DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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The beloved block-building RPG, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS, is bringing its handy crafting features to Steam! Weave your own tale as you build your own unique buildings and towns to restore Alefgard to it's former glory!
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is a rpg, jrpg and platformer game
developed and published by Square Enix.
Released on February 13th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 466 reviews of which 416 were positive and 50 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS into these genres:
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-6300
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 16 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Expected framerate: 30FPS with 1920x1080 resolution and default graphics options, Systen RAM 16GB required when running on Intel GPU.
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This is a very cute side-game in the Dragon Quest series. It's like Baby's First Minecraft -- in the sense that it is a large open world with crafting elements and blocks that you can mine/place. But it is also an RPG with a concrete beginning/middle/ending, so it tosses up a lot of quests and guardrails to help focus the player along from one story beat to the next. It's not a very difficult game, by my reckoning. But there's always something a little sunny, a little predictable, a little nostalgic about Dragon Quest games. Especially this one, because it's set in Alefgard; the same kingdom from the original Dragon Quest title -- but with an alternate-history twist where the Dragonlord has succeeded in conquering the realm and we play a scion of the Goddess charged with rebuilding civilization from the ground-up. It's uplifting, funny, and a delight to have in my library.
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NEED TO KNOW INFO: This game (and franchise) is probably the best "Minecraft clone" out on the market. It is a game with points and end goals to meet, setting it apart in its own right. You will spend HOURS trying to cram as much stuff into that 32x32 town square, trying to make it look like an old school RPG setting type town. PROS: *Dragon Quest lore now and always has been one of the best (and most family friendly) settings *art style and aesthetics are all great *functionality overall is very on point for what you need to accomplish, very easy to pick up and learn *characters are unique and very memorable *simple game and a number of options to decorate your rooms and buildings *the story is perhaps one of the DARKEST premises in Dragon Quest so far, and I am here for it *imagine going from cave people to building marble cities, enough said on that *combat is fairly straight forward, tough at times, until you level up your equipment *"you are not the hero" is the joke that kept giving in this game *i usually hate fishing games, loved the fishing in this game *achievements are available and actually very obtainable CONS: *a few QOL issues (apparently they fixed in DQB2) *IMO the story mode felt semi-hindered by having to lose everything between chapters *there were plenty of decoration stuff to use, but IMO would have love to see more *no workshop for mods is perhaps the "Achilles Heel" of the game to expand on your build options *very limited Z access (up and down) to build monolith type projects *the credits...woof... *the challenges are actually fun, but can be frustrating on a couple of vague points *needed to use an online guide to figure out the different types of rooms that I wouldn't have known existed FINAL SUMMATION *overall it is a very enjoyable game, the feel is great, the music is great, it is a worthy Dragon Quest title *I would give this game a 9/10, only just falling short due to QOL issues *fun for the entire family and those that love the old school video game RPG type settings
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Dragon Quest Minecraft is a neat little spin off all about crafting and building towns for your little NPC buddies. There are monsters to slay but no level ups to be had. You'll craft gear to stand a better chance against them and as you progress your town there will be defense events against groups of various monsters where some of your more capable NPCs will aid you. It's a fun game but quite repetitive as every time you clear an area you will move to a new one just to start all over again. Fortunately it doesn't take super long to move on to the next one and gives you a clean build space to try some fresh new ideas. I got a kick out if, you might too.
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I bought the game on the PS Vita back in 2016 and immediately fell in love with it. That’s why I didn’t hesitate to order the sequel as soon as it was released in late 2018—even though only the Japanese version was available at the time. Then, the moment I saw both games on Steam, I bought them again. That pretty much sums up how much I enjoy this series. In short, Dragon Quest Builders is the ultimate simulator I’ve been dreaming of: [*] Interactable furniture like in The Sims [*] Characters with individual needs like in Cultures [*] World customization like Minecraft [*] A strong story like Dragon Quest [*] All seasoned with a genuinely good sense of humor. As a long-time simulation game player, the biggest frustration has always been this: after trying many games, one finally found the exact type that hits the personal niche, only to realize there’s almost nothing else like it out there. Before DQB, the closest games to what I wanted were Cultures and Spore—and those are 20 years ago. Indeed, there are plenty of city-building and sandbox games, but they always seem a bit off in the scale. In Minecraft, building a city without citizens feels like playing a WALL-E simulator. In other city-builders, while there are citizens, it lacks the same level of customization. It really needs the right scale to have a living world. And then there's the final puzzle piece: a strong narrative. What is the city about? Is it a fortress? A small farming village? A commercial hub? Without a story, it's hard to see the proper shape of the city. And a game that balances all of these things is like a perfect carbonara: simple on the concept, but requiring just the right touch to get everything right. DQB is that perfect carbonara I have been looking for. It’s something special. It has citizens with unique personalities, and they aren’t just sitting there waiting for you to meet their needs. They can cook, craft, gather, and even pick up weapons to fight alongside you. All of this happens in a voxelized world where you control everything from the shape of the terrain to the brick in a wall. Sadly, years have passed and we are yet to see a DQB3. I guess it's joining culture and spore to become yet like another series that I might need to wait for decades, or hopefully SE will listen and resurrect it like what SEGA did to VC. Who knows?
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Ignore the play time, I actually had this on switch. This game has been fun enough for me to buy it again on a different console. That should attest to how fun it is. Still waiting for number 3 :(
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Frequently Asked Questions
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 13.99€ on Steam.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS received 416 positive votes out of a total of 466 achieving a rating of 8.31.
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DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS was developed and published by Square Enix.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is playable and fully supported on Windows.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is not playable on MacOS.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is not playable on Linux.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is a single-player game.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS does not currently offer any DLC.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS does not support Steam Remote Play.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS.
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