Fun, fluid action combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“this game is all about the combat. If you like the combat, like I did, then you like the game.”
Steam review · 83.7 h played ↗
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 68%Mixed · 68%BioWare2024Action RPG · RPG · Strategy
The verdict
A polished, beautiful action RPG with fun combat and likable companions, but it drops the dark tone, choices and tactics of earlier Dragon Age games. Longtime fans wanting real roleplay should skip it.
Great for
Newcomers and action-RPG fans who want fun combat, companions and gorgeous visuals, judged as a standalone game
Main risk
Expecting a dark, choice-driven Dragon Age and getting a sanitized action game with shallow writing
What changed in the last 30 days
120 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mainly cite sanitized writing, lack of Dragon Age identity and repetitive combat, plus some crashes. No single patch or bug is clearly responsible; confidence is moderate.
120 recent reviews
What players love
Charming companions and emotional story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“the party system is easily the best in the series and possibly across all other RPG competitors.”
Steam review · 63.9 h played ↗
Gorgeous visuals and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The graphics and art direction made every scene feel like a painting”
Steam review · 72.4 h played ↗
Good enjoyable standalone, best on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“At the $20 price point I paid for this game, it's worth it. You do get a complete experience.”
Steam review · 89.2 h played ↗
Stable and well optimized
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Very stable and optimized. Didn't encounter any severe bugs during 100 hours playthrough.”
Steam review · 105.4 h played ↗
Great character creator and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“I love the character creator (only good one Bioware has ever had, imo).”
Steam review · 100.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak writing, cringe dialogue and flat companions
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“I found myself most of the time cringing at the terrible dialogue, atrocious writing, and inexplicable design choices of this game.”
Steam review · 135.8 h played ↗
Doesn't feel like Dragon Age
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It doesn't even feel like Dragon Age. They took a robust RPG style game and turned it into an arcade game.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Sanitized, childish tone with no grit
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“They made a dark, complex, epic series into a Pixar movie.”
Steam review · 100.4 h played ↗
Lore ignored, no carryover from past games
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“nearly every plot thread and choice we made across 3 games get chucked into the trash”
Steam review · 60.8 h played ↗
Meaningless choices, no roleplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Most of the dialogue options do not have an effect on the story at all.”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
Shallow, repetitive combat and sponge enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the game over-compensates by making enemies very spongey and turning combat into a repetitive slog.”
Steam review · 81.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support100 GB
Minimum
OS64 bit Windows 10/11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OS64 bit Windows 10/11
ProcessorIntel Core i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X* (see notes)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
Storage100 GB available space
OS64 bit Windows 10/11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X
Storage100 GB available space
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