The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one of the most legendary RPGs ever, is now 13 years old. While Morrowind and Oblivion certainly made Bethesda a force to be reckoned with in the RPG space, Skyrim's 60 million sales catapulted the series into the mainstream. It's hard to overstate the legacy of Skyrim, which became a benchmark against which all RPGs were measured for many years.
13 years later, Skyrim remains incredibly popular. In fact, on Steam alone, Skyrim has triple the number of average players as Starfield, a testament to the replayability (and vibrant modding community) of Skyrim. In many ways, wandering the valleys and mountainsides of Tamriel's northernmost province is timeless. As the adage goes, every time you play Skyrim, you discover something new.
Skyrim was released 5 years after Oblivion, with development on the title ramping up following the release of Fallout 3 in 2008. Unfortunately, Skyrim will be at least a decade and a half old before the next instalment in the series is released. In 2018, Bethesda released a teaser for The Elder Scrolls 6 saying the game was in "pre-production." We've been told not to expect the game before 2026, but I wouldn't be surprised...
