Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Select from different races and combat classes, customize your appearance, choose your character’s backstory and begin your journey as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Select from three classes (Warrior, Mage…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an adventure developed by BioWare, released 31 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 65.7 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Age: The Veilguard is
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an adventure game developed by BioWare and released in 2024. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Rise as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Be who you want to be and play how you want to play as you fight back and lead your team of seven companions, each with their own rich story. Together, you will become the Veilguard.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 52 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dragon Age series
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the 23rd of 24 entries we hold in the Dragon Age series. It arrived 9 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition. The next entry was Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Deluxe Edition in 2024. Its critic score of 91 is 5 points above the series average of 86. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Dragon Age: The Veilguard holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 11 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 65.7 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes), 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. It also needs around 100GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched on 31 October 2024, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio and Neva. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Neva.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dragon Age: The Veilguard yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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