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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
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Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, 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 like remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, screen-space reflections, and more.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN
Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
LIVE ANOTHER LIFE, IN ANOTHER WORLD
Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY
Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.
BATTLE DRAGONS
Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.
GOG notice about the DRM-free version
EPIC FANTASY REBORN
Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
LIVE ANOTHER LIFE, IN ANOTHER WORLD
Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY
Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.
BATTLE DRAGONS
Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.
Please note that the DRM-Free version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition does not include the Creation Club feature. The entire Creation Club content (74 items) is included in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
GOG notice about the DRM-free version
- compatibility with most mods via Nexus Mods Vortex v1.6.12 and newer
- compatibility with Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) mods
- game version rollback and disabling automatic updates available
© 2022 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company. The Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Bethesda, Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved.
Popular achievements
Unbound
Complete "Unbound"
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72.59%
Blessed
Select a Standing Stone blessing
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61.84%
Bleak Falls Barrow
Complete "Bleak Falls Barrow"
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43.59%
Dragon Soul
Absorb a dragon soul
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44.64%
Apprentice
Reach Level 5
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50.04%
Adept
Reach Level 10
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40.16%
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204.5 h Completionist
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IGN
8/10
If you’ve never experienced Skyrim, the Special Edition is certainly an adventure you can’t afford to miss.
Read full review »Attack of the Fanboy
4/5 stars
It’s showing its age and still suffers from the trademark Bethesda bugs, but The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a good enough excuse to warrant a return trip or serve as an entry point to this massive game.
Read full review »GamesRadar+
4.5/5 stars
A wonderful recreation of Skyrim, which remains - despite rough edges and badly-aged elements - one of the greatest RPGs ever made.
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Posted on: April 22, 2024
yamo25000
Verified ownerGames: 51 Reviews: 6
Mods go brrrrrr
This fantastic game can be completely remastered to look much more modern, include awesome new spells, and redo the UI. All this and just about anything you could think of. If you've never modded games but you're interested in learning, this is a great way to start.
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Posted on: September 30, 2022
bigwoodelf1
Games: 249 Reviews: 2
No Way!!
What?? I can actually mod my own again in special edition!! Yes!!!Mine!!!
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Posted on: September 30, 2022
Loggien
Games: 356 Reviews: 21
Todd...
I don't know what to say. But Todd is right, selling Skyrim until humanity cease to exist is an amazing business model.
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Posted on: October 2, 2022
Nox---
Games: 62 Reviews: 9
Skyrim 1.6.x is not the Skyrim i want
Quite frankly, i played Skyrim for the 1st time a long ago and hated it. Progression was boring, world was plastic and lifeless, as any other Bethesda game. Examples? Perks and spells. There are way too few spells and most of them are the same exact spell (first spell grants 40 armor, 2nd spell 60, 3rd 80, etc). Perks? "Novice restoration Spells cost 20% less". "Adept [...] 20% less", "Expert [...] 20% less", "Master[...] 20% less". Here, you spent 4 perks for the same perk. And this is true for every last school of magic. All the game is like that, up to the the NPCs and the infamous randomly generated (but very repetitive) fetch quests. Go kill the bandit leader, the troll, the giant... Dialogue is oftentimes 1 option. Roleplay possibilities are weak to say it nicely. Skyrim at its best is a hiking simulator. Not a bad one, mind you. I do like the game now, but because of mods. Mods make Skyrim, not Bethesda. Moding has changed tremendoulsy over these past 25 years. They patch the engine with .dll and add next generation stuff everywhere you look. They develop Roleplay, and immersion, and the world finally feels alive. Skyrim without mods loose most of its value You can't mod Skyrim 1.6.x basically. Mods rely on a centralized plugin called SKSE. And lately, Bethesda forces updates for trivial reasons. Anytime they modify an unimportant detail to their paying mods, they mess up SKSE and every last mod that use it (most mods). The moders have to solve the problems and patch, and one week later, Bethesda patches a door in a paying mod... and destroys everything again. The last version of the game that is safe is 1.5.97. Moders more and more work for the 1.5.97 and very few mods are up to date with the last Beth version Abellius is right. If you can't roll it back to 1.5.97, as things stand now, it is worthless. Unlike you love Vanilla Skyrim, which is not something i can not comprehend. But if it is the case, by all means, take the DRM free version on GOG, really.
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