Hours played
How long do people play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 46 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 13 hours and 135 hours.
First 2 h
67% recommend
2–5 h
91% recommend
5–10 h
93% recommend
10–20 h
94% recommend
20–50 h
94% recommend
50–100 h
94% recommend
100–200 h
94% recommend
200–500 h
93% recommend
500 h and up
91% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 380,000 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition hold up?
It holds steady: between 91% and 94% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
Is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition better now than at launch?
Its Steam reviews began in October 2016. Of those posted in the first 30 days, 78% recommend it; of those posted in the last 12 months, 93% do.
Oct 2016
78%
≈ 19,200 reviews
Now
93%
≈ 36,300 reviews
One token is 2% of the reviews first posted in its first 30 days, and in the last 12 months. Each counts with the verdict it carries today, so a review its author has since changed shows the new one. The biggest comebacks and falls.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition tell you?
5% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 67% of those recommend it. After the window, 94% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 78% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 24 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 4 came while a refund was still possible and 16 after the window had closed.
Seals
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition earned two seals
Holds up
At least 90% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition: Holds up. At least 90% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played."></a>
Comeback
78% of the Steam reviews posted in its first 30 days recommend it; 93% of those posted in the last 12 months do.
Earned when the Steam reviews of a game's last 12 months recommend it 10 points or more above those of its first 30 days, at 80% or higher, and the rise is still there between players with the same hours. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition/seal/comeback.png" width="160" height="160" alt="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition: Comeback. 78% of the Steam reviews posted in its first 30 days recommend it; 93% of those posted in the last 12 months do."></a>Where players stop
How far do players get in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition?
72% of the players who launched The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition hold Unbound, its first story achievement on Steam, and 13% hold Dragonslayer, its last. The steepest drop comes between Unbound (72%) and Bleak Falls Barrow (50%).
Launched it
100%
Unbound
Complete "Unbound"
72% hold it
The wall · 22 of every 100 get no further
Bleak Falls Barrow
Complete "Bleak Falls Barrow"
50% hold it
The Way of the Voice
Complete "The Way of the Voice"
37% hold it
Diplomatic Immunity
Complete "Diplomatic Immunity"
22% hold it
Alduin's Wall
Complete "Alduin's Wall"
18% hold it
Elder Knowledge
Complete "Elder Knowledge"
15% hold it
The Fallen
Complete "The Fallen"
13% hold it
Dragonslayer
Complete "Dragonslayer"
13% hold it
One token is 1 of every 100 players who launched it, standing at the last story achievement they hold. Red stopped at the wall, amber hold the last one. Steam's global achievement stats count everyone who ever launched the game, people still playing included. They are not a finish rate.
Everyone's copy
31 of 97 copies here were never launched
In 97 libraries here. 31 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 21 h. 3 finished it.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 0.2% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 566: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.