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Skyrim is 15 and Steam has the Special Edition at €7.99. A Steam Key costs €6.70 (no fees); Anniversary Edition keys start at €11.79 (€13.19 with fees).
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Skyrim turned 15 on 11 November, and several stores are marking the date with discounts. The biggest one is on Steam: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition drops from €39.99 to €7.99 (80% off) until 18 November at 19:00 CET. The Anniversary Upgrade, the DLC that turns the Special Edition into the Anniversary Edition, stays at €19.99 with no discount.
Players still rate it highly: 94% of 223,819 Steam reviews for the Special Edition are positive, which Steam calls "Very Positive".
Special Edition: Steam sale or another store?
For the Special Edition on its own, the sale has closed most of the gap. The cheapest Steam Key this morning is at GamesPlanet for €6.70 (no fees), so you save €1.29 compared with Steam. It's also below what this key usually costs: our median is €7.59, and in 768 days of tracking it has only been cheaper on 127. The lowest we've recorded is €4.11, on 2 October (both figures before fees).
Difmark lists a Steam Account for €3.77 (€3.94 with fees) with the coupon Gocdkeys. That's a login to someone else's Steam account, so the game never lands in your own library. We'd pay the extra and get the key.
Anniversary Edition costs less than half outside Steam
On Steam, the full Anniversary Edition means buying both pieces: €7.99 for the discounted Special Edition plus €19.99 for the upgrade, €27.98 in total. As a Steam Key it's much cheaper. On our Skyrim PC page the offers tagged as Anniversary Edition start at Gamivo, €11.79 (€13.19 with fees) with the coupon GCDKGamivo, followed by Gameseal at €11.99 (€13.48 with fees) with SEAL17CKD.
| What you want | On Steam | Cheapest key |
|---|---|---|
| Special Edition | €7.99 | €6.70 (no fees), GamesPlanet |
| Anniversary Edition | €7.99 + €19.99 = €27.98 | €11.79 (€13.19 with fees), Gamivo |
The Anniversary Edition key costs less than the upgrade alone does on Steam. Note that this sale doesn't help you if you already own the Special Edition: the upgrade is still full price.
Our pick
If you've never played it and want the extra content, buy the Anniversary Edition key: around €13 with fees and you're done. If the base game is enough, for example because you plan to play it with mods, get the Skyrim Special Edition key at €6.70. Steam at €7.99 is only €1.29 more, so it's a reasonable option if you'd rather pay there. Want it closer to the €4.11 low? Set a price alert.
Xbox and PS5 owners
On Xbox the cheapest Anniversary Edition key is at Gamivo, €13.43 (€14.89 with fees) with GCDKGamivo, versus €43.99 (no fees) on the Microsoft Store. That's above its usual €9.29 (before fees), though, so if you're not in a hurry it's worth waiting: Xbox offers. On PS5 the only key is the PlayStation Store one at €54.99 (no fees). The cheaper options on the PS5 page, from €11.92 (€12.63 with fees) at Key4Games, are accounts, so the game wouldn't be yours.
Prices checked on the morning of 12 November.
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