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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Capcom · 2016-01-15

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Dragon's Dogma · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 03, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 25, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 26, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Oct 03, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2013 (Xbox 360)

Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is a 2016 Action, Adventure, RPG game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 49080 reviews).

380
playing now
88%
positive of 49k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25
twitch viewers (latest)
1.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (21 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (171 ratings)
905
Nexus mods (11M downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (18,791 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 83% recommend · from 104 critics
45h
to beat · rushed 32h · completionist 115h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

In the land of Gransys, a dragon long said to herald the end of the world arrives and attacks the protagonist's coastal village. When the protagonist confronts the dragon, it takes their heart, yet they survive. This marks them as the Arisen, a figure destined to face the dragon and stop the coming catastrophe. Setting out across Gransys, the Arisen is joined by Pawns, human-like beings who exist to aid those who carry that fate, and follows the dragon's challenge while uncovering a deeper conspiracy surrounding it.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 380 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,209 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~151/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.2M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 49,259 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.15-86%
Gamesplanet$4.55-85%
GOG$4.79-84%
Humble Store$4.79-84%
IndieGala$4.79-84%
Steam$4.79-84%
WinGameStore$4.79-84%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at GameBillet (2024-08-27) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 175 of 231 observed days · $1.57 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 830 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,906 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 364 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8052952026-09-15 11:00 — 430 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 573 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 454 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 501 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 750 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 567 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 399 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 524 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 552 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 484 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 501 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 433 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 295 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 452 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 587 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 355 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 488 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 481 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 376 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 509 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 805 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 551 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 380 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13k342Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 13,192 · peak 27,259May 2016 — avg 766 · peak 1,474Sep 2016 — avg 923 · peak 1,716Jan 2017 — avg 1,587 · peak 3,552May 2017 — avg 731 · peak 1,243Sep 2017 — avg 919 · peak 1,830Jan 2018 — avg 1,654 · peak 4,234May 2018 — avg 731 · peak 1,222Sep 2018 — avg 490 · peak 809Jan 2019 — avg 947 · peak 1,525May 2019 — avg 798 · peak 1,371Sep 2019 — avg 586 · peak 1,172Jan 2020 — avg 756 · peak 1,339May 2020 — avg 1,146 · peak 1,907Sep 2020 — avg 1,488 · peak 3,964Jan 2021 — avg 825 · peak 1,387May 2021 — avg 966 · peak 1,745Sep 2021 — avg 536 · peak 882Jan 2022 — avg 700 · peak 1,167May 2022 — avg 646 · peak 1,016Sep 2022 — avg 913 · peak 1,552Jan 2023 — avg 883 · peak 1,658May 2023 — avg 1,094 · peak 3,110Sep 2023 — avg 1,053 · peak 3,520Jan 2024 — avg 2,328 · peak 3,705May 2024 — avg 1,101 · peak 2,528Sep 2024 — avg 485 · peak 947Jan 2025 — avg 432 · peak 703May 2025 — avg 404 · peak 760Sep 2025 — avg 342 · peak 601Jan 2026 — avg 462 · peak 752May 2026 — avg 407 · peak 717Aug 2026 — avg 424 · peak 734
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$3.142015-09-282026-10-142015-09-28 — best price $59.992016-06-11 — best price $18.292016-12-05 — best price $21.252017-08-20 — best price $9.642018-06-19 — best price $9.892018-11-21 — best price $8.992019-04-11 — best price $29.992019-09-10 — best price $9.992020-01-15 — best price $8.992020-04-16 — best price $6.992020-07-31 — best price $8.992020-10-20 — best price $26.882021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-04-16 — best price $8.992021-07-26 — best price $25.822021-11-03 — best price $8.352022-01-31 — best price $7.732022-04-26 — best price $7.992022-07-17 — best price $29.992022-10-09 — best price $29.992023-01-02 — best price $29.992023-03-27 — best price $26.422023-06-17 — best price $29.992023-08-28 — best price $4.312023-11-14 — best price $3.942024-01-30 — best price $29.992024-04-23 — best price $4.802024-07-23 — best price $4.792024-10-10 — best price $4.652024-12-27 — best price $3.342025-03-07 — best price $4.082025-06-05 — best price $4.792025-09-01 — best price $4.792025-12-06 — best price $25.492026-03-03 — best price $26.882026-05-25 — best price $22.492026-08-03 — best price $4.192026-09-18 — best price $4.042026-10-14 — best price $4.55
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

81202026-09-30 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 731 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 25 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
90.3%
earned "It Begins"
12.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-01-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)66,02415%51
Steam (Steam)64,9103%59
PS4 (PlayStation)35,27610%60
Xbox One (Xbox)15,9772%59
Switch (Nintendo)1,0600%0
Switch (Nintendo)550%0

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

RPGMagicActionDragonsFantasyAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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