DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince
Skip · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $7.99.
- Length
- 41.9h
- Value
- $0.19/hr
- Reviews
- 73% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 80% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 40% ($23.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 75% ($9.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, AMD Radeon RX 460 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Recruit monsters from the DQ series, synthesize new creatures and compose your ideal team.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $7.99. That was September 2026. It has been discounted 15 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today's $7.99 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Value puts it in the top 39 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre. On the same math CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION ($17.49, scores 53) and FINAL FANTASY XVI ($19.99, scores 55) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
This site sampled 636 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2024 to September 2026.
The drop-off
93% start to 8% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This game is extremely fun and addicting. The collection/taming and dragon quest elements are all hitting the right notes. I think the most important takeaway is that while the game is "technically" playable without having played Dragon Quest 4, you are going to miss like 20-30 story and character references, map locations, and how this game interweaves with the plot of Dragon Quest 4, which actually makes the game...
This game is fun. Raising monsters, fusing them, watching your team grow stronger-it scratches that old-school Dragon Quest itch perfectly. The designs are charming, the combat is solid, and the whole journey feels rewarding. But once you beat the story… that's it. Post-game is basically "grind if you want," but there's no real hook to keep you going. No big endgame content, no meaningful reason to keep playing...
The game itself seems fine, but as I reached the point where I meet Rosi, I didnt like it. She got abused by humans, but complains that we cast a firespell on the guy who was whipping her to make her cry, then she stalks us, follows us home and then we get the ''option'' to send her away, but in fact that is a forced Route so if you say no, you are stucked in a Loop so yeah. After that I lost interested in the rest...
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Cite this score
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2175540/dragon-quest-monsters-the-dark-princeReviews 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 24, price as of Oct 1.
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