Skyrim
It's from 2011, when you were 5.
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Genre
- Open-world RPG
- Debut platform
- PC / PS3 / Xbox 360 (2011)
- Full title
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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About
As of 2026, it's 15 years old.
Skyrim launched in 2011, let you be a dragon-slaying hero in a vast snowy world, and then watched in delight as most players spent their time picking flowers, hoarding cheese wheels, and aggressively ignoring the main quest. Its freedom is so total that 'I'll save the world later' is the default play style.
It's been re-released on so many platforms — phones, consoles, possibly a smart fridge by now — that 'Skyrim is on that?' is a running joke, and people keep buying it anyway.
Vast, immersive, and impossible to finish because you keep getting distracted, Skyrim is the game where you set out to fight a dragon and end up a part-time cheese merchant.
