Standard Edition
StandardUS$59.99 at launch
In the game
- Full game for VR headsets
- Dawnguard
- Hearthfire
- Dragonborn
Steam only, for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality. A separate purchase from Skyrim Special Edition.
PC
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), and was released worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011.
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
- Space needed
- 15 GB
- Time to beat
- about 18.1 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), and was released worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011. Skyrim was developed using the Creation Engine. The team opted for a rugged, largely sub-arctic world, after Oblivion's Imperial Province of Cyrodiil, which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered more unique by comparison.
The game is set 201 years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel, a continent on the planet Nirn. Its main story focuses on the player character, the Last Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon prophesied to destroy the world. Throughout the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel to discovered locations in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely.
Upon release, the game received critical acclaim, with praise for its character advancement, world design, visuals, and the ability to dual-wield in combat. Criticism targeted the melee combat, dragon battles, and numerous technical issues at launch. The game shipped over seven million units within the first week of its release and over 20 million by June 2013, while by July 2026 total sales reached 65 million copies. It is considered one of the greatest video games ever made, and is credited as influencing later fantasy and open-world games.
Official trailer
E3 2017 Announcement Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
30 Minutes Of Skyrim VR PC Gameplay (HTC Vive Pro) - Part 1, Cas and Chary XR. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Series
- The Elder Scrolls
- Engine
- Creation Engine
- Platforms
- Windows
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- M
- PEGI
- 18
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | First release | 2017-11-17 |
Editions
Space and patches
Space needed15 GB
DLC
No separate DLC. Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn are already included.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price at release | US$59.99, 3 April 2018 |
| Ever released on disc | No Sold only as a download on PC. |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, Steam, 3 April 2018 |
| In the store to buy today | Yes, US$59.99 on Steam |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes |
| Disc runs with no patch | Does not exist |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Yes Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn are part of the game and play offline. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Bethesda Game Studios, with Iron Galaxy on the VR version Publisher Bethesda Softworks Director Todd Howard Producers Ashley Cheng, Craig Lafferty Designers Bruce Nesmith, Kurt Kuhlmann, Emil Pagliarulo Programmer Guy Carver Artist Matthew Carofano Writer Emil Pagliarulo Composer Jeremy Soule
Credits
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Director
- Todd Howard
- Released
- 2018-04-03
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 18.1 hours
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