RPG
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 54% of owners
Steam reviews 75% positive of 12,395
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 7h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 54% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 12,493 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 19h for positive, 1.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (54.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (75)
story milestone ending side
- Unbound Complete "Unbound" 100%
- Blessed Select a Standing Stone blessing 79%
- Bleak Falls Barrow Complete "Bleak Falls Barrow" 33%
- Dragon Soul Absorb a dragon soul 32%
- Apprentice Reach Level 5 32%
- Adept Reach Level 10 18%
- The Way of the Voice Complete "The Way of the Voice" 17%
- Gatekeeper Join the College of Winterhold 12%
- Words of Power Learn all three words of a shout 12%
- Take Up Arms Join the Companions 10%
- Citizen Buy a house 9.1%
- Daedric Influence Acquire a Daedric Artifact 8.5%
- Artificer Make a smithed item, an enchanted item, and a potion 7.4%
- Expert Reach Level 25 7.2%
- Outlander Arrive on Solstheim 6.7%
- Diplomatic Immunity Complete "Diplomatic Immunity" 5.9%
- Snake Tongue Successfully persuade, bribe, and intimidate 5.7%
- Taking Care of Business Join the Thieves Guild 5.4%
- Skill Master Get a skill to 100 5.4%
- Explorer Discover 100 Locations 5.4%
- Awakening Complete "Awakening" 5.4%
- Blood Oath Become a member of the Circle 4.6%
- Taking Sides Join the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Army 4.4%
- Landowner Buy a plot of land 4.3%
- Revealing the Unseen Complete "Revealing the Unseen" 4.1%
- Hero of the People Complete 50 Misc Objectives 4.1%
- Golden Touch Have 100,000 gold 4.1%
- Alduin's Wall Complete "Alduin's Wall" 4.1%
- The Eye of Magnus Complete "The Eye of Magnus" 3.9%
- The Temple of Miraak Complete "The Temple of Miraak" 3.7%
- With Friends Like These… Join the Dark Brotherhood 3.5%
- Proud Parent Adopt a child 3.3%
- Delver Clear 50 dungeons 3.1%
- Elder Knowledge Complete "Elder Knowledge" 3.1%
- Dragon Hunter Absorb 20 dragon souls 3.0%
- Sideways Complete 10 side quests 2.8%
- Wanted Escape from jail 2.8%
- Beyond Death Complete "Beyond Death" 2.8%
- The Path of Knowledge Complete "The Path of Knowledge" 2.8%
- Glory of the Dead Complete "Glory of the Dead" 2.6%
- Hard Worker Chop wood, mine ore, and cook food 2.6%
- Master Reach Level 50 2.4%
- The Fallen Complete "The Fallen" 2.4%
- Dragonslayer Complete "Dragonslayer" 2.4%
- Kindred Judgement Complete "Kindred Judgment" 2.2%
- At the Summit of Apocrypha Complete "At the Summit of Apocrypha" 2.2%
- Bound Until Death Complete "Bound Until Death" 2.0%
- Reader Read 50 Skill Books 2.0%
- Architect Build three wings on a house 2.0%
- War Hero Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall 1.8%
- Married Get married 1.8%
- Thu'um Master Learn 20 shouts 1.8%
- Darkness Returns Complete "Darkness Returns" 1.7%
- Hail Sithis! Complete "Hail Sithis!" 1.7%
- Hero of Skyrim Capture Solitude or Windhelm 1.7%
- A New You Change your face 1.7%
- Lost to the Ages Complete "Lost to the Ages" 1.5%
- Dragon Aspect Learn all 3 words of Dragon Aspect 1.5%
- Raven Rock Owner Own a house in Raven Rock 1.5%
- Solstheim Explorer Discover 30 locations on the island of Solstheim 1.5%
- Thief Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets 1.3%
- Standing Stones Find 13 Standing Stones 1.3%
- Soul Tear Learn all three words of Soul Tear 1.3%
- Vampire Mastered Acquire 11 vampire perks 1.1%
- Legend Defeat a Legendary Dragon 1.1%
- Hidden Knowledge Learn the secrets of 5 Black Books 1.1%
- One with the Shadows Returned the Thieves Guild to its former glory 0.7%
- Auriel's Bow Use the special power of Auriel's Bow 0.7%
- Werewolf Mastered Acquire 11 werewolf perks 0.7%
- Land Baron Buy three plots of land 0.7%
- Stalhrim Crafter Craft an item out of Stalhrim 0.7%
- Master Criminal Bounty of 1000 gold in all nine holds 0.6%
- Oblivion Walker Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts 0.6%
- Master Architect Build three houses 0.6%
- Dragonrider Tame and ride 5 dragons 0.6%
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