Genre RPGReleased Oct 27, 2016
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Developed by Bethesda Game Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks
$39.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$115.08M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$89.06M
After Steam's 23% cut
Units sold
6.21M
≈ 16 sales per review
Reviews
381,063
Very Positive92% positive
Playing now
31,861
16-day peak 45,190 · low 26,134
New reviews, last 16 days
+2,554
≈ 160 a day since Oct 1
History
Oct 1 – Oct 17
381.3K380.3K379.3K378.3K
Oct 1Oct 9Oct 17
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
RPG →Against the 120 most-reviewed RPG games on Steam
Outearns 85% of them — in the top quarter of the group.
Median
$32.12M
132,801 reviews
Top 10% start at
$134.79M
This game
$115.08M
87th pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Genre
- RPG
- Released
- Oct 27, 2016
- Steam app ID
- 489830
- Data updated
- Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.