DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS
Released Feb 2024
The beloved block-building RPG, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS, is bringing its handy crafting features to Steam! Weave your own tale as you build your own unique buildings and towns to restore Alefgard to it's former glory!
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Dragon Quest Builders launched on Steam on February 13, 2024 as a port of the original game, enhanced with several quality-of-life features such as remote block placement, an undo function, Big Bash mechanics, and doubled stackable block height in the free-build mode. The store description highlights these as the complete feature set included at launch, with no additional DLC or post-launch content mentioned.
The developer news feed for this Steam page is almost entirely made up of announcements for other Square Enix titles in the Dragon Quest series (Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined), posted to this game's news hub as publisher cross-promotions. None of these posts announce content for Dragon Quest Builders itself.
There are no DLC listings, no roadmap, no season pass, and no developer statements indicating that additional content is planned for this game. Dragon Quest Builders launched as a complete, self-contained product — a port of the original 2016 console release with added PC-friendly features included from day one. No further post-launch content has been announced or shipped since the February 2024 release.
Evidence
Dragon Quest Builders launched on Steam on February 13, 2024, described as a complete port of the original game with added PC features. No additional content or DLC was mentioned.
Store description lists the game's full feature set — remote block placement, undo, Big Bash, doubled build height, figurine collecting, pixel exchange, and Build Cards — with no mention of planned DLC, expansions, or future updates.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Square Enix
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
The first title in the BUILDERS series, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS, is bringing its handy crafting features to Steam!
Gather, craft and build to defeat defeat the evil Dragonlord and restore Alefgard to it's former glory!
In a world made out of blocks, everything that you see can be materials used to create! Farm ingredients, craft various items and build your base to unite the people roaming the ruins. From buildings to entire towns, you have the freedom to make your village your very own.
■ Story
BUILDERS is set in the realm of Alefgard, the setting for the first ever DRAGON QUEST game.
The world of Alefgard has been plunged into darkness, its light stolen by the evil Dragonlord, and this story begins with the appearance of a young hero with a mysterious ability to build things... And so the stage is set for an epic tale in which the dark world of Alefgard is returned to life with the power of creation!
■ The first DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS title, helpful crafting features include:
- Place blocks remotely, or destroy blocks with ease, with just a single click of the mouse!
- Now Includes a helpful Undo feature, which allows you to put things back to how they were before!
- Now Featuring Big Bash, a useful feature introduced in DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 that allows you to break all objects in a particular area in one go!
- Terra Incognita, BUILDERS’ free build stage, the stackable block height is doubled!
- Includes fun side content, like collecting figurines of NPCs and monsters, or gathering pixels and exchanging them for a variety of handy items!
- Use Build Cards to share buildings with other players and bring their buildings to life on your island!
■ Includes all DLC from previous versions of DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS!
The Steam version of DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS includes all of the DLC from past versions including the free build mode, Terra Incognita: Magic Carpet, Boss Monster Model Set, Astronomy Set and Pixel Ring.
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Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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