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Dragon Quest Builders

Square Enix Business Division 5

Dragon Quest Builders

"Dragon Quest Builders is a sandbox action RPG where your imagination is the limit! Everything plays out in real time and the world is made entirely of blocks (although it may not look that blocky) and you can use these blocks to build pretty much whatever you want. Building is easy and can be done in three steps: 1. Plan what you’re going to build! 2. Gather your resources! 3. Begin construction and create your masterpiece! There is an overarching main storyline to follow in Dragon Quest Builders so if you want a narrative to get attached to and pull you through, that’s in there too. It wouldn’t be a Dragon Quest game without one after all! Oh and there’s plenty of quirky side quests and NPCs to give you that full RPG experience, just with the additional sandbox gameplay and monsters to battle as well."

Released
28 January 2016
Developer
Square Enix Business Division 5
Publisher
Nintendo
Perspective
Third person
Age rating
PEGI 7 · ESRB E10+
Steam recommendations
700
Platforms
PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch
Genres
Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
Also known as
Dragon Quest Builders: Alefgard o Fukkatsu Niseyo · Dragon Quest Builders: Revive Alefgard!
Estimated owners
20,000–50,000 (est.)
81
Player rating
82
Critic rating
54
Ratings counted
90.8%
Steam reviews
20
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Dragon Quest Builders

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Dragon Quest Builders

The story

"Generations ago, the realm of Alefgard was plunged into darkness by the terrible and treacherous Dragonlord, ruler of all monsters. Mankind was robbed of the power to build and forced to wander the ruins of their former home, scrounging and scavenging in the dust to survive. Now it’s up to you, a Legendary Builder chosen by the Goddess herself, to return the power of creation to the people and rebuild Alefgard. Only when the wonder of imagination has been returned will mankind be able to overthrow the evil Dragonlord once and for all!"

Dragon Quest Builders

How long to beat

Main story
15 h
Main + extras
25 h
Completionist
40 h

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Reviews and languages

90.8% of 781 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Very Positive”.

15 languages in the interface, 0 of them with full voice acting. English is supported.

Dragon Quest Builders

Platform releases

PlayStation 3
28 January 2016
PlayStation 4
28 January 2016
PlayStation Vita
28 January 2016
Nintendo Switch
9 February 2018
iOS
26 May 2022
Android
27 May 2022
PC (Microsoft Windows)
13 February 2024

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Dragon Quest

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