The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-21
- Highly immersive and story-driven gameplay experience.
- Freedom of choice in an vast open world.
- Engaging quests and varied gameplay mechanics.
- Active modding community enhancing replay value.
- Persistent bugs, glitches, and performance issues.
- Outdated combat system and graphics mechanics.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 365,918
- Positive
- 337,92792.4%
- Negative
- 27,9917.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 16,200,788
- Estimated revenue
- $647,869,512
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1750.51%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,748
- Estimated revenue lost
- $309,843
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1760.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 3781.1% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,6634.8% Avg playtime 198.2h | 32,42293.6% Avg playtime 232.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 9.9 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 73.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 507 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,492.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
34,639 total
Organic purchasers24,68871.3%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations9,95128.7%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
34,639 total
First impression0-2h8592.48%
Voted up: 75%
Mid game2-10h5,10114.7%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h3,58410.3%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+25,09572.4%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.8%
Global baseline 94.7%
584 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 365,918 total.