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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“A loving remake handled by the guy that practically established the Master System fandom online. Every element of the original game is recreated, but feels entirely accurate. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap was easily one of the top games on the Master System and Game Gear,…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“One thing you should note is that this is not so much a remake as a reskin of the original Sega Master System version. As a reskin of one of the famous early Metroidvania milestones, this is an impeccable technological and artistic wonder that raises the bar for things to come.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This is probably my favorite game from when I was a child, I still have the Game Gear cart with my old-school console collection and it is one of the games, I've always strove to keep with me wherever I went, even though I only beat it at a teenager. For someone like me, this…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Platformer · Adventure · Action · Remake · Indie · Cult Classic · Metroidvania · 2D · Hand-drawn · Great Soundtrack · Retro · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Official site | http://www.TheDragonsTrap.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Any Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000-5000 series (game in 720p) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1100 MB available space