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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2018-04-02

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RPG

Franchise: The Elder Scrolls · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 17, 2017 (PlayStation VR), Apr 03, 2018 (SteamVR)

A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is a $59.99 RPG released in 2018, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 12388 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-10-15

225
playing now
75%
positive of 12k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (6,409 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$59.99
steam price (US)

225 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

The Empire of Tamriel is on the edge. The High King of Skyrim has been murdered. Alliances form as claims to the throne are made. In the midst of this conflict, a far more dangerous, ancient evil is awakened. Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, have returned to Tamriel. The future of Skyrim, even the Empire itself, hangs in the balance as they wait for the prophesized Dragonborn to come; a hero born with the power of The Voice, and the only one who can stand amongst the dragons.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 225 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 389 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,194 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 14,318 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-07

Estimated sales: 310k–743k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,388 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.09 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-11-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 39 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-04-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3321082026-09-16 21:00 — 210 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 126 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 194 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 324 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 165 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 108 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 206 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 208 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 192 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 225 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 187 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 108 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 220 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 250 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 137 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 218 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 245 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 120 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 238 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 332 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 177 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 124 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 225 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8211Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2018 — avg 273 · peak 540Sep 2018 — avg 177 · peak 351Dec 2018 — avg 299 · peak 631Mar 2019 — avg 190 · peak 410Jun 2019 — avg 180 · peak 342Sep 2019 — avg 149 · peak 303Dec 2019 — avg 272 · peak 616Mar 2020 — avg 186 · peak 365Jun 2020 — avg 231 · peak 559Sep 2020 — avg 180 · peak 340Dec 2020 — avg 255 · peak 589Mar 2021 — avg 270 · peak 500Jun 2021 — avg 214 · peak 541Sep 2021 — avg 252 · peak 475Dec 2021 — avg 342 · peak 848Mar 2022 — avg 211 · peak 405Jun 2022 — avg 310 · peak 625Sep 2022 — avg 217 · peak 431Dec 2022 — avg 299 · peak 583Mar 2023 — avg 228 · peak 462Jun 2023 — avg 186 · peak 331Sep 2023 — avg 140 · peak 265Dec 2023 — avg 279 · peak 493Mar 2024 — avg 222 · peak 469Jun 2024 — avg 190 · peak 397Sep 2024 — avg 198 · peak 352Dec 2024 — avg 318 · peak 633Mar 2025 — avg 265 · peak 551Jun 2025 — avg 202 · peak 411Sep 2025 — avg 171 · peak 312Dec 2025 — avg 260 · peak 479Mar 2026 — avg 206 · peak 390Jun 2026 — avg 174 · peak 327Aug 2026 — avg 197 · peak 349
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$11.242018-03-142026-08-272018-03-14 — best price $59.992018-05-30 — best price $52.792018-08-11 — best price $33.192018-09-14 — best price $41.972018-12-13 — best price $29.992019-02-18 — best price $48.992019-04-04 — best price $59.992019-07-24 — best price $16.392019-11-28 — best price $14.392020-01-08 — best price $56.992020-02-13 — best price $29.992020-04-14 — best price $34.992020-06-09 — best price $59.992020-07-24 — best price $53.882020-09-02 — best price $59.992020-10-11 — best price $50.392020-11-09 — best price $59.992021-01-05 — best price $59.992021-03-29 — best price $59.992021-07-26 — best price $59.992021-10-05 — best price $50.882021-12-20 — best price $19.792022-02-24 — best price $47.982022-05-18 — best price $56.992022-07-09 — best price $50.392022-09-19 — best price $16.832022-11-29 — best price $53.992023-02-16 — best price $56.392023-04-22 — best price $59.992023-06-30 — best price $16.792023-09-07 — best price $50.902024-01-03 — best price $59.992024-04-22 — best price $59.992024-07-25 — best price $59.992024-12-03 — best price $59.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-12-06 — best price $59.992026-05-18 — best price $12.892026-08-27 — best price $15.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
54.1%
earned "Unbound"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyVR SupportSteamVR CollectiblesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)18,0512%76
Steam (Steam)14,4181%75

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRRPGMagicMemesActionDragonsFantasyModdableAdventureOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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