Mods reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 128 Reddit reviews across 31 subreddits and 49 posts to rank the best Mods brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Morrowind, r/SkyrimModsXbox, r/feedthebeast, r/skyrimmods, r/StardewValleyMods. Top-rated brands include Skyrim (5.0/5), OpenMW (4.6/5), Ordinator (4.3/5).
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Reviews128
Subreddits31
Posts49
Brands93
Products13
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#1
Skyrim
5.0
(10)
"If you have a decent PC and a VR headset, UEVR injector is the best mod for the game imo."
"I use for a green overgrown skyrim: CG4, Origins of forest, enhanced landscapes, grass field, luxuriant green trees, Shrubbery symphony, draco's 3d shrubs, tamriel reloaded- trees, distinctive verdue, eeks remthal flora."
"I second the people saying Cities of the North and Sons of Skyrim. CotN only overhauls Dawnstar, Falkreath, Morthal, and Winterhold but the result will blow you away."
"Realistic Armor Overhaul."
"Scandinavian seasons + Yggdrasil or Lorkhan give a more Nordic atmosphere to the game."
"Northern Scenery, What Good Bones you Have, Way of the Nords, The Old Ways, Cities of The North, Port City Windhelm, any of the Realistic Armor mods by Nordwarua, Sons of Skyrim, Northern Farmhouses, Flying Crows, Atmoran Remains, and DK's Nordic Ships all bring a very Nordic theme to Skyrim."
"Citys of the north, the great towns and villages, northern roads, wigfrids tree replacer, skyland aio, northern roads, they're my usual go toys but there could be more, also dawn v2 for weather."
"Spell Research, Sorcerer, and Scroll Scribe are the three best mods for creating scrolls, that I know of."
"True Music Radio *just* got updated for B42, and you don't need True Music anymore - just True Music Radio and an add on with some music."
"B41 there's a couple mods that do add radio stations. I know there's one that works with true music to add a station that plays real music."
#2
OpenMW
4.6
(7)
"Automated modlists make modding even a huge amount of mods in a relatively easy experience with few bugs during the game."
"Openmw + Tamriel Rebuilt + Province Cyrodiil + Skyrim Home of the Nords is the way"
"If you use OpenMW, the I Heart Vanilla modlist is a great choice."
"If you’re gonna do vanilla openmw is the way to go. There’s mod lists too that are very vanilla based."
"IMO the only mods you should be running for a first playthrough are graphical or bug fixes like OpenMW or the Morrowind Code Patch."
"I am currently replaying with those modlists, they change the game for the better for sure."
"For a 1st time playthrough I'd recommend a "vanilla friendly" mod list like this one: https://modding-openmw.com/lists/i-heart-vanilla/"
#3
Ordinator
4.3
(4)
"I think Ordinator is the most useful mod to start with."
"Ordinator (perks allow you to create skeletons)"
"Ordinator has stuff in the light armor tree and is pretty fun."
"There was this mod that added a bunch of junk like paintings, cups into houses."
#4
Tactician Enhanced
4.0
(4)
"Tactician enchanced like people said but also there is extra enemies mod and more encounters mod"
"Tactician Enhanced definitely. I had it on the basic settings and I died a lot, LOL"
"Agreed, Tactician enhanced is a really flexible mod"
"Tactician enhanced is customizable."
#5
Total Overhaul
5.0
(3)
"I'm playing with total-overhaul, which is pretty much the full boufet of OpenMW modding."
"I recommend total-overhaul if you have strong PC and plenty of SSD space."
"[https://modding-openmw.com/lists/total-overhaul/] is great, I am playing it right now and I love it."
#6
Dark Arts
4.7
(3)
"The Dark Arts"
"The dark arts is essential for any necromancer"
"Dark arts completely change the necromancer experience."
#7
FFXIII Fix
4.0
(3)
"FF13Fix is a must. A good CPU can overcome the poor optimization, but Libra text will just not display at all if you're playing XIII at anything above 720p."
"FF13Fix is pretty mandatory to get it working on PC so I imagine the same is true of Steam Deck!"
"FFXIII Fix and 4GB patch for XIII and XIII-2, and then there’s various graphical or content patches you can use for both."
#8
LED Headlight Bulbs
5.0
(2)
"My Thrux is miles better to drive at night, literally."
"The difference is literally night and day."
#9
Stinging Core
5.0
(2)
"Stinging core and accelerated nozzle are the new mods you're looking for"
"Stinging core, accelerated barrel"
#10
Legacy of the Dragonborn
5.0
(2)
"I’d highly recommend Legacy of the Dragonborn - starts off as a request from a museum."
"Legacy of the Dragonborn adds in a lot of items from past games."
#11
RP-1
4.5
(2)
"Obviously."
"Makes an extremely challenging game only very challenging."
#12
Morrowind Code Patch
4.0
(2)
"Morrowind with code patch is good."
"I played with the Morrowind Code Patch, and that was enough for me. It does offer some changes to the gameplay, and I may have picked 1 or 2 of those, but I mostly like it for the slew of bugfixes."
#13
MGE XE
4.0
(2)
"Vanilla + MGE XE + Better dialogue font mod. Or OpenMW"
"MGEXE + Ultimate Fishing."
#14
Skyland AIO
4.0
(2)
"My LO will give you a different vibe to the other guys, so thought it would give you options!"
"Even though skyland aio is a heavy mod i quite enjoy it personally as an xbone player myself."
#15
Kerbal Space Program
4.0
(2)
"Docking port alignment indicator. Makes docking way less cumbersome."
"Trajectories helps with landings"
#16
Tamriel Rebuilt
5.0
(1)
"Tamriel Rebuilt / OpenMW / MGE XE No reason not to use any of them."
#17
Megapatch
5.0
(1)
"There are tutorials here how to install it on steam deck."
#18
SpeedUp
5.0
(1)
"Is a must have."
#19
Item Bags
5.0
(1)
"Also Item Bags. As the name suggests, it adds a series of bags to store in your inventory."
#20
RSS
5.0
(1)
"RSS reborn 100% with volumetric clouds"
#21
Engine Maintenance
5.0
(1)
"Engine maintenance is the best mod, especially with a 1.4"
#22
NordwarUA
5.0
(1)
"New Legion by NordwarUA is the only imperial armor mod I know."
#23
Better Campaign Weather
5.0
(1)
"The "better campaign weather" and "better battle weather" is essential imo...and I'm not even a mod guy really myself."
#24
Nexus Mods
5.0
(1)
"Try the transmogify mod to change your team's outfit (for you and pawns)"
#25
Immersive Landing Ramps
5.0
(1)
"Immersive Landing Ramps."
#26
Liberty City Preservation Project
5.0
(1)
"I'd recommend the Liberty City Preservation Project. Simple to install and looks amazing."
#27
Viva New Vegas
5.0
(1)
"Viva New Vegas is the big winner here."
#28
Tractor mod
5.0
(1)
"I like the Tractor mod. Adds a tractor that helps a lot with farm work."
#29
KotOR Restoration
5.0
(1)
"The 2 most important are KotOR Restoration."
#30
multiverse
5.0
(1)
"I personally can’t recommend multiverse enough."
#31
Sukritact
5.0
(1)
"Anything made by Sukritact."
#32
pOkiehl
5.0
(1)
"POkiehl also has a ton of good content."
#33
Sailor Cat
5.0
(1)
"Sailor Cat has awesome content too."
#34
Detailed Map Tacks
5.0
(1)
"**Detailed Map Tacks** are always enabled for my game."
#35
CQUI - Community Quick User Interface
5.0
(1)
"**CQUI - Community Quick User Interface** are always enabled for my game."
#36
TRP3
5.0
(1)
"You want TRP3 for sure, it’s probably the best RP addon out there and used very heavily"
#37
Apocalypse
5.0
(1)
"Apocalypse and Odin are the goats when it comes to new spells"
#38
QoL + Thralls
5.0
(1)
"The new mod linked here has really increased my fun, that QoL + Thralls one."
#39
Community Bug Fix
5.0
(1)
"Community Bug Fix, Caravans of the Old World, No Penalties for Too Many Trade Partners, and recruit defeated legendary lords are all must haves IMO."
#40
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
5.0
(1)
"The only mod you will ever truly need is the Unofficial Skyrim Patch as it does help fix a lot of buggs"
#41
Voxel Doom
5.0
(1)
"My personal preference is to play them with the Voxel Doom mod."
#42
Better Vampires
4.0
(1)
"You can turn NPCs into vampires or thralls with Better Vampires."
#43
Factory
4.0
(1)
"I can recommend Factory1 and Industrial Upgrade."
#44
Gear Spreader
4.0
(1)
"Gear Spreader - adds your armor and spid mods to boss chest and other containers"
#45
Gunslinger
4.0
(1)
"I'm just using Gunslinger. I didn't want to change my game too much, just needed better looking and feeling guns."
#46
Nexerelin
4.0
(1)
"I highly recommend [Nexerelin]"
#47
Gat Plasma
4.0
(1)
"Some players will mod a Gat Plasma for cheap that you can then add legendary effects to."
#48
EssentialCraft
4.0
(1)
"Is not much known magic mod in 1.12.2"
#49
Wizardry
4.0
(1)
"Honorable mention: Wizardry ( not addon one )"
#50
Charset
4.0
(1)
"Adds a number of interesting things. It's sort of like Quark."
#52
Scopophobia
4.0
(1)
"Scopophobia"
#53
Coilheadstare
4.0
(1)
"Coilheadstare"
#54
Biges Difficulty Mod
4.0
(1)
"The 2nd improves damage done by enemies."
#55
Brutal Company
4.0
(1)
"SCP mods"
#56
OpenCities
4.0
(1)
"OpenCities is a really nice mode. that's all I got. Lets you enter and exit cities without loading screen"
#57
Facility Meltdown
4.0
(1)
"Facility meltdown"
#58
Mimics
4.0
(1)
"Mimics"
#59
Skinwalkers
4.0
(1)
"Skinwalkers"
#60
MaskedEnemyOverhaul
4.0
(1)
"MaskedEnemyOverhaul"
#61
After the End
4.0
(1)
"After the End"
#62
Enderal
4.0
(1)
"Enderal SE"
#63
Beyond Reach
4.0
(1)
"Beyond Reach/Bruma"
#64
Blood Magic
4.0
(1)
"Has a special armour that levels u"
#65
Psi
4.0
(1)
"Tech mod focused on programs attached to armour or a gun"
#66
Delayed Assassin's Brotherhood
4.0
(1)
"Delayed Assassin's brotherhood is the only mod needed."
#67
Ars Nouveau
4.0
(1)
"Another magic mod, create custom spells some on armour"
#68
Beyon
4.0
(1)
"There’s a great DLC level mod called Beyon."
#69
Astral Sorcery
4.0
(1)
"Magic mod with a skill system in mid game"
#70
I Heart Vanilla Modlist
4.0
(1)
"Openmw site should have some I think. One of them should be called iheartvanilla which should be mostly bug fixes and graphics mods."
#71
Quant v + reshade
4.0
(1)
"Quant v + reshade - reshade u just choose gta 5 exe and uncheck and check all effects."
#72
Escape from Gagarin
4.0
(1)
"Escape from Gagarin/Nasapunk2330 are combat overhauls."
#73
Matter Overdrive
4.0
(1)
"Become a android with abilities"
#74
Cornucopia
4.0
(1)
"Mods that add recipes, artisan goods, crops: - Cornucopia."
#75
Bonster's Combined Crops and Recipes
4.0
(1)
"- Bonster's Combined Crops and Recipes."
#76
Industrial Age
4.0
(1)
"- Industrial Age."
#77
Wildflour's Artisan Goods
4.0
(1)
"- Wildflour's Artisan Goods."
#78
Raffadax Beta
4.0
(1)
"- Raffadax Beta (found on their discord)."
#79
More Fish
4.0
(1)
"- More Fish."
#80
Junimatic
4.0
(1)
"I feel it is too OP and would suggest replacing it with Junimatic instead."
#81
Project Warfare
4.0
(1)
"Project Warfare adds a lot of new custom guns from COD that are very well done."
#82
No District Population Requirement
4.0
(1)
"My top 3 i use is no district population requirement."
#83
Extended Policy Cards
4.0
(1)
"Extended policy cards (shows what the policy cards actually do)."
#84
RPR Custom
4.0
(1)
"I'm also way too much of a fashion whore to play without RPR Custom."
#85
Devious Desires
4.0
(1)
"You gotta get Devious Desires for the dong system."
#86
Simple Mini Map
4.0
(1)
"Simple mini map, improved quality of life 3.5.1."
#87
Astrogate
4.0
(1)
"Astrogate enables a lot of ship systems like taking off and landing."
#88
MeeCreeps
4.0
(1)
"I always like to shout out [MeeCreeps]"
#89
Starvival
4.0
(1)
"Starvival is a good but extensive mod for survival gameplay."
#90
Stalker 2
4.0
(1)
"I personally like Modular Hard Mode for Stalker 2."
#91
Reclamation Project
4.0
(1)
"I suggest playin the OG trilogy with the respective Reclamation Project."
#92
Sync
4.0
(1)
"Is a pretty cool mod that i haven't seen in many packs."
#93
Captive Followers
3.0
(1)
"Captive followers - nsfw mod but the only nsfw thing is the nudity which can be clicked away"
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