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DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Recruit monsters from the DQ series, synthesize new creatures and compose your ideal team.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is a rpg, jrpg and creature collector game developed and published by Square Enix.
Released on September 11th 2024 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

It has received 677 reviews of which 529 were positive and 148 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince into these genres:

RPG JRPG Creature Collector Party-Based RPG 3D Anime Villain Protagonist Turn-Based Combat Silent Protagonist Fantasy Singleplayer Story Rich Cute Dragons Turn-Based Collectathon Deckbuilding Medieval Magic Turn-Based Tactics

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 10 64-bit / Windows® 11
Processor: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3220
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750　
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025

Dragon Quest Pokemon is another super neat spin off title. There are 20 different areas to explore, and gather new monsters, and hundreds of different monsters to collect. You then take a bunch of these monsters and use monster synthesis to create new ones you can't find on the maps. There are also a number of accessories to equip to your monsters for extra abilities and stats. There are two different arenas to battle other monster trainers as well as an online arena though not sure any one still frequents that. The story is fairly long and fun to play through but not exactly a riveting tale. Overall this has been a fun experience!

May 2025

I discovered Dragon quest with monsters joker 1, so of course I love this one despite it's flaws, it's a pretty good game. Please Square Enix bring all Dragon Quest games to steam, including the spin offs (the other DQM games), and also it would be nice to be able to buy the OST

Feb. 2025

Let me start this by saying I love the gameplay. That is why this is getting a positive rating. The story however is... rather weak. For all you Dragon Quest Monster players, you know what you're in for if you've played Joker or Joker 2. You capture monsters and synthesize them to make new ones. Your monsters have skills that carry over between synthesis, but they also have talents unique to their type. Stats increase the higher you go and you can scout new ones as you go along. What is new is that they've gotten rid of genders. You no long have a male and female monster making an egg and running off. Instead, you are pretty much fusing two monsters together to create a new one. The Steam version runs a lot better then the Switch, or so I hear. It also comes with a few dlc preinstalled that you had to purchase on the Switch, and which makes the game a little easier and adds some interesting mechanics. Now for the story. This games rehashes the story of Dragon Quest 4's Antagonist, Psaro the Manslayer. Though, you are allowed to rename them if you like. You are a half human, half monster, cursed by your father with never being able to hurt a monster. So, in order to fight back, you become a monster tamer. Training monsters to fight for you. of course, due to how you were treated by humans, you hate them too. And wish to end them. You meet Rose, an elf who cries ruby tears. And is probably one of the weakest parts of the story. Now for the bad... the game doesn't know if it wants to be happy go lucky or sad. Rose is your moral compass. begging you to give up your hunt for humans... At times. Then you enter a new area and she's happy go lucky and wanting to explore everything, refusing to leave your side. Also, the game is very much 'but thou must'. it gives an illusion of choice, at times asking you a yes or no question. But no matter what you pick, the game proceeds the same, and you are sometimes even criticized for choosing the 'wrong' choice.

Jan. 2025

Only buy this game if you need a game let you grind like a madman. Great game for eugenics enjoyers. The story is forgetable and terrible. The gameplay is great and the monster breeding is amazing. Remember Malcolm in the middle? You're Hal, trying to fix the lightbulb.

Dec. 2024

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is an amazing game, one I'm glad to play after having no DQM games for 14 years. First off, this is NOT a Dragon Quest game, it's a Dragon Quest Monsters game. It has all the charm of Dragon Quest but follows a different battle system and mechanics. It's a creature collector with a unique twist; Synthesising/combining monsters to get even stronger ones eventually making your way to the final bosses of the main series. The game features a new Reverse Search feature to help you see what you can make and a new dungeon called the Mole Hole where you can scout (catch) every monster you've ever obtained. And to touch on scouting it is RNG. You do a show of force to try and recruit your monster based on the strength of your monsters compared to the other. You can influence this by buffing your own team and debuffing the enemy but, most of the time it'll still be up to chance. You can disable autosave and savescum all you'd like, however. The story is great, it's a sort of retelling of DQ4 from the point of the antagonist, who you play as. The story starts off serviceable. Nothing special but gets the job done. But, it does get quite good. I could sing the praises of this game all day; the charm, the visuals, the music, the battling. This game does very little wrong. But, what is it that it does wrong? Well, some synthesises (?) require 4 monsters. So you need to do 2 pairs of 2 then combine the resulting pairs. Reverse Search does NOT help you here, so you need to look them up. There could be more end game, though the main story will run you 20-30 hours depending, and going for all achievements and synthesises another 10-20 on top of that. Still plenty of value. And that's it. Yes, those are my only gripes. Get this game and PLEASE give us more DQM.

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Frequently Asked Questions

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince received 529 positive votes out of a total of 677 achieving a rating of 7.42.

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DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince was developed and published by Square Enix.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is playable and fully supported on Windows.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is not playable on MacOS.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is not playable on Linux.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is a single-player game.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince does not currently offer any DLC.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince does not support Steam Remote Play.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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