Skyrim Gets Flipped: The Unsettling World of MontyBellroy’s Mirror Mod
Ever flipped a photo of yourself and spiraled into an existential crisis? If that warped reflection messed with your sense of self, wait until you flip an entire game world. That’s what NexusMods user MontyBellroy has done to Skyrim—creating a “mirror mode” that inverts everything on the x-axis, similar to what Mario Kart has done to tracks over the years. The result? A deeply unsettling experience, like walking through a funhouse where everything is familiar yet unnervingly wrong.
Suddenly, your beloved Breezehome is on the left instead of the right. Guards now sheath their swords on the opposite side. And though nothing is technically wrong, everything feels… off.
MontyBellroy didn’t just flip the map; they ensured all text and menus remained readable, plunging the game deeper into the uncanny valley. Commenters on the mod page have echoed the strange dissonance of playing in this bizarro version of Skyrim. One player remarked, “This is actually kind of great. I’ve played Skyrim so much over the years that I can essentially auto-pilot my way through most of the game… Now? I JUST GOT LOST WALKING THROUGH WHITERUN!”
While it’s a refreshing way to rediscover Skyrim, there are some kinks. MontyBellroy points out that clicking on map icons and menu options can be confusing, as they’re not mirrored along with the world, requiring you to click on the opposite side. The game’s audio also remains unflipped, meaning that sounds coming from the left will still play from the left speakers—unless you wear your headphones backward, of course.
For those brave enough to dive into this topsy-turvy experience, it might just make the well-trodden world of Skyrim feel new again, even if it feels eerily wrong along the way. As one user aptly summarized: “Yes, it is reversed, it’s very cursed.”
