Can you trust The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 94.3%

Release date: 2011年11月10日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
94.8%
317,807 reviews
Adjusted rating
94.3%
95% range 94.1%–94.5%
vs official −0.5pt
Japanese-language reviews
96.0%
1,270 reviews
vs overall +1.2pt

Overrated 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12

Summary

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim holds an official Steam rating of 94.8%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 94.3% (95% range 94.1–94.5%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Overrated" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher, but the positive reviews carry low average trust).

Average trust is 0.69 for positive and 0.76 for negative reviews, but the gap is too small to move the official rating much. The most common discount factor is very short reviews, at 44% of all reviews.

The monthly history (180 months) has no month where volume and negative share jumped together. The rating does not appear to be driven by a single episode.

The last 180 days show 93.5% (last 30 days: 94.1%), close to the all-time figure.

Japanese-language reviews (1,270) show 96.0%, close to the overall rating.

The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.

Positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review0%7%
Very short text45%23%
Key activated outside Steam55%50%
Received for free2%1%
Owns very few games16%7%
Over 100 reviews written4%6%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.690.76

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 108.6 hours.

Rating history

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 5,000 10k 15k 20k 2011-11: +802 / −21 2011-12: +1,378 / −41 2012-01: +349 / −12 2012-02: +256 / −6 2012-03: +131 / −6 2012-04: +123 / −3 2012-05: +111 / −3 2012-06: +90 / −2 2012-07: +911 / −25 2012-08: +322 / −12 2012-09: +198 / −5 2012-10: +167 / −8 2012-11: +213 / −4 2012-12: +405 / −7 2013-01: +365 / −5 2013-02: +239 / −9 2013-03: +293 / −5 2013-04: +217 / −3 2013-05: +238 / −3 2013-06: +276 / −4 2013-07: +553 / −6 2013-08: +349 / −5 2013-09: +211 / −6 2013-10: +234 / −6 2013-11: +1,460 / −42 2013-12: +4,880 / −86 2014-01: +3,202 / −67 2014-02: +1,767 / −36 2014-03: +1,162 / −33 2014-04: +1,016 / −25 2014-05: +1,061 / −31 2014-06: +5,437 / −97 2014-07: +3,046 / −64 2014-08: +1,852 / −44 2014-09: +3,134 / −93 2014-10: +1,733 / −47 2014-11: +1,785 / −42 2014-12: +4,067 / −107 2015-01: +2,911 / −84 2015-02: +1,729 / −41 2015-03: +1,685 / −51 2015-04: +6,023 / −4,226 2015-05: +2,596 / −85 2015-06: +3,275 / −95 2015-07: +2,012 / −67 2015-08: +1,621 / −52 2015-09: +1,266 / −44 2015-10: +1,590 / −47 2015-11: +2,370 / −79 2015-12: +3,735 / −126 2016-01: +3,294 / −115 2016-02: +2,580 / −81 2016-03: +1,866 / −68 2016-04: +1,569 / −47 2016-05: +1,574 / −49 2016-06: +2,561 / −87 2016-07: +2,230 / −72 2016-08: +1,975 / −67 2016-09: +1,364 / −42 2016-10: +1,869 / −60 2016-11: +16,652 / −112 2016-12: +2,235 / −61 2017-01: +1,672 / −59 2017-02: +1,286 / −58 2017-03: +1,062 / −45 2017-04: +1,045 / −37 2017-05: +936 / −42 2017-06: +1,465 / −165 2017-07: +1,132 / −66 2017-08: +864 / −100 2017-09: +810 / −448 2017-10: +673 / −221 2017-11: +3,583 / −59 2017-12: +857 / −37 2018-01: +782 / −48 2018-02: +516 / −32 2018-03: +470 / −28 2018-04: +523 / −37 2018-05: +516 / −32 2018-06: +643 / −25 2018-07: +490 / −33 2018-08: +399 / −29 2018-09: +320 / −29 2018-10: +305 / −19 2018-11: +2,098 / −35 2018-12: +441 / −34 2019-01: +469 / −52 2019-02: +370 / −33 2019-03: +312 / −21 2019-04: +284 / −21 2019-05: +315 / −26 2019-06: +1,688 / −44 2019-07: +1,812 / −47 2019-08: +227 / −28 2019-09: +167 / −18 2019-10: +408 / −24 2019-11: +2,641 / −45 2019-12: +2,126 / −50 2020-01: +1,774 / −44 2020-02: +1,295 / −35 2020-03: +1,410 / −41 2020-04: +1,607 / −45 2020-05: +1,271 / −43 2020-06: +1,103 / −45 2020-07: +1,033 / −37 2020-08: +942 / −40 2020-09: +772 / −40 2020-10: +785 / −31 2020-11: +1,048 / −42 2020-12: +881 / −33 2021-01: +915 / −43 2021-02: +708 / −31 2021-03: +666 / −27 2021-04: +632 / −33 2021-05: +617 / −34 2021-06: +521 / −19 2021-07: +638 / −27 2021-08: +561 / −40 2021-09: +508 / −27 2021-10: +475 / −33 2021-11: +780 / −44 2021-12: +571 / −28 2022-01: +527 / −31 2022-02: +362 / −25 2022-03: +343 / −58 2022-04: +347 / −28 2022-05: +284 / −21 2022-06: +338 / −28 2022-07: +324 / −28 2022-08: +290 / −16 2022-09: +264 / −15 2022-10: +256 / −20 2022-11: +340 / −16 2022-12: +292 / −18 2023-01: +313 / −27 2023-02: +244 / −14 2023-03: +207 / −15 2023-04: +208 / −13 2023-05: +201 / −10 2023-06: +194 / −12 2023-07: +233 / −16 2023-08: +235 / −20 2023-09: +223 / −21 2023-10: +196 / −17 2023-11: +278 / −12 2023-12: +223 / −68 2024-01: +199 / −21 2024-02: +169 / −18 2024-03: +169 / −8 2024-04: +165 / −12 2024-05: +177 / −22 2024-06: +154 / −14 2024-07: +165 / −15 2024-08: +159 / −12 2024-09: +143 / −17 2024-10: +153 / −20 2024-11: +156 / −11 2024-12: +177 / −10 2025-01: +182 / −18 2025-02: +141 / −14 2025-03: +143 / −12 2025-04: +148 / −22 2025-05: +167 / −19 2025-06: +115 / −12 2025-07: +109 / −10 2025-08: +113 / −1 2025-09: +100 / −86 2025-10: +112 / −12 2025-11: +115 / −16 2025-12: +129 / −10 2026-01: +129 / −13 2026-02: +101 / −12 2026-03: +108 / −8 2026-04: +94 / −8 2026-05: +104 / −11 2026-06: +90 / −4 2026-07: +95 / −9 2026-08: +110 / −8 2026-09: +93 / −5 2026-10: +36 / −1 2011/112012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 94.3% 2011-11: 97.4%2011-12: 97.1%2012-01: 96.7%2012-02: 97.7%2012-03: 95.6%2012-04: 97.6%2012-05: 97.4%2012-06: 97.8%2012-07: 97.3%2012-08: 96.4%2012-09: 97.5%2012-10: 95.4%2012-11: 98.2%2012-12: 98.3%2013-01: 98.6%2013-02: 96.4%2013-03: 98.3%2013-04: 98.6%2013-05: 98.8%2013-06: 98.6%2013-07: 98.9%2013-08: 98.6%2013-09: 97.2%2013-10: 97.5%2013-11: 97.2%2013-12: 98.3%2014-01: 98.0%2014-02: 98.0%2014-03: 97.2%2014-04: 97.6%2014-05: 97.2%2014-06: 98.2%2014-07: 97.9%2014-08: 97.7%2014-09: 97.1%2014-10: 97.4%2014-11: 97.7%2014-12: 97.4%2015-01: 97.2%2015-02: 97.7%2015-03: 97.1%2015-04: 58.8%2015-05: 96.8%2015-06: 97.2%2015-07: 96.8%2015-08: 96.9%2015-09: 96.6%2015-10: 97.1%2015-11: 96.8%2015-12: 96.7%2016-01: 96.6%2016-02: 97.0%2016-03: 96.5%2016-04: 97.1%2016-05: 97.0%2016-06: 96.7%2016-07: 96.9%2016-08: 96.7%2016-09: 97.0%2016-10: 96.9%2016-11: 99.3%2016-12: 97.3%2017-01: 96.6%2017-02: 95.7%2017-03: 95.9%2017-04: 96.6%2017-05: 95.7%2017-06: 89.9%2017-07: 94.5%2017-08: 89.6%2017-09: 64.4%2017-10: 75.3%2017-11: 98.4%2017-12: 95.9%2018-01: 94.2%2018-02: 94.2%2018-03: 94.4%2018-04: 93.4%2018-05: 94.2%2018-06: 96.3%2018-07: 93.7%2018-08: 93.2%2018-09: 91.7%2018-10: 94.1%2018-11: 98.4%2018-12: 92.8%2019-01: 90.0%2019-02: 91.8%2019-03: 93.7%2019-04: 93.1%2019-05: 92.4%2019-06: 97.5%2019-07: 97.5%2019-08: 89.0%2019-09: 90.3%2019-10: 94.4%2019-11: 98.3%2019-12: 97.7%2020-01: 97.6%2020-02: 97.4%2020-03: 97.2%2020-04: 97.3%2020-05: 96.7%2020-06: 96.1%2020-07: 96.5%2020-08: 95.9%2020-09: 95.1%2020-10: 96.2%2020-11: 96.1%2020-12: 96.4%2021-01: 95.5%2021-02: 95.8%2021-03: 96.1%2021-04: 95.0%2021-05: 94.8%2021-06: 96.5%2021-07: 95.9%2021-08: 93.3%2021-09: 95.0%2021-10: 93.5%2021-11: 94.7%2021-12: 95.3%2022-01: 94.4%2022-02: 93.5%2022-03: 85.5%2022-04: 92.5%2022-05: 93.1%2022-06: 92.3%2022-07: 92.0%2022-08: 94.8%2022-09: 94.6%2022-10: 92.8%2022-11: 95.5%2022-12: 94.2%2023-01: 92.1%2023-02: 94.6%2023-03: 93.2%2023-04: 94.1%2023-05: 95.3%2023-06: 94.2%2023-07: 93.6%2023-08: 92.2%2023-09: 91.4%2023-10: 92.0%2023-11: 95.9%2023-12: 76.6%2024-01: 90.5%2024-02: 90.4%2024-03: 95.5%2024-04: 93.2%2024-05: 88.9%2024-06: 91.7%2024-07: 91.7%2024-08: 93.0%2024-09: 89.4%2024-10: 88.4%2024-11: 93.4%2024-12: 94.7%2025-01: 91.0%2025-02: 91.0%2025-03: 92.3%2025-04: 87.1%2025-05: 89.8%2025-06: 90.6%2025-07: 91.6%2025-08: 99.1%2025-09: 53.8%2025-10: 90.3%2025-11: 87.8%2025-12: 92.8%2026-01: 90.8%2026-02: 89.4%2026-03: 93.1%2026-04: 92.2%2026-05: 90.4%2026-06: 95.7%2026-07: 91.3%2026-08: 93.2%2026-09: 94.9%2026-10: 97.3% 2011/112012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 2 4 6 2026-09-13: +2 / −0 2026-09-14: +4 / −0 2026-09-15: +1 / −0 2026-09-16: +3 / −0 2026-09-17: +4 / −0 2026-09-18: +3 / −0 2026-09-19: +5 / −0 2026-09-20: +3 / −0 2026-09-21: +5 / −0 2026-09-22: +3 / −0 2026-09-23: +4 / −0 2026-09-24: +2 / −0 2026-09-25: +5 / −1 2026-09-26: +0 / −1 2026-09-27: +1 / −2 2026-09-28: +2 / −0 2026-09-29: +3 / −0 2026-09-30: +2 / −1 2026-10-01: +5 / −0 2026-10-02: +2 / −1 2026-10-03: +4 / −0 2026-10-04: +2 / −0 2026-10-05: +2 / −0 2026-10-06: +4 / −0 2026-10-07: +6 / −0 2026-10-08: +2 / −0 2026-10-09: +2 / −0 2026-10-10: +2 / −0 2026-10-11: +4 / −0 2026-10-12: +1 / −0 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days94.1%222
Last 180 days93.5%1,329
All time94.8%317,807
Japanese, last 180 days71.4%7

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