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DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Recruit monsters from the DQ series, synthesize new creatures and compose your ideal team.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“As this was my first DQM game I didn't know really know what to expect. So I went in with the idea of "this might be like Pokemon" damn was I wrong. It is way better than pokemon.”
— a player, Steam review · 67 hrs played“This game was amazing, you have the full range of all the monsters from the dragon quest games and can synthesise most of them into your team (Some are egg exclusive). This game is one I have to recommend to dragon quest fans / monster collector players. This was a nice chill…”
— a player, Steam review · 95 hrs played“The most dissapoint Dragon Quest game thus far. I've played DQ 8, 11 DQ Monster Joker 1, 2, and 3(Bonus content and all in the Pro version) By god all mighty, this game fell so flat. Admitetly I haven't gone far, but all other titles I was already invested in the first 10mins or…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Withered World is available for pre-purchase now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3681610/ In this RPG, you befriend monsters from the DRAGON QUEST series, raise them up, synthesize new creatures, and pit them against other monsters in battle. Joi
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined launches today!
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DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined Demo available now!
Test the waters with the DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined demo! Experience the beginning of the game for free. The demo ends after the Ballymolloy storyline, which is the first world the party visits. The
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined is available for pre-purchase now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2499860/ "There's more to the world than this island... And we're going to prove it!" Set sail on an adventure spanning past and present in DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagin
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · JRPG · Creature Collector · Party-Based RPG · 3D · Anime · Villain Protagonist · Turn-Based Combat · Silent Protagonist · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese * , Korean * |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | https://dragonquest.square-enix-games.com/games/en-us/dqmonsters/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 64-bit / Windows® 11 Processor: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3220 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space