Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

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Overview DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Compose your very own team of monsters from across the DRAGON QUEST series and engage in thrilling battles against your foes.

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Tose
Release date:
11 September 2024
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Recent Steam reviews:
Mixed (89)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (1093)

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Overview


DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®!

Compose your very own team of monsters from across the DRAGON QUEST series and engage in thrilling battles against your foes. Recruit monsters from the wild world around you and combine them to synthesize new creatures as you see fit. With over 500 monsters to choose from and a revamped synthesis system to explore, you can mix and match to you heart's content to create your favorite cute critters and dastardly supervillains, as well as brand-new additions to the monstrous roll call.

Your quest to become the greatest monster wrangler of all time starts here!

Story


Psaro is cursed and is unable to harm anything with monster blood. Now, he must become a Monster Wrangler to create an army for battle.

The hunt for high-ranked monsters takes Psaro through the ever-changing seasons of Nadiria and its unique environments, with rivers of bubbling lava, mysterious ancient ruins, and soaring towers of cake. Along the way, Psaro meets the kind-hearted elf, Rose, who joins his adventure to seek out ever-stronger monsters.

The key to Psaro's success lies with synthesis: the ability to combine two monsters and create a stronger offspring. Each new creation brings Psaro one step closer to his goal of becoming the Master of Monsterkind.

(The network mode Online Battles from the console version, where players battle one another in real time, is not included.)

Game Features


- A Wondrous World Awaits
As time passes in Nadiria, so too do the seasons change, with different weather conditions tempting new monsters out of hiding and revealing paths to undiscovered areas. The Circles of Nadiria are sure to provide a fresh experience every time you visit.

- Over 500 Unique Monsters
With such varied environments to explore, you can expect them to be inhabited by a plethora of monsters. While many can be recruited in battle, occasionally a defeated monster will ask to join your team of its own accord. Befriend as many monsters as you can, then combine them to synthesize new creatures and build a unique party to your exact liking.

- Enjoy All the DLC from the Console Version
The Steam® version includes the DLC packs from the console version: the Mole Hole, Coach Joe's Dungeon Gym and Treasure Trunks. Make the most of their unique features to enhance your adventure.

- Test Your Might in Quickfire Contests
Register your team for the network mode Quickfire Contests to participate in automated battles against the party data of 30 other players. Once a day you can earn stat-boosting items as a prize, and the monsters from any team you defeat will be added to your roster (up to rank B monsters only).

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows® 10 64-bit / Windows® 11
Processor:
AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-7100
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD Radeon™ RX 560 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
10 GB available space

User reviews

Juxtavarious
Not recommended | 20 Jun 2026
130h played

If you were to take a look at my profile you'd see that I banked 130 hours into this game, 100% of achievements and the Monsterpedia by having had at least one copy of every monster in the game. Meaning that I found all

Helpful: 61
Jemo
Recommended | 20 Jun 2026
159h played

Phenomenal! One of the best creature capture games I’ve played in my entire life. The synthesis mechanic alone is such an interesting and cool concept. Monsters are cute, music is nice. There’s nothing I could complain

Helpful: 1
Retardigrade
Not recommended | 06 Jul 2026
49.7h played

Don't you hate it when game companies ignore their decades of experience in making good games and decide to just say f**k it and publish some trashy cashgrabs like this pile of rubbish instead? Like, you can just make a

Helpful: 2
NyanBrigade
Recommended | 24 Jun 2026
75.9h played

I'm 50/50 on this. It's a very good game and bad compared to what I really want. I've only played Dragon Warrior Monsters and Joker 2, but mostly remember DWM more as I played that as a kid for hours. I hardly remember

Helpful: 4
Lighter
Recommended | 15 Jul 2026
88.9h played

Charming, fun and beautiful. The best part is of course the monster designs which never fail to get a smile out of me. The story and the game in general are good, they could be better but are good enough.

Helpful: 0
KAIIRU
Recommended | 06 Jul 2026
78.8h played

I haven't played a DQM game in like 20 years so this was a nice nostalgia trip. The synthesis system still BTFO standard leveling evolution of other creature collectors. The Unity graphics were jarring at first but

Helpful: 2