Overview
Who made it, when it came out, and how players rate it overall and right now
Developer
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Released
Oct 27, 2016
Genres
RPG
Steam store page
OpenAll-time positive
92%
Steam rating
Very Positive
Last 30 days
93%▲ 1 pt
English reviews
223,919
Last updated
Oct 29, 2026
The Good
The most praised themes, as a share of all this game's reviews
Story & characters30%
“10/10 game for sure , the story is good , the combat is amazing”
Graphics & art19%
“Awesome game, amazing story, amazing graphics, so fun to play”
Gameplay & combat15%
“10/10 love this game best story and gameplay”
Content & grind14%
“Replay value 11/10 - The game is good enough,”
Price & monetization12%
“So, it's definitely worth the money”
The Bad
The most common complaints, as a share of all this game's reviews
Bugs & crashes20%
“Constant glitching, crashing, and things just not working is NOT what I paid for and they need to get their heads out of their asses”
Price & monetization7%
“don't waste your money on this”
Story & characters7%
“Poor quality dialogue, excessive (dull) cut scenes, bad bugged programming and now eternal crashes”
Developers & updates6%
“Bethesda is the worst game developer”
Recent complaints
Top complaints in reviews from the last 30 days (Sep 29 to Oct 29), to spot new problems or recent fixes
Bugs & crashes11%
“200hrs and the game is unplayable”
Opinions over time
Percent positive each month, with the number of reviews below. The dashed line is the all-time score, and the last point covers the last 30 days.
Monthly % positiveFlagged monthAll-time score (92%)
Flagged events (red dots): months with a surge of negative reviews or a sharp drop in score.
- Jun 2017 (score drop): 871 reviews, 66% positive vs a usual 87%
- Aug 2017 (score drop): 586 reviews, 63% positive vs a usual 87%
- Sep 2017 (negative surge): 1,505 reviews, 46% positive vs a usual 81%, 729 more negative reviews than usual
- Oct 2017 (negative surge): 1,358 reviews, 35% positive vs a usual 72%, 702 more negative reviews than usual
- Dec 2023 (negative surge): 4,193 reviews, 61% positive vs a usual 96%, 1,561 more negative reviews than usual
- Jan 2024 (negative surge): 2,776 reviews, 84% positive vs a usual 96%, 360 more negative reviews than usual
- Aug 2026 (negative surge): 2,425 reviews, 75% positive vs a usual 95%, 524 more negative reviews than usual
Playtime
Percent positive by how many hours reviewers had played when they wrote their review
A low score under 2 hours often means a rough first impression, a bad launch, or performance problems.
Review Randomizer
A random review from this game's sample, which leans toward reviews other players found helpful
It's just Skyrim except with all the DLC + better default graphics engine and way more stable when it comes to modding. Skyrim was a 9/10 game this is a 9.5/10 game I guess. Excellent amazing move along.