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Dragon Quest Builders 2

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90% User Score Based on 2,155 reviews

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Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with a anime theme. It received positive reviews from players.

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Audience ScoreBased on 2,155 reviews
story475 positive mentions
grinding126 negative mentions
  • Extremely charming story with memorable, quirky characters and a heartfelt friendship narrative.
  • Robust and satisfying building mechanics with a wide variety of blocks, decorations, and room combinations that affect NPC behavior and town development.
  • Accessible gameplay that blends RPG elements with creative sandbox building, offering hundreds of hours of content including exploration, farming, and combat improvements over its predecessor.
  • Strong sense of progression with quests and unlockable recipes, encouraging creativity and rewarding players with tangible village improvements.
  • High replayability supported by post-game sandbox mode, randomly generated islands, and online sharing of player creations.
  • Smooth running on multiple platforms including Steam Deck, with frequent quality-of-life improvements and well-designed UI.
  • Excessive and frequently unskippable dialogue and cutscenes that significantly slow down pacing and disrupt gameplay flow.
  • Limited building freedoms early in the game due to linear story progression and strict quest requirements, with key building tools and sandbox mode locked until late-game.
  • Clunky controls and problematic camera behavior that frustrate building precision and can cause motion sickness for some players.
  • Combat is simplistic, repetitive, and lacks depth, becoming tedious especially during late-game monster waves and boss fights.
  • NPC pathfinding and AI can be buggy or unintelligent, occasionally hindering building and village management.
  • Room/structure limits and storage caps restrict building scale and organization, causing frustration for completionists and creative builders.
  • Multiplayer is limited, unlocking late and restricted mainly to visiting and building on others' islands without real story co-op or full shared progression.
  • story
    1,969 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Dragon Quest Builders 2 features a charming, lighthearted story that serves as a lengthy tutorial guiding players through its building mechanics and RPG elements, with quests and character interactions adding purpose and emotional stakes to the gameplay. While the narrative is often predictable, verbose, and heavily linear—sometimes hindering creative freedom until the story's completion—it is filled with memorable characters and heartfelt moments that enhance the overall experience. Upon finishing the extensive story, the game unlocks a true sandbox mode, allowing players to fully explore their creativity in a vibrant, Dragon Quest-themed world.

    • “The story is charming and the characters are memorable.”
    • “The story islands were a ton of fun and the relationships with the NPCs were quite endearing, especially the main friendship with your partner had me getting quite emotional by the end.”
    • “Dragon Quest Builders 2's captivating story, lovable characters, and vibrant world continued to shine brightly on the Steam Deck.”
    • “The story is about as predictable cookie-cutter as they come.”
    • “Like I said at the beginning, this game's entire story is just a big, uninteractive, drawn out tutorial, in the most literal sense of the word.”
    • “I bought Dragon Quest Builders 2 expecting it to be a building simulator good to go out of the box, with a story mode tacked on to the side in case you needed some of the more complex mechanics explained to you. What I got instead for the following 20+ hours was nothing but boring tutorials and boring dialogue, with any amount of freedom I'd be conceded entirely depending on how much of the boring tutorials and boring dialogue I was willing to sit through.”
  • gameplay
    325 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Dragon Quest Builders 2 offers a refined, accessible gameplay loop combining Minecraft-style building with RPG elements and story-driven progression. The mechanics are intuitive and enjoyable, with engaging crafting, farming, and town-building, though combat is simple and some players find the pacing slow due to frequent, unskippable dialogue interruptions and linear story constraints. Overall, it balances guided quests with creative freedom, providing many hours of addictive, rewarding gameplay for fans of construction and light RPGs.

    • “The gameplay mechanics of Dragon Quest Builders 2 are refined and intuitive, offering a seamless blend of construction, exploration, and combat.”
    • “The game does a marvelous job of leading you to 4 different sandboxes throughout its narrative, asking you to thoroughly master a new subset of building, survival, and combat mechanics with each new grand biome.”
    • “The building mechanics in Builders 2 are robust and intuitive, offering players the ability to design elaborate structures, farm, decorate, and manage settlements in a way that feels natural and expressive.”
    • “I bought Dragon Quest Builders 2 expecting it to be a building simulator ready to go out of the box, with a story mode to explain more complex mechanics. Instead, I got over 20 hours of boring tutorials and dialogue, with freedom heavily dependent on how much of the slow tutorial and dialogue I was willing to sit through.”
    • “The tools for an unbelievably deep yet accessible building simulator are all there, and I was impressed each time a new mechanic was introduced during the story. However, the mechanics are presented so slowly that it became a major issue.”
    • “Overall, Dragon Quest Builders 2 offers a lengthy checklist of mandatory and optional tasks spanning over a hundred hours of gameplay but lacks any real depth or genuinely fun experience.”
  • graphics
    164 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of Dragon Quest Builders 2 are widely praised for their charming, vibrant, and colorful art style that faithfully captures Akira Toriyama's iconic design, blending classic Dragon Quest aesthetics with a polished, block-based building system. Players appreciate the game's visually appealing environments, smooth performance especially on PC, and graphical improvements over its predecessor, offering a more detailed and purposeful alternative to Minecraft's style without sacrificing charm. While some note minor issues like lower lighting quality or limited graphics settings, the overall consensus highlights the game's cute, timeless look and engaging visual presentation as a key strength.

    • “Akira Toriyama's signature art style is as timeless as ever in this entry to the Dragon Quest series, and the game looks great and runs at a flawless 60fps on Steam Deck (despite its 'unsupported' status).”
    • “The game features charming visuals with colorful and vibrant environments, reminiscent of classic Dragon Quest art style.”
    • “The graphics are gorgeous and there is lots of content to discover.”
    • “The graphics on Switch are poor and unimpressive.”
    • “The graphics are internally rendered in very low resolution (around 720p), which look awful when upscaled on a 4K TV.”
    • “There is constant stuttering and changing graphics settings made no difference.”
  • grinding
    131 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is somewhat present but generally manageable due to helpful NPC automation in farming, building, and gathering tasks, reducing tedious resource collection. While the initial story and quest progression can feel slow and occasionally repetitive, the post-story content offers extensive freedom for building and farming, appealing to players who enjoy long-term creative play despite some occasional grind for completion. Some combat and quest text pacing are considered tedious, but overall, grinding is softened by quality-of-life improvements and community-driven content.

    • “The story of the game is engaging and lighthearted, and thus far not difficult -- like most Dragon Quest games, some exploration is expected, and the plentiful warp points ensure it's not tedious.”
    • “The best part of this game is after you're done with the story; while the story acts as a tutorial to get you ready to do your own things later on, the later chapters are less tedious and shorter.”
    • “The boss fights aren't tedious, though they may be easy for some.”
    • “If you're going for 100% item completion, get the thunderbolt blade in the last story segment, because grinding for it in the post-game is very tedious.”
    • “The building is exactly as you'd expect from a minecraft-like game, but has more variety in terms of block shapes, textures, etc. At first, building large structures will be very tedious and frankly not fun, so stick to smaller structures if you are impatient (though later in the game, you get a tool to help you build more efficiently, which completely defeats its purpose since it will be end-game).”
    • “There's a lot of qol issues, such as a bad camera, inconsistent quests requirements (looking at you, braziers for the throne room), monotonous fights, and a lot of grinding at the end.”
  • music
    72 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in this Dragon Quest game is widely praised for its nostalgic and iconic soundtrack composed by Koichi Sugiyama, capturing the classic JRPG atmosphere with charming, orchestral, and catchy tunes. While generally enjoyable and fitting various moods—from relaxing building segments to intense battles—some players find the soundtrack repetitive and wish for shorter or skippable musical segments during events. Overall, the music is considered a strong and integral part of the game's cozy and immersive experience.

    • “The soundtrack, composed by Koichi Sugiyama, draws heavily from the series' rich musical history, infusing every location and event with a sense of classic JRPG wonder.”
    • “The final boss fight was amazing; I was doing everything I could not to cry during that fight. The music playing fit perfectly.”
    • “The music, the story, and the sheer effort they put into the game is really impressive!”
    • “The music, charming but can become repetitive during longer sessions.”
    • “Whenever new NPCs join you, there's a 15-second long, unskippable song that can become irritating.”
    • “Feels like there are only two or three soundtracks in the game; I tend to lower the music volume to almost nothing.”
  • humor
    69 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in this game is widely praised for its charming, witty, and sometimes adult-oriented style, blending classic Dragon Quest whimsy with playful, often goofy NPC dialogue and situational comedy. While some players find the dialogue lengthy or repetitive, many appreciate the lighthearted, expressive characters and humorous writing that add personality and joy to the building and exploration gameplay. Overall, the humor effectively complements the game's relaxing and creative atmosphere, appealing especially to fans of the series and those who enjoy a mix of cute and cheeky comedy.

    • “Characters are expressive, often hilarious, and brimming with dialogue that ranges from whimsical to surprisingly emotional.”
    • “I found myself laughing many, many times at some goofy NPC dialogue that was actually meant to be funny, and there is a late-game interpersonal conflict and little mystery that I found myself genuinely emotionally invested in.”
    • “The story mode is also very fun and the dialogue is irresistibly funny and full of personality.”
  • emotional
    48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Dragon Quest Builders 2 delivers a surprisingly emotional and heartwarming story filled with charming, memorable characters and genuinely touching moments. The narrative balances wholesome humor and heartfelt stakes, often evoking laughter and tears alike, making it a standout in the RPG and building genre. Players consistently praise its engaging, innocent, and big-feeling story that deeply connects through relationships and well-crafted dialogue.

    • “The story islands were a ton of fun and the relationships with the NPCs were quite endearing, especially the main friendship with your partner had me getting quite emotional by the end.”
    • “Better in every single way - better art, better combat mechanics, smoother delivery, a plot on a whole different lovable and heart-wrenching level.... I am struggling to articulate how incredible it is.”
    • “Great game but I got too emotionally attached to one of the characters like an idiot and began crying when I finished the game but overall definitely worth replaying over and over again and incredibly addicting.”
    • “Boring story.”
    • “Cinematics are non-existent, which again makes things boring storywise.”
  • optimization
    37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is mixed, with notable stuttering and lag issues on both PC and Nintendo Switch versions, particularly without tweaks or fixes. While some users experience stable performance—especially on PC with higher-end hardware and after applying community or official patches—others report crashes, memory overuse, and inconsistent frame rates. Overall, performance is better on PC than Switch, but optimization improvements are still needed, especially for smoother gameplay and better support for different display modes.

    • “The grind in this game is optimized almost perfectly.”
    • “Performance is great even on my 7 years old PC (you can test it with demo before buying the game).”
    • “The demo seems to be less optimized than the full build, so don't worry if you get stutters or throttling in the demo because they haven't been present once in my continuing through the main game.”
    • “Their build in 60 fps suffers from a lot of stuttering whether vsync is off or on or however you try to tweak it.”
    • “Had to use third-party software to fix the stuttering mess the unmodified game was for me.”
    • “Initially wanted to try the demo before buying, found the performance unbearable and it just used up all of my RAM, even bought more RAM (was due for an upgrade) so it decided to use all of that as well.”
  • stability
    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is mixed, with frequent reports of game-breaking glitches, freezes, and crashes—especially after the tutorial—resulting in frustrating progress loss. Some players experience buggy controls and occasional graphical issues, while others find it stable and smooth, particularly on platforms like Steam Deck. Overall, unresolved bugs and inconsistent performance significantly impact the experience for many users.

    • “It runs great on Steam Deck.”
    • “It runs great, it's relaxing, and it has the classic RPG elements.”
    • “It runs great, looks fantastic!”
    • “Game breaking glitches in multiple sections of the game after 11 hours have had to restart 3 times and hit a dead end every time.”
    • “Game freezes after tutorial and there's nothing anyone can do.”
    • “I didn't know about the loading screen bug that they refuse to fix, and I've spent the last two days troubleshooting and still can't play the game.”
  • replayability
    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Replayability in this game is generally praised for its expansive world, diverse content, and community features like sharing creations, which inspire continued play. Most users highlight hours of fun, open-ended gameplay, and substantial replay value, though a few note limited replayability depending on personal preferences. Overall, the game offers strong replay potential through its progression, customization, and engaging world.

    • “The ability to share creations online and visit other players' worlds adds a layer of community and inspiration that greatly extends replayability.”
    • “With its expansive world, diverse biomes, and numerous quests and challenges, Dragon Quest Builders™ 2 offers substantial replay value.”
    • “With its open-ended gameplay, Dragon Quest Builders 2 boasts high replayability.”
    • “Bad thing is almost zero replay value.”
    • “I really enjoyed my time with this - but be warned: for me, there was almost zero replayability.”
    • “A lot of customization for building, unsure about the replayability right now.”
  • character development
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features well-crafted, unique, and expressive character designs that are memorable and distinct, greatly enhancing the immersive storyline. Character development, especially the evolving relationship with Malroth and interactions with various villagers, is praised for its depth and emotional engagement, elevating the game beyond typical builder or RPG titles. Overall, the rich world-building and thoughtfully developed NPCs contribute to a compelling and lasting player experience.

    • “I won't spoil it here but it's probably one of the best character developments I've seen in a game like this and I am all for it.”
    • “The character development is pretty nice - I love how your relationship with Malroth develops over the course of the story, but I also enjoyed getting to spend time with other villagers like Rosie and Wrigley.”
    • “It honestly reminded me quite a bit of Undertale or Okami in the sense of character development - being that it was extremely difficult to forget a character once you'd met them, either their specific quirk of speech sticking to memory, or their general attitude leaving a better impression than most cardboard NPCs.”
    • “They have work times, meal times, and bed times, and each NPC has their own unique job and fits well with their character development in game.”
    • “So far, it feels like a lot of NPCs were given character development that I have ran into so far.”
  • atmosphere
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's cozy, feel-good atmosphere is enhanced by its charming 16-bit art style, relaxing music, and engaging gameplay. The cutesy characters and abundant crafting create a perfect, immersive environment that fans of the series will especially appreciate.

    • “The music, graphics, and gameplay combined give the most cozy and relaxing atmosphere.”
    • “There's a real feel-good atmosphere here that's been missing from a lot of games of my acquaintance.”
    • “All in all a good atmosphere with cutesy 16-bit style characters, lots to do and once you complete the game there is pretty much unlimited crafting and building to be done.”
  • monetization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users feel that the monetization is undermined by an underdeveloped multiplayer feature, which fails to deliver on advertised cooperative gameplay with friends.

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Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a open world role playing game with anime theme.

Dragon Quest Builders 2 is available on Mac OS, Phone, Windows, Tablet and others.

On average players spend around 175 hours playing Dragon Quest Builders 2.

Dragon Quest Builders 2 was developed by Jake Maku.

Dragon Quest Builders 2 has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Dragon Quest Builders 2 for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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