Skyrim Trailers

Every major official Skyrim trailer in release order – from the 2010 announcement and the Dragonborn add-ons to the Special, Anniversary and Switch 2 editions.

Bethesda announced Skyrim in December 2010 and released it on 11/11/11 – and has been re-releasing it ever since, most recently on Nintendo Switch 2 in December 2025. Below are 13 official videos, mostly from the Bethesda Softworks YouTube channel, numbered in release order. Click any video to play it here.

Reveal to launch3Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn3Special Edition, VR, Switch and Anniversary7

Reveal to launch

2010–2011

1Announcement trailer

2Story trailer

3Live-action trailer

Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn

2012

4Add-on trailer

5Add-on trailer

6Add-on trailer

Special Edition, VR, Switch and Anniversary

2016–2025

Exact upload dates for most of these videos could not be confirmed; they follow the release order of each edition.

7Edition trailer

8Platform trailer

9Platform trailer

10Comedy trailer

11Edition trailer

12Platform trailer

13Launch trailer

All videos are official uploads from the Bethesda Softworks YouTube channel, embedded with YouTube's privacy-enhanced player.

Where to start

Start with the Official TrailerThe narrated 2011 trailer with the Dragonborn prophecy is still the definitive Skyrim intro.

The add-onsDawnguard brings vampires, Hearthfire houses and Dragonborn the island of Solstheim.

Just for funDon't miss the Very Special Edition – Bethesda's famous joke trailer.

Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.