The Elder Scrolls® Online Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-29
- Thousands of hours of content
- Well-written and immersive quests
- Beautiful and atmospheric world
- Expensive and excessive DLCs
- Predatory monetization practices
- Frequent server disconnections
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 160,574
- Positive
- 130,00481.0%
- Negative
- 30,57019.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 11,899,786
- Estimated revenue
- $237,876,722
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1572.04%
- Estimated copies lost
- 11,635
- Estimated revenue lost
- $232,584
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1592.1% Avg playtime 0.8h | 610.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,99826% Avg playtime 796.8h | 5,47371.2% Avg playtime 805.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 22.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 100.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,364.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
7,691 total
Organic purchasers6,53985.0%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations1,15215.0%
Voted up: 73%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
7,691 total
First impression0-2h2923.80%
Voted up: 33%
Mid game2-10h1,22015.9%
Voted up: 64%
Late game10-20h7499.74%
Voted up: 73%
Endgame20h+5,43070.6%
Voted up: 76%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
56.9%
Global baseline 72.0%
65 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 160,574 total.