Dragon Quest Builders
"Dragon Quest Builders is a sandbox action RPG where your imagination is the limit! Everything plays out in real time and the world is made entirely of blocks (although it may not look that blocky) and you can…
Dragon Quest Builders is an adventure developed by Square Enix Business Division 5, released 28 January 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 25 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Quest Builders is
Dragon Quest Builders is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Business Division 5 and released in 2016. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Generations ago, the realm of Alefgard was plunged into darkness by the terrible and treacherous Dragonlord, ruler of all monsters. Mankind was robbed of the power to build and forced to wander the ruins of their former home, scrounging and scavenging in the dust to survive. Now it’s up to you, a Legendary Builder chosen by the Goddess herself, to return the power of creation to the people and rebuild Alefgard. Only when the wonder of imagination has been returned will mankind be able to overthrow the evil Dragonlord once and for all!"
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dragon Quest series
Dragon Quest Builders is the 69th of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. The next entry was Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 in 2016. Its critic score of 82 is 9 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition at 92.
How it was received
Dragon Quest Builders holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 54 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 25 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-6300, 8 GB RAM and AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 16GB. 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 Quest Builders launched on 28 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2 and Yakuza Kiwami. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dragon Quest Builders yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
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