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Dragon's Lair cover art

Dragon's Lair

Digital Leisure Inc. · 2013-05-17

Steam

ActionAdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Dragon's Lair is an Action, Adventure, and Casual title released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 724 reviews).

1
playing now
77%
positive of 724 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 724 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 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 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

3431702026-05-31 — 188 pageviews2026-06-04 — 329 pageviews2026-06-08 — 255 pageviews2026-06-12 — 170 pageviews2026-06-16 — 232 pageviews2026-06-20 — 330 pageviews2026-06-24 — 237 pageviews2026-06-28 — 251 pageviews2026-07-02 — 212 pageviews2026-07-06 — 343 pageviews2026-07-10 — 290 pageviews2026-07-14 — 326 pageviews2026-07-18 — 282 pageviews2026-07-22 — 218 pageviews2026-07-26 — 245 pageviews2026-07-30 — 218 pageviews2026-08-03 — 246 pageviews2026-08-07 — 233 pageviews2026-08-11 — 184 pageviews2026-08-15 — 212 pageviews2026-08-19 — 235 pageviews2026-08-23 — 236 pageviews2026-08-27 — 274 pageviews2026-08-31 — 239 pageviews2026-09-04 — 256 pageviews2026-09-08 — 210 pageviews2026-09-12 — 236 pageviews2026-09-16 — 187 pageviews2026-09-20 — 195 pageviews2026-09-24 — 214 pageviews2026-09-28 — 201 pageviews2026-10-02 — 172 pageviews2026-10-06 — 226 pageviews2026-10-10 — 180 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
52.8%
earned "Bumbling Knight"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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