a timeless classic and looks truly amazing even by today's standards.
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JedimasterX33
Verified purchase
This game is one of the best role playing games of all time. It has aged pretty well considering how old it is. The graphics and performance are great on Steam Deck and the mods are a plus. I will continue to have this game as part of my library, it's still one of my favorite games
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Haske
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A great game with a big open world, a multitude of ways to play and build your own character and a deep and rich story to explore.
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Viktor
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Amazing game. Played it for the first time (somehow) recently and it still holds up. Love the open world nature of it that doesn't seem empty .
Getting some mods can be a bit tricky if you have no clue how to do it but there are a lot of mods for this game that only add to the experience.
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Wolf_W01
Verified purchase
I had originally played TES Skyrim on the xbox years ago soon after it had come out, and i enjoyed it overall for what it was. But, then i switched over to PC not too long ago and i have to say that being able to add so much EPIC community content to the game, modernise it in various ways and make it much more immersive and interesting, and look way better too through modding, Skyrim is like a brand new game for me and has easily become one of my absolute favourites! I highly recommend it, especially if you take the time to learn to mod...which is easier than one might think!
In my case, Skyrim has become one of the best Werewolf simulators/role play games available at this time!
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spawnofstewie13
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Really great game, as soon as I purchased it fanatical immediately gave me the key. Fanatical also has a link that I used that takes you to the steam redeem page and it fills in the key for you. Game runs great fanaticals bundles and deals are great. Overall 10/10
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 17% of GameFAQs users said The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is Simple or Easy. 77% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right.
According to PEGI, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is suitable for players aged 18 and above.
Yes, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
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
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
- Processor: Intel i5-2400/AMD FX-8320
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB /AMD R9 290 4GB
- Storage: 12 GB available space
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 84 hours. 88% of users played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition for over 80 hours.
89% of Fanatical users recommend The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. The average review score is 4.7/5
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition was released on October 26, 2016
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is published by Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition was developed by Bethesda Game Studios
Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as RPG, Adventure, Action, and Story Rich
Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as Fantasy, Dragons, Magic, and Great Soundtrack
Yes. Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as having Singleplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as having Character Customization
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as RPG
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as Action
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