The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR similar games & best alternatives

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.

What works

  • Highly immersive vr experience with mods
  • Extensive modding community and customization
  • Large open world with rich fantasy content
  • Strong player autonomy and exploration
  • Long playtime and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor base game experience without mods
  • Steep learning curve for modding
  • Combat mechanics less polished than dedicated vr combat games
  • Requires significant time investment to optimize
  • Limited social and cooperative features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Fallout 3

  • Kristala

  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

More social

Games that feels like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • Enshrouded

  • Survival Nation

  • Outward Definitive Edition

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Dying Light: The Beast

More intimate

Games that feels like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR but with more focus on close relationships

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • God of War

  • Eternal Strands

  • GreedFall

  • Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR but with more leadership over others

  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)

  • Drakensang: The River of Time

  • Summoner

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

  • Risen 2: Dark Waters

  • Edge Of Eternity

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

  • Fallout 3

  • Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

  • Fallout 4

  • Fallout 76

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026