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DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake cover art

DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake

Square Enix · 2024-11-14

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RPG

Franchise: Dragon Quest · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 14, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 14, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 14, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2)

DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake is a stunning reimagining of the beloved masterpiece and narrative beginning to The Erdrick Trilogy.

284
playing now
78%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
35h
to beat · rushed 35h · completionist 50h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

284 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, titled Dragon Warrior III when initially localized to North America, is a 1988 role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix. It is the third installment in the Dragon Quest series and was first released for the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan and later for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America. The game saw an enhanced remake for the Super Famicom in 1996 and the Game Boy Color in 2001, and a port to mobile phones and the Wii in 2009 and 2011. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan on September 25, 2014, and worldwide as Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation on December 4, 2014. It was the first time the game was given an official English subtitle. Later in 2021, another remake of the game titled Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, based on the graphical style introduced with Octopath Traveler (2018), was announced to coincide with the franchise's 35th anniversary. The remake was released worldwide on November 14th, 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series consoles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 284 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,097 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 99k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,965 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $29.99 at Humble Store (2026-05-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 18 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
80480420242026Week of 2024-11-14: 804 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 293 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 421 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 260 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 467 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4771142026-08-07 00:00 — 162 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 180 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 227 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 209 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 346 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 311 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 317 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 372 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 301 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 259 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 292 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 258 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 320 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 399 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 266 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 229 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 307 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 437 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 338 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 137 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 152 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 267 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 185 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 136 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 191 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 114 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 134 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 289 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 284 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$29.992024-06-172026-08-262024-06-17 — best price $59.992024-06-21 — best price $59.992025-05-26 — best price $44.992025-06-04 — best price $59.992025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-07-23 — best price $59.992025-08-06 — best price $59.992025-09-25 — best price $38.992025-10-06 — best price $59.992025-11-20 — best price $35.992025-12-02 — best price $59.992025-12-11 — best price $59.992025-12-19 — best price $35.992026-01-06 — best price $59.992026-01-22 — best price $35.992026-02-16 — best price $35.992026-03-12 — best price $35.992026-03-23 — best price $35.992026-03-31 — best price $59.992026-06-02 — best price $59.992026-06-25 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $59.992026-07-16 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $59.992026-08-11 — best price $59.992026-08-26 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

18002026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 180 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
93.2%
earned "Join the Party"
53.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

9 supported languages: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)7,40735%42
Steam (Steam)2,91511%42
Switch (Nintendo)1,4420%0
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)1,21617%42

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPG2.5DCuteJRPG1980sCombatRemakeFantasyColorfulOld School

Census log

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

Recent updates

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