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DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS

Square Enix · 2024-02-13

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Dragon Quest · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 28, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 28, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 09, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 26, 2022 (iOS), May 27, 2022 (Android), Jan 28, 2016 (PlayStation 3)

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!

90%
positive of 817 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (23 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
4.68★
PlayStation Store rating (8,929 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$27.99
steam price (US)
Dragon Quest Builders is a 2016 sandbox action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. It was ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2018, Android and iOS in 2022 and Microsoft Windows in 2024.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 183 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,011 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 817 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$27.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at Humble Store (2025-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.99 · on sale 17 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720242026Week of 2024-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$13.992019-01-172026-10-082019-01-17 — best price $49.992020-12-02 — best price $49.992022-06-24 — best price $34.992023-12-04 — best price $49.992024-03-14 — best price $23.792024-04-04 — best price $27.992024-05-08 — best price $27.992024-06-19 — best price $19.592024-07-26 — best price $19.592024-09-19 — best price $19.592024-10-02 — best price $27.992024-12-04 — best price $27.992024-12-20 — best price $19.592025-01-15 — best price $19.592025-02-06 — best price $19.592025-03-14 — best price $16.792025-03-28 — best price $27.992025-06-04 — best price $27.992025-07-12 — best price $27.992025-09-25 — best price $16.792025-10-06 — best price $27.992025-11-21 — best price $14.002025-12-06 — best price $27.992026-01-05 — best price $27.992026-01-22 — best price $13.992026-02-23 — best price $27.992026-03-23 — best price $14.002026-05-26 — best price $13.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-11 — best price $27.992026-08-04 — best price $13.992026-10-01 — best price $27.992026-10-08 — best price $27.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

130512026-07-15 — 73 pageviews2026-07-18 — 72 pageviews2026-07-21 — 75 pageviews2026-07-24 — 84 pageviews2026-07-27 — 69 pageviews2026-07-30 — 94 pageviews2026-08-02 — 74 pageviews2026-08-05 — 130 pageviews2026-08-08 — 108 pageviews2026-08-11 — 65 pageviews2026-08-14 — 92 pageviews2026-08-17 — 84 pageviews2026-08-20 — 81 pageviews2026-08-23 — 79 pageviews2026-08-26 — 82 pageviews2026-08-29 — 65 pageviews2026-09-01 — 81 pageviews2026-09-04 — 109 pageviews2026-09-07 — 66 pageviews2026-09-10 — 89 pageviews2026-09-13 — 96 pageviews2026-09-16 — 91 pageviews2026-09-19 — 106 pageviews2026-09-22 — 85 pageviews2026-09-25 — 69 pageviews2026-09-28 — 76 pageviews2026-10-01 — 69 pageviews2026-10-04 — 75 pageviews2026-10-07 — 67 pageviews2026-10-10 — 51 pageviews2026-10-12 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
94.3%
earned "Escape Artist"
37.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)30,59715%20
Steam (Steam)1,22516%20
Switch (Nintendo)2240%0
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGCuteJRPGAnimeVoxelActionFantasyBuildingColorful

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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