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Dragon's Lair cover art

Dragon's Lair

Digital Leisure Inc. · 2013-05-17

Steam

ActionAdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 06, 1998 (DVD Player), 1984 (Arcade), Jun 24, 1994 (3DO Interactive Multiplayer), 1995 (Atari Jaguar CD), 1993 (Sega CD), 2011 (iOS)

Haven't heard of Dragon's Lair?! Well, you play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon! Originally released in the summer of 1983, Dragon's Lair has solidified itself as a cultural icon in gaming.

2
playing now
77%
positive of 723 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
0.8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Dragon's Lair is an interactive film LaserDisc video game developed by Advanced Microcomputer Systems and published by Cinematronics in 1983, as the first game in the Dragon's Lair series. In the game, the protagonist Dirk the Daring is a knight attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe who has locked the princess in the foul wizard Mordroc's castle. It featured animation by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth.

Health check

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  • · Top 40% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 723 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2014-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

412026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.972015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-09-21 — best price $9.992018-11-23 — best price $9.952018-12-17 — best price $9.952019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-06-07 — best price $9.952019-07-15 — best price $4.972019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-18 — best price $4.992024-07-14 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3971702026-05-31 — 188 pageviews2026-06-03 — 238 pageviews2026-06-06 — 306 pageviews2026-06-09 — 250 pageviews2026-06-12 — 170 pageviews2026-06-15 — 223 pageviews2026-06-18 — 231 pageviews2026-06-21 — 397 pageviews2026-06-24 — 237 pageviews2026-06-27 — 250 pageviews2026-06-30 — 218 pageviews2026-07-03 — 216 pageviews2026-07-06 — 343 pageviews2026-07-09 — 237 pageviews2026-07-12 — 331 pageviews2026-07-15 — 326 pageviews2026-07-18 — 282 pageviews2026-07-21 — 236 pageviews2026-07-24 — 289 pageviews2026-07-27 — 201 pageviews2026-07-30 — 218 pageviews2026-08-02 — 228 pageviews2026-08-05 — 218 pageviews2026-08-08 — 220 pageviews2026-08-11 — 184 pageviews2026-08-14 — 200 pageviews2026-08-17 — 227 pageviews2026-08-20 — 240 pageviews2026-08-23 — 236 pageviews2026-08-26 — 241 pageviews2026-08-28 — 265 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,36221%12
PS3 (PlayStation)2,48717%8
Steam (Steam)2,4754%12
Windows 8 (Xbox)36436%12

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

Player tags

FMV1980sRetroShortActionArcadeCasualCartoonClassicDragons

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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