Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a platformer, adventure and action game developed by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu.
Released on June 08th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Swedish and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 2,414 reviews of which 2,049 were positive and 365 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.10€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap into these genres:

Platformer Adventure Action Remake Indie Cult Classic Metroidvania 2D Hand-drawn Great Soundtrack Retro Singleplayer Side Scroller Fantasy Action-Adventure Cute Difficult Exploration Colorful Family Friendly

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Any
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000-5000 series (game in 720p)
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1100 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.10.5
  • Processor: Any
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 Core Profile support, Intel HD 4000-5000 series (Intel HD 3000 series unsupported)
  • Storage: 1100 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported.
Linux
  • OS: glibc 2.17+, 32/64-bit
  • Processor: Any
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 Core Profile support, Intel HD 4000-5000 series (Intel HD 3000 series unsupported)
  • Storage: 1100 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported.

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
This is an excellent remake. Nice gameplay, graphics and sound. Based on a classic, but feels like a modern 2D platformer.
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Jan. 2025
This remake plays just like the original but with significantly improved graphics and controls
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Nov. 2024
Great adventure platformer from way back, one of the best SEGA master system games. Remastered in a brilliant and respectful way with quick and easy toggle of retro sound and graphics. Still to this day a solid 6-10 hr playthru.
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Oct. 2024
If you're a fan of Wonder Boy from 40 years ago on the Sega Master System, then you will enjoy this game. The visuals are very nice, and you can tell a lot of time when into making this game look as best as it possibly could. Wonder Boy, like Alex Kidd, is an acquired taste. If you are expecting a Mario Bros. clone, this might not be the game you are looking for.
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July 2024
What a great idea for the re-release of an old retro game! Instead of trying to remake or (gods forbid) re-imagine it, leave all the programs the same and give it a new coat of paint with improved graphics and sound superimposed over the old game. And what a great defense for the devs: I could complain about some of the jankey controls (which are successfully masked by the complex animations), or the mechanics and say that I would have done it different, but this game was made a long time ago and I have an additional 30 odd years of gaming experience beyond its initial release, so what is really the point (besides indulging in presentism)? Instead, you have a legitimate retro experience with beautiful hand-drawn characters and backgrounds, while employing professional arrangements of the otherwise primitive bit-tunes that are so toe-tapping, they will be with you for days after the game is finished. I could think of half a dozen old games that could benefit from this treatment... most notably Chrono Trigger, but that is another story... Now there may be more to this re-release than what I am thinking is apparent, but it seems like a brilliant approach to resurrecting old games: just get the rights to the program and pour your funds into a new production. My only really complaint is how the new version just reverses the sprites while in the original, the shield-hand is always the left. Also, the lion is missing his mane and the animal sprites for the girl character are the same as the boy so... there does not seem much of a point with the gender selection. But whatever: these are minor details in an otherwise beautiful presentation! Oh and I should probably mention that the game itself is a nifty little fantasy metroidvania. At any rate, with its whimsical animal characters, interesting items, secrets, and the other stuff I said above, I really liked this game. This is what all retro-game cash-grabs should be!
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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap received 2,049 positive votes out of a total of 2,414 achieving a rating of 8.15.
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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap was developed by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap. Explore additional content available for Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap on Steam.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap 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.

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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap PEGI 3
19.99€ -70% 19.99€ 6.10€
8.2
2,049
365
Game modes
Features
Online players
5
Developer
Lizardcube
Publisher
DotEmu
Release 08 Jun 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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