4) Skyrim (including all DLC) – 330 Quests
Before The Witcher 3 overtook Bethesda as the king of the fantasy RPG, Skyrim reigned supreme as the ultimate open world epic. Reviewing its somewhat surprisingly small map size by comparison to other open world games, Skyrim’s mammoth quest number suddenly makes us realize why it felt like such a vast area. This is one super dense game.
One can spend hundreds of hours traversing Skyrim, going anywhere they choose in any order they see fit, even entirely ignoring the game’s main story arc if they choose. In typical Bethesda fashion, players have complete control over the customization and attributes of their character build, and character progression takes a more center stage in comparison to The Witcher 3.
Reviewing the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Page for their quest wiki guide, we’ve removed duplicate miscellaneous quest listings and cross-referenced with other sources to verify a total figure of 406. However, 76 of these are looping radiant quests that do not contribute to completion percentage or trophy achievements, some of which do not record on the quest list, and have therefore been removed.
