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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.
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About The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
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
- Steam Deck Support:
- Unsupported
- 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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~8 Hours
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0.67%
~20 Hours
1.78%
~40 Hours
2.44%
~60 Hours
3.78%
>= 80 Hours
89.33%
Achievement Hunter?
89.33% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
89.33% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
2.52%
Easy
13.85%
Just Right
77.7%
Tough
5.04%
Unforgiving
0.9%
Relax & enjoy! 77.7% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
5.25%
Played It
14.49%
Halfway
12.9%
Beat It
35.51%
Conquered It
31.85%
Completionist! 31.85% of players have Conquered It
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition User Reviews
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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
There are 2 editions. They are Special Edition and Anniversary Edition
Somewhere in the middle. 16% of GameFAQs users said The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is Simple or Easy. 78% 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.
No, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is not currently playable on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is Unsupported on Steam Deck. Some or all of this game currently doesn't function 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. 89% of users played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition for over 80 hours.
88% 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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