Weighty, satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The combat feels awesome, every hit has weight and feels good.”
Steam review · 99.2 h played ↗
Dragon's Dogma 2
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Mixed · 63%Mixed · 63%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2024Action RPG · RPG · Action
The verdict
A sprawling exploration action RPG with brilliant combat and a unique pawn system, held back by thin story, repetitive enemies and a harsh save system. Skip it if you want deep narrative.
Great for
Players who love free-form exploration, class-swapping combat and AI companions, and can forgive a weak story
Main risk
Repetitive enemies, tedious walking and a weak story wear thin after the first 10-20 hours
What changed in the last 30 days
154 recent reviews
Recent positive reviews credit the September optimization update, the Eternal Ferrystone and the coming Dark Arisen DLC. Recent negatives mostly cite new crashes after updates and DLC pricing.
154 recent reviews
What players love
Free-form exploration and sense of adventure
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“No other game series captures the feeling of going on an adventure like Dragon's Dogma.”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
Lively, helpful pawn companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“My pawn was the reason I played 100 hours in a single run.”
Steam review · 284.9 h played ↗
Performance fixed by recent patches
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“optimization update is great...my potato runs it 1080 60 frames”
Steam review · 58.6 h played ↗
Varied vocations
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Every vocation has a satisfying gameplay loop.”
Steam review · 93.9 h played ↗
Excellent character creator
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The game immediately impressed me with its incredible character creator.”
Steam review · 180 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, stutter and poor performance
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“after the pre-DLC updates i've encountered more crashes in a couple of hours than in 100 hours before them”
Steam review · 111 h played ↗
Weak, shallow story and quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The main story is extremely boring.”
Steam review · 104.6 h played ↗
Tedious travel and constant mob encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Traveling anywhere takes 20 minutes because you must constantly fight the same goblins, wolves, and harpies.”
Steam review · 104.6 h played ↗
Very few enemy types
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“There's basically only 4 types of large monsters in the game (drake, ogre, cyclops, griffin), and 4 types of small monsters (goblin, bandit, dogs, flying thing).”
Steam review · 39.7 h played ↗
Punishing save system
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The dumbest save system I’ve ever seen in a game.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
DLC and pricing feel unfair to owners
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“I paid $70 for this game on release; today, it's $40.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Minimum
OSWindows 11 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8GB VRAM
Recommended
OSWindows 11 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
OSWindows 11 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8GB VRAM
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