Bruh, I still haven't gotten over oblivion. Skyrim never scratched that itch.

Kcd2.

Deoends if you want to stay in the fantasy setting. Cyberpunk will give you that same type of feeling but just in the sci-fi genre.

RDR2 and Cyberpunk. Although they are more linear roleplaying games than Skyrim's experimentation.

You need a lower dopamine threshold to make the most of those games, but they're a treat when you learn how to do that.

Breath of the Wild

Have you tried Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, Skyrim: Special Edition or Skyrim: Legendary edition? /j

Telling people what in particular you like about Skyrim is going to get you much better feedback as there are many, many games that are similar in some ways but not others.

Ok you want something as rich and interesting as skyrim, so I'm assuming open world games are your jam.

There are three games you should play.

1. Red Dead Redemption 2 - it's a Western, the world is very believable, and it makes you feel like you're really part of it. You can follow the main story line, or you could spend your days hunting and fishing. You could travel from town to town playing every poker game you can find. You can conduct train robberies, breed horses, really, there's just a whole lot to do.

2. Cyberpunk 2077 - this is RDR2 but in a scifi dystopian future where the corpos own everything, sex is for sale on every billboard and every ad break, and the only justice is what you can achieve on your own. You've got a ticking time bomb in your brain and no time to fuck around. In this world where you can't trust anyone, somehow what really matters are the friends you make along the way. (seriously)

3. The Witcher 3 - from the same studio that made cyberpunk, the Witcher 3 is truly a masterpiece of storytelling. The one caveat I have for this game is that it starts hard, almost "souls-like". But get past that first rough hour and there is an extremely rich world with a seemingly unending collection of stories to become a part of. This may be the most skyrim-like of the games listed here, but you're in for a treat, because this is a much better game than Skyrim.

All three of these games are gonna make you feel real feelings, they're all actually better at telling stories than Skyrim is. The Witcher 3 in particular loves to live in the grey zone, it'll make you make ethical choices that matter, and you probably won't like any of the possible outcomes. But this is a good thing!

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is on sale on Steam right now. I've only played through the prologue, but it seems pretty good so far.

Totally biased, since I lived in half of my life in Skalitz. Have you considered KDC?

Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 was great.

But it's a Medieval RPG, not fantasy. So you won't find elves or orcs or magic.

Edit: Actually nevermind, don't play it, it's too strict of an RPG, not for everyone, (i.e. fighting more than 2 people can kill you easily unless you master the combat, using a bow won't give you the center reticle, saving the game needs a specific item or you need to sleep in a bed, wearing a helmet will limit your vision to the shape of the visor, etc)

I suggested this because my Skyrim was modded to be a strict RPG as well.

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

An indie game which has a lot of Skyrim vibes.

Depending on what aspects you like about Skyrin, Dread Delusion scratches the same "getting lost in a very interesting setting" itch. It's Open World as well.

Witcher 3. That castle ruin over there? Might have some loot. Or a Cockatrice. Or a psychological horror story of 10 parts. Or nothing at all, who knows. And you might stumble over Excalibur by that lake.

Also get the "Blood and Wine" DLC, absolutely worth it, even if you're not into the story. And the HD Reworked mod if you like it more realistic and dark, one of the best reworks ever.

Edit: there's now Next Gen too, huh.

I can't think of anything that fully scratches the same itch. There are a lot of games that do certain things better than Skyrim, and everyone here has already recommended them. But Skyrim really nailed that immersive sim vibe. It didn't just feel like a game I wanted to play, it is one I want to inhabit and keep coming back to.

Oddly, the closest thing I could think of that scratches a similar, but not same, itch would be farming sims like Stardew Valley or something.

The new Gothic remake.

Time to take off those training wheels and experience a real RPG.

If you need the bells and whistles of modern RPGs though then try Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon.

I can give you older and with worse tech - Morrowind is better than Skyrim

I don't know if it's quite in the same category but I'm playing baldur's gate 3 at the moment and really enjoying it. I'd definitely recommend that.

This might just be too obvious, but nobody's mentioned it... Have you played the other Elder Scrolls, like the Oblivion remaster?

Keep an eye out for updates on Skywind, soon you'll be able to play Morrowind in Skyrim. They're excitingly close to finishing, after a long road.

Depends on what you actually want. If it's the first-person RPG experience, there's a handful such as Tainted Grail and Cyberpunk 2077. If it's using a slightly different system or closer to traditional RPG, either the Witcher or BG3 or Expedition 33.

But modding... I cannot find any other RPG that gets better if it is modded, as Skyrim -- and Morrowind and Oblivion -- pretty much designed to be modded.