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Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins

When history tells the story of the Fifth Blight, what will be said about the hero who turned the tide against the darkspawn? Determine your legacy and fight for Thedas as a noble dwarf, an elf far from home, a mage apprentice, or a customized hero of your own design.

Released Nov 6, 2009 Developer BioWare Publisher Electronic Arts Platforms Windows RPGFantasyStory RichSingleplayerMultiple Endings
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What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.7%positive10,526 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Are you about to leave a negative review on Dragonage Origins because of it crashing constantly? How about instead you try these steps below before posting your review! Open task manager while playing, right click on DA, go to details, right click again and set affinity, and…”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“One of the best ever. They really don't make 'em like this anymore — back when BioWare was untouchable and RPGs had actual soul.”

— a player, Steam review · 131 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“One of my favorite games. I've beaten it several times and currently working on the platinum for PlayStation. I wish they could retroactively add Steam achievements somehow, nonetheless whether you're a fan of RPGs with high customization, or curious about how an older good CRPG…”

— a player, Steam review · 116 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

10playing at last check
1624-hour peak
2,634all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 746 avg · May 2014

Price tracking

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG
Player tagsRPG · Fantasy · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · Adventure · Character Customization · Real-Time with Pause · Atmospheric · Dark Fantasy · Party-Based RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://dragonage.bioware.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent) Memory: 1GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7) Graphics: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB) DirectX®: DirectX (November 2007) Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space Sound: Direct X Compatible Sound Card