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A remastered version, titled The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2016. The game shipped over seven million copies to retailers within the first week of its release, and over 30 million copies on all platforms as of November 2016, making it one of the best selling video games in history.Three downloadable content (DLC) add-ons were released separately — Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn, which were bundled along with the base game into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition and released in June 2013. The game has also received some criticism, predominantly for its melee combat and the numerous technical issues present at launch.

Players may navigate the game world more quickly by riding horses, paying for a ride from a city's stable or by utilizing a fast-travel system which allows them to warp to previously discovered locations. The player may freely roam over the land of Skyrim—an open world environment consisting of wilderness expanses, dungeons, caves, cities, towns, fortresses, and villages. In addition, the Special Edition is planned for release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S as part of a compilation titled The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Anniversary Edition in November 2021.See also: Gameplay of The Elder Scrolls seriesThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing game, playable from either a first or third-person perspective. A separate VR-only version, titled The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, was released in November 2017 for the PlayStation 4 using PlayStation VR, and for Windows-based VR headsets in April 2018. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released on November 2017.

NPCs frequently offer the player additional side-quests some have parameters adjusted based on nearby unexplored areas. It is also possible to bribe or persuade guards if the crime is a minor offense. If the player is detained by a guard, they may eliminate their bounty with gold, serve jail time or resist arrest, triggering combat. If witnessed, crimes like murder and theft accrue the player a bounty which is tracked independently in each of Skyrim's nine holds. Some NPCs cannot be killed because of their significance to the narrative. As in previous games in the series, killing certain NPCs can make some quests or items unobtainable.

The player may dual-wield weapons and magic at the same time in order to be more effective against enemies.Players have the option to develop their character. The player's character engages in combat with monsters while exploring a dungeon. Each city and town in the game world has jobs that the player can engage in, such as farming. Each of the factions has an associated quest path to progress through. The player may choose to join factions, organized groups of NPCs—for example, the Dark Brotherhood, a band of assassins.

Each time their character levels, the players may choose to select a skill-specific ability called a perk or store perk points for later use. When players have trained skills enough to meet the required experience, their character levels up. There are eighteen skills divided evenly among the three schools of combat, magic, and stealth. Over the course of the game, players improve their character's skills which are numerical representations of their ability in certain areas.

Magicka is depleted by the use of spells, certain poisons and by being struck by lightning-based attacks. Health is depleted primarily when the player takes damage and the loss of all health results in death. Attributes regenerate over time, although this process can be accelerated by using potions or regenerative spells. A head-up display (HUD) appears when any of the player's three main attributes ( health, magicka, and stamina) are being depleted.

Blunt, bladed, and hacking weapons can be used in close combat and each have specific advantages and roles. Shields can be used to fend off enemy attacks and reduce incurred damage or offensively through bashing attacks. Some weapons and spells require both hands. Weapons and magic are assigned to each hand allowing for dual-wielding, and can be swapped out through a quick-access menu of favorite items. The player's effectiveness in combat relies on the use of weapons and armor (which may be bought, found, stolen and/or forged) and on the use of magic spells which may be bought, stolen and/or unlocked by finding spell tomes. Items in the player's inventory can be viewed three-dimensionally, which helps solving puzzles in dungeons.

The player can enter sneak mode and pickpocket or deliver powerful sneak attacks to unsuspecting enemies.When exploring the game world the player may encounter wildlife. Bows are used for long-range combat and for bashing enemies in melee combat. Spells have several functions such as regenerating the player's health, attacking enemies, confusing enemies, temporarily raising the dead, casting light or turning iron into silver.

Like other creatures, dragons are generated randomly in the world and will engage in combat with NPCs, creatures and the player. Skyrim is the first entry in The Elder Scrolls to include dragons in the game's wilderness. However, game animals such as elk and deer will simply run away.

The words to each shout are unlocked for use by spending the absorbed souls of slain dragons. The words to shouts can be learned by visiting "word walls" in dungeons or around the wilderness. Each shout contains three words in the language spoken by dragons, and the strength of the shout will vary depending on how many words have been spoken. The player character can absorb the souls of dragons in order to use powerful spells called "dragon shouts" or "Thu'um".

Of these settlements, five - Solitude, Windhelm, Markarth, Riften, and Whiterun - are richer and more powerful. It has traditionally been divided into nine administrative sections, called "holds", each governed by a jarl from a larger town. Skyrim is a cold and mountainous region in the north of the continent of Tamriel. Synopsis Setting Skyrim is set 201 years after the events of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, although it is not a direct sequel.

The Empire has recently fought a war with the Aldmeri Dominion, a powerful confederation of elves, who believe that they are racially superior to the races of men, such as the Imperials and Nords.