Dragon's Dogma 2
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ActionRPGOpen WorldAction RPGFantasySingleplayerAdventure

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Game description

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.

Basic info

DeveloperCAPCOM Co., Ltd.
PublisherCAPCOM Co., Ltd.
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateMar 21, 2024
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 11 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Memory16 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8GB VRAM
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 422 reviews from the past 1 year

66.5/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mixed (63%)

Metacritic: 88 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 20, 2026)

Grounded combat meets a troubled PC release in Dragon's Dogma 2, which scores 66.5 from the 422 reviews we read.

👍 Strengths

61 reviews praise how the combat feels, and the most upvoted calls it grounded and physical with a clean, immersive interface. 59 enjoy their time with it, and some say a discount and mods helped. 35 praise the atmosphere of its world. Multiplayer ranks 238th of 642, and Gameplay ranks 552nd of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support appears in 52% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1264th of 1399. 75 reviews report poor performance, such as stutter and frame drops in the open world even on recommended hardware. 45 find the enemy roster repetitive, and some say the same few monsters and fetch quests return again and again. 31 call the main story rushed or poorly explained, and some find the ending weak or plot threads unfinished. Content Volume ranks 1070th of 1351, and Story & World ranks 967th of 1096.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“really good time with discount and mods” · 59 reviews
“repetitive enemy types and fetch quests dominate second area, same 6-7 mobs” · 45 reviews
“atmosphere and combat are good” · 35 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 67% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +1.86 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Negative “baffling game design choices undermine systems” · 5 reviews

Progression 17% · Difficulty 14% · Onboarding 14% · Freedom 38% · Controls & feel 31%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.50 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “atmosphere and combat are good” · 35 reviews
Negative “felt very lonely and bored in the game world” · 3 reviews

Story 38% · Characters 14%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 48% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.38 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “repetitive enemy types and fetch quests dominate second area, same 6-7 mobs” · 45 reviews

Volume 30% · Replayability 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.87 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “wyrm enemies are gorgeous and exceptionally well-designed” · 31 reviews
Negative “graphics mediocre, optimization terrible compared to Dark Souls” · 2 reviews

Audio 6%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.30 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “pawn companion's personality and banter created emotional attachment across 100 hours” · 20 reviews
Negative “wishes the game had co-op” · 4 reviews

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.35 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “micro-transactions present with weird game design choices” · 19 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 12% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 52% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Performance -0.77 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Negative “weird stutter that completely ruins the experience, performance worse over time” · 75 reviews
Positive “game is now playable after optimization improvements” · 6 reviews

Stability 17% · Developer support 25%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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