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DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ Slime Edition cover art

DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ Slime Edition

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · Square Enix · 2015-12-03

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ActionRPG

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

Releases: Feb 26, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Dec 03, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

DRAGON QUEST, one of the most iconic RPG series from Japan, now comes to PC as a full-scale action RPG in DRAGON QUEST HEROES: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below.

DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ Slime Edition is an Action and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 1343 reviews).

6
playing now
69%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (15,895 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is a hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Square Enix. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in February 2015, and in North America, Australia and Europe only for PlayStation 4 in October 2015. It was later released for Microsoft Windows in December 2015. The game received generally positive reviews, with a sequel Dragon Quest Heroes II being released in Japan during May 2016. Dragon Quest Heroes would later be released with the sequel in a compilation for Nintendo Switch in Japan.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–81k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,343 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2021-05-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2462Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 246 · peak 911Apr 2016 — avg 29 · peak 83Aug 2016 — avg 13 · peak 31Dec 2016 — avg 20 · peak 107Apr 2017 — avg 37 · peak 115Aug 2017 — avg 16 · peak 40Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 46Apr 2018 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2018 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2018 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 25Apr 2020 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 7 · peak 26Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$15.992015-11-192021-10-132015-11-19 — best price $53.992016-02-22 — best price $59.992016-05-09 — best price $59.992016-06-14 — best price $47.992016-08-30 — best price $41.992016-10-27 — best price $29.992016-12-22 — best price $26.792017-02-20 — best price $39.992017-07-05 — best price $39.992017-09-15 — best price $39.992017-12-21 — best price $19.992018-03-05 — best price $39.992018-05-11 — best price $39.992018-06-22 — best price $23.992018-07-18 — best price $23.972018-11-15 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $39.992019-02-22 — best price $19.992019-05-06 — best price $39.992019-07-08 — best price $20.002019-07-22 — best price $39.992019-09-24 — best price $19.992019-12-21 — best price $20.002020-01-09 — best price $19.992020-01-22 — best price $19.992020-03-03 — best price $20.002020-04-30 — best price $19.992020-05-09 — best price $39.992020-07-16 — best price $39.992020-12-22 — best price $19.992021-01-14 — best price $19.992021-03-29 — best price $39.992021-06-09 — best price $39.992021-07-12 — best price $15.992021-09-30 — best price $19.992021-10-13 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

114342026-05-29 — 100 pageviews2026-06-02 — 74 pageviews2026-06-06 — 54 pageviews2026-06-10 — 76 pageviews2026-06-14 — 79 pageviews2026-06-18 — 65 pageviews2026-06-22 — 102 pageviews2026-06-26 — 87 pageviews2026-06-30 — 63 pageviews2026-07-04 — 71 pageviews2026-07-08 — 73 pageviews2026-07-12 — 61 pageviews2026-07-16 — 44 pageviews2026-07-20 — 55 pageviews2026-07-24 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 61 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 64 pageviews2026-08-09 — 52 pageviews2026-08-13 — 52 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 56 pageviews2026-08-25 — 49 pageviews2026-08-29 — 59 pageviews2026-09-02 — 45 pageviews2026-09-06 — 65 pageviews2026-09-10 — 114 pageviews2026-09-14 — 75 pageviews2026-09-18 — 72 pageviews2026-09-22 — 62 pageviews2026-09-26 — 75 pageviews2026-09-30 — 58 pageviews2026-10-04 — 80 pageviews2026-10-07 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
89.6%
earned "Fundamentalist"
14.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeMusouActionCasualDragonsFantasyAction RPGBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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