Take Skyrim, one of the most heavily modded games of all time, and take a look for some of its mods. For many, it’s about making things prettier, more realistic, or to push their hardware a bit further than the game can on its own. The most popular mods for the most popularly modded games tend to be aesthetic mods that tweak the look and sound of a game. While specific mods out in the world will have some crossover, we’re going to break mods down into four major categories: Some folks are picky about the lighting others may change up the game’s difficulty in ways that the default Easy to Hard scale doesn’t quite fulfill and some may just be patching some buggy parts for the benefit of the game’s fan community. You could change something visual, you could change how your character gains power, or you could swap out the entire game soundtrack for a fan-made orchestral version.

Modding is about fine-tuning games to suit your tastes, making changes and alterations to games based on whatever you (and mod creators) see fit. Credit: Garry's Mod What is PC game modding?

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