Nordic Souls is a comprehensive visual and gameplay overhaul for Skyrim SE/AE designed to "freshen up" and streamline the game while staying true to Skyrim's Nordic theme. It provides a perfect balance between a lot of lore-friendly content in the form of new quests and loot, a complete SimonRim gameplay overhaul, and beautiful yet performance-friendly visuals.

Despite the name, this list does not attempt to "turn Skyrim into Dark Souls." There are of course influences from systems of Souls-like games, but ultimately the list is focused on modernizing Skyrim, not turning it into something else.

Nordic Souls is NOT a "vanilla+" list. The goal may have originally been to modernize Skyrim, but this includes changing almost every aspect of the game. It is still recognizably Skyrim, but different enough that it feels like a new game.