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Draco and the Seven Scales
Set sail on a voyage full of pirates, dark magic, and the thrill of discovery! Draco and the Seven Scales is a retro-inspired adventure that harkens back to an age of top down dungeon crawlers and lovable, crunchy pixel art.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“This game is a labor of love and a must-play if you're a fan of the 2D Zeldas! It takes the best parts of each, featuring fun characters, a compelling story, engaging combat and puzzles, epic boss battles, and a plethora of unique items to use throughout. Play the first dungeon,…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Link's ARRRRwakening IMO all the good parts of wind waker + link's awakening + minish cap, plus it has pirates”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Absolutely recommend Draco. In particular for folks who enjoy top-down combat and fun, varied puzzle solving. Especially solving problems the way a true pirate was mean to: blasting them with a cannon. The land-and-sea puzzle mechanic is one of the most unique ideas I've seen in…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
1.0.5.3 - Instant Text Dialogue Option | Controller fixes
Ahoy crew! Another update for ye! This adds an instant text dialogue option, and some more controller fixes. Changes - There's a new setting for instant text! Currently not loc'd into other languages.
1.0.5.2 - Minor Performance Improvements!
Ahoy crew! This patch aims to address some performance issues users have reported on less powerful PCs, in addition to some UI/UX fixes. Fixes - Performance over a long play session shouldn't slow dow
1.0.5.1
Ahoy crew! We have a new patch that should address some gameplay feedback, in addition to the usual bug fixing Changes - Dungeon 1 - The sea area near the boss door has been tweaked to prevent a map d
1.0.5.0 - PS4/PS5 controller fix! !!This will probably break your key binds!!
Ahoy crew! This update should hopefully address issues with PS4 / PS5 controllers. Now, controllers should work with default settings. That means uncheck "Use Nintendo button layout", if checked. (Or
1.0.4.4
The last patch was not up to pARRR... so here's another! Fixes - Overworld - The shipwreck north of Shellhome now spawns you in the right position - Overworld - The shipwreck east of Shellhome now has
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Pirates · Dungeon Crawler · Exploration · Puzzle · Top-Down · Sailing · Action RPG · Retro · 2D (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB Storage: 3 GB available space