The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-21
- Extensive modding support and community
- Immersive open world and environments
- Freedom in gameplay and exploration
- Highly praised game quality and replayability
- Frequent bugs and performance issues
- Criticism of combat system and RPG mechanics
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB 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
- 317,610
- Positive
- 301,08094.8%
- Negative
- 16,5305.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 13,443,810
- Estimated revenue
- $268,741,762
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 250.73%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,058
- Estimated revenue lost
- $21,149
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 250.7% Avg playtime 0.7h | 361.1% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 3369.8% Avg playtime 259.8h | 3,02188.4% Avg playtime 393.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 7.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 51.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,731 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,418 total
Organic purchasers1,55345.4%
Voted up: 88%
Key activations1,86554.6%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,418 total
First impression0-2h812.37%
Voted up: 65%
Mid game2-10h2968.66%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h2417.05%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+2,80081.9%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.1%
Global baseline 89.4%
17 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 317,610 total.