Nostalgic yet modernized remake
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“They perfectly walked the line of being lovingly faithful to the OGs while also making them just modern enough to be a better user experience.”
Steam review · 75.8 h played ↗
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
Worth buying? What 202 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 202 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Square Enix, ARTDINK2025Turn-Based Combat · JRPG · RPG
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A lavish HD-2D remake of two classic JRPGs, with DQ2 the clear highlight and DQ1 marred by harsh solo-hero balance. Skip it if you hate grinding, RNG and difficulty spikes.
Great for
Dragon Quest fans, NES veterans, and old-school JRPG players who played DQ3 HD-2D first
Main risk
DQ1's solo-hero combat has unfair RNG and sharp difficulty spikes that force grinding.
What players love
Beautiful HD-2D visuals and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The HD-2D style is breathtaking.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
DQ2 is the standout with great party and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Cute characters that have personalities that bounce right off each other.”
Steam review · 62.5 h played ↗
Helpful quality-of-life features
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“add ALOT QOL changes to the games and just about all of them are optional and be turned on and off through settings”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
Expanded story tying the trilogy together
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“From a story perspective it greatly expands on the barebones events of the original games and ultimately reframes them as proper sequels to Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake”
Steam review · 61.9 h played ↗
Flexible difficulty options
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“You can change diff at any time". Game offer accessibility setting which u cannot die if you prefer to enjoy the story.”
Steam review · 75.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unbalanced DQ1 difficulty and spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“They clearly forgot that, unlike the other games in the series, in this one there's only _one_ member of your party.”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗
RNG-heavy, unfair combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Absolutely hate the RNG in this game.”
Steam review · 30.3 h played ↗
Not faithful to the original
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“its not a remake, its a reimagining of the game and it contains little if no soul of the original.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Too much grinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Constant grind just to lose to a boss because you are way under levelled even though you're grinding.”
Steam review · 36.4 h played ↗
Padding and bloated story in DQ1
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“They added too many pointless chores and too much repetitive exposition to the story in DQ1”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
Bugs and technical issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“there is a softlocking bug in the late game that I happened to get preventing me from being able to finish the game.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 11
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 2300X / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 11
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 2300X / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 470 / Intel® Arc™ A580 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows® 11
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 2300X / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti
Storage20 GB available space
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