DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition
BANGER · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $19.99.
- Length
- 57.5h
- Value
- $0.35/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 40 GB of storage. Windows only.
The Definitive Edition includes the critically acclaimed DRAGON QUEST XI, plus additional scenarios, orchestral soundtrack, 2D mode and more! Whether you are a longtime fan or a new adventurer, this is the ultimate DQXI experience.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $19.99. That was September 2024. 33 discounts in the 6 years on record. They run about 40 percent off, roughly 9 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. The nearest things to it, FINAL FANTASY III ($10.79, scores 87) and FINAL FANTASY VI ($10.79, scores 87), are both worse buys on this math.
$61.28 is where it would stop being a BANGER. It is priced at $19.99.
Steam's global achievement data puts 36 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 387 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 57.5 hours. Doing everything runs 130, 2.3 times as long.
It came out 6 years ago, and 581 were online in it when we last checked, on Sep 26, 21:46 UTC.
The drop-off
92% start to 36% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
581 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 21:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The most JRPG ever made. Full disclosure, this is my first DQ game since 1 and 2. The remasters, not the remakes. What you have here is the most traditional JRPG I've played in decades. It is party based. It is turn-based. There is no ATB gauge, no dodges or parries, The most modern mechanics are the crafting, the skill system, and the open-world-with-guardrails design. It's like this is a remake of an unreleased...
There's a real argument to be made that this is the greatest JRPG of all time. Even in a world with Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Tales of Vesperia...this game manages to tower above them all, at least in my opinion. All fantastic games in their own right, but something about Dragon Quest 11 just hits different. The story may be simple (at least at first glance) but the characters and the...
First of all, I finished the game and beat the big bad who wants to destroy the universe. Which took a lot longer than expected. I did not defeat all of the super-duper-ultra bosses that this version of the game throws at you after the main game. Because then you have to max out all your characters' stats - way too tedious and time consuming for me. Don't get me wrong, the game is enjoyable for what it is and you...
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Cite this score
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition scores 91/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1295510/dragon-quest-xi-s-echoes-of-an-elusive-age-definitive-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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