Join over 22 million players in the award-winning online multiplayer RPG and experience limitless adventure in a persistent Elder Scrolls world. Battle, craft, steal, or explore, and combine different types of equipment and abilities to create your own style of play. No game subscription required.
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Release Date | May 22, 2017 |
Price | $ 19.99 Top 10% |
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 83.1% (positive) / 81.6% |
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 82.1% Top 20% / 80.7% Top 20% |
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All) | 117.3K Top 1% / 141.8K Top 1% |
Curators | 001 review Bottom 1% |
Median Play Time | 164.6 hours Top 1% |
Play Time per Dollar | 8.2 hours Top 1% |
Followers | 454.6K Top 1% |
Owners | ± 6.4M Top 1% |
Copies Sold | ± 5.1M Top 1% |
Gross Revenue ($) | ± 55.1M Top 1% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
Here you can see The Elder Scrolls® Online's Steam rating and reviews between July 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 70.8% (December 2014) to 82.2% (February 2022).
With 141.8K reviews Top 1%, The Elder Scrolls® Online is an undeniable major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened. Most of the peaks took place in November.
Review Languages
This donut graph displays the languages of The Elder Scrolls® Online's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (54%), followed by Russian (15%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 6 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.
Time Played
This chart displays the time played in The Elder Scrolls® Online, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 863 hours in the 80th percentile.
The negative reviews play time is 6.2 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (367 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of The Elder Scrolls® Online's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.
Players' Feedback
Game's Strengths | Game's Weaknesses |
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These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 83.1% should be taken into account when assessing them.
Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of The Elder Scrolls® Online's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!