Japanese reviews of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition: 87.3% positive
The count covers 1,317 reviews written in Japanese. They span from the game's release on 27 Oct, 2016 to 10 Oct, 2026.
Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 1,317 Steam reviews written in Japanese, collected between 2016-10-28 and 2026-10-10.
Overall numbers
Players writing reviews in Japanese have given The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition an 87.3% positive rating. The collected data contains 1,150 recommending reviews and 167 that do not recommend the title. The 95% confidence interval sits between 85.4% and 89.0%. Steam's own all-time figure for the game is also 87.3% positive. The platform classifies the overall sentiment as Very Positive. The totals were read on 13 Oct, 2026. The collected sample matches the platform's lifetime statistics exactly. Both counts show identical positive and negative totals.
The numbers
What reviewers praise
Among the 1,150 recommending reviews, 511 mention gameplay, combat, core mechanics. That figure represents 44.4% of all recommending reviews. 441 reviews, or 38.3%, mention amount of content, length, replayability. Graphics, art direction appears in 205 reviews, which is 17.8%. Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes is discussed in 158 reviews, accounting for 13.7%. Story, scenario, writing is noted in 82 reviews, or 7.1%. Reviewers frequently note the expansive open world and the sheer volume of modifications available. Many state that modding is central to the experience. One player observes that the game features the most modifications in the world.
Skyrimは世界で最も多くのMODが存在するゲームです。
Skyrim is the game with the most mods in the world.
Others mention that players spend thousands of hours managing mod lists and installing tools. Several note that the median playtime behind these reviews is 70.3 hours. Reviewers also appreciate the deep world-building and the freedom to ignore the main questline. Characters, character design appears in 53 reviews, or 4.6%. Price, value for money, DLC pricing is mentioned in 28 reviews, or 2.4%. Music, sound, voice acting is discussed in 9 reviews, or 0.8%. PC port quality, Steam Deck appears in 35 reviews, or 3.0%. Monetization, gacha, microtransactions is noted in just 1 recommending review, or 0.1%. The sample includes 1,042 reviews classified by the model.
What reviewers criticise
Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes dominates the negative feedback. 85 out of 167 non-recommending reviews, or 50.9%, mention it. Gameplay, combat, core mechanics follows with 61 reviews, or 36.5%. Amount of content, length, replayability appears in 17 reviews, or 10.2%. UI, controls, key bindings, controller support is noted in 14 reviews, or 8.4%. Japanese localization and translation quality appears in 11 reviews, or 6.6%. Players often point out frequent quest-breaking errors and dated combat animations. Some note that version updates coincide with broken mod setups. Reviewers describe a constant struggle against software instability. One player warns that manual saves are essential because of the bugs.
とりあえずバグとの勝負だ、手動セーブはお忘れなく
Anyway, it is a battle against bugs, do not forget manual saves.
Others mention that the base combat feels simple compared to modern action games. The UI is sometimes criticized for lacking detailed item descriptions. Several reviewers point out that navigating menus requires patience. The negative feedback consistently highlights technical hurdles over core design flaws. Difficulty, balance is noted in 5 reviews, or 3.0%. Online play, multiplayer, servers appears in 5 reviews, or 3.0%. Music, sound, voice acting is mentioned in 1 negative review, or 0.6%. Developer or publisher conduct, update policy is noted in 7 reviews, or 4.2%.
Who wrote these reviews
The median playtime behind these Japanese-language reviews is 70.3 hours. Reviewers who recommend the game focus heavily on core mechanics and content volume. Those who do not recommend it concentrate on performance issues and technical hiccups. The gap between recommending and non-recommending players centers on how they handle bugs and engine limitations. Recommenders often accept the technical quirks as part of the longevity. Non-recommenders frequently cite crashes as a dealbreaker. The data shows that satisfaction correlates with a willingness to troubleshoot the game's systems. Difficulty, balance is mentioned in 5 non-recommending reviews, or 3.0%. Online play, multiplayer, servers appears in 5 negative reviews, or 3.0%. The mean sentiment score for the collected sample is 73.8. The first review was collected on 28 Oct, 2016. The last review was recorded on 10 Oct, 2026. The sample covers a span from 28 Oct, 2016 to 10 Oct, 2026. 1,317 reviews were collected in total. 1,042 were classified by the model. The positive rate stands at 87.3%. Steam lists the same positive percentage for the entire history. The platform label reads Very Positive.
Methodology and sources
Data
Steam user reviews, retrieved with Steam's public review listing between 2016-10-28 and 2026-10-10: 1,317 written in Japanese. Steam's own all-time totals for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition were read on 2026-10-13.
How the reviews were classified
Every review was read by a language model, which rated how positive it is, how much concrete detail it gives, and which of 15 fixed topics it talks about. The counts and percentages in this article were then computed from those labels in ordinary code, not by the model. Automatic classification makes mistakes, so single percentages should be read as approximate. Reviews of fewer than 15 characters were not sent to the model; they count as positive or negative from the reviewer's own recommendation and carry no topic.
Limits
People who write a Steam review in Japanese are not a representative sample of everyone who plays in Japan, and the language of a review does not establish where its author lives. Steam's default filter for off-topic review activity was left on, so periods Steam marked as review bombing are excluded from the counts in this article. Reviews that arrived after the retrieval date are not included.
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