Dragon: The Game
Early access since Nov 2014
In this open world action role-playing game you will bring your dragon's story to life. Become a terrifying or benevolent dragon powerful enough to threaten kingdoms and leave its claw-mark in history. WARNING: DRAGON IS IN EARLY ACCESS ALPHA. IT IS NOT A COMPLETED GAME.
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In early access, content planned but development status unclear
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Steam $17.99
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Evaluation
Dragon: The Game entered Steam Early Access on November 7, 2014, and has never left it. The store page clearly states it is an unfinished alpha, and a long list of features — including multiplayer, Steam Workshop integration, a full narrative, and a complete open world — were promised but never delivered.
The game received several meaningful updates through 2016 and into early 2018. Two notable content patches landed in July 2016 (v8.5) and October 2016 (v8.9), adding new mechanics, regions, dragon types, and combat systems. Throughout 2017, the developer went through a difficult period: the lead developer disclosed in April 2017 that the project had lost momentum and scope had to be cut (removing the open world in favor of zone-based maps, dropping multiplayer, and deferring Linux support). In July 2017, they acknowledged the game was "in a holding pattern" due to funding difficulties, with contributors working in their spare time. By October 2017, a new investment partner had been found and a structured plan for restructuring the company and hiring new developers was outlined. A May 2018 performance patch followed, and a July 2018 post announced another update was nearly ready.
That July 2018 post is the last official communication from the developer. Since then — a period spanning from July 6, 2018 to today, June 28, 2026 — there has been complete silence. No patch, no blog post, no announcement of any kind. The planned update mentioned in July 2018 was never released. The promised 1.0 version, with all its outlined features, has never arrived. Given the funding instability documented before the silence began, and nearly eight years without any communication, the game's development status is deeply uncertain.
Evidence
Last official developer communication. Announced an imminent update with new terrain streaming and map content, but that update never appeared. This is the final post from the studio.
Developer announced a new investment partner and outlined a multi-step plan to restructure the company, hire new developers, and resume active development.
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Developer
Publisher
Red Level Games
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
Experience dragons in their proper role as the monstrous, complex, and epic protagonists that they are.
In this open world action role-playing game you will bring your dragon's story to life. As you eat, age and hunt your dragon will develop allowing you to improve and customize its wings, tail, claws, and breath weapon.
Become a terrifying or benevolent dragon powerful enough to threaten city states and reshape kingdoms. Inevitably you will face other dragons, giants, trolls, orcs, liches, and other beasts as you leave your mark on the history of the world.
WARNING: DRAGON IS IN EARLY ACCESS ALPHA. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE GAME. Please do not purchase unless you want to actively support development and are PREPARED TO HAVE FUN DESPITE BUGS AND UNANTICIPATED PROBLEMS. Thank you for your support, Early Access makes this game possible!
At this point we think Dragon will reach retail version 1.0 in nine to 24 months; depending on funding and the amount of content in the final game.
In this open world action role-playing game you will bring your dragon's story to life. As you eat, age and hunt your dragon will develop allowing you to improve and customize its wings, tail, claws, and breath weapon.
Become a terrifying or benevolent dragon powerful enough to threaten city states and reshape kingdoms. Inevitably you will face other dragons, giants, trolls, orcs, liches, and other beasts as you leave your mark on the history of the world.
Curious? Follow our progress:
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WARNING: DRAGON IS IN EARLY ACCESS ALPHA. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE GAME. Please do not purchase unless you want to actively support development and are PREPARED TO HAVE FUN DESPITE BUGS AND UNANTICIPATED PROBLEMS. Thank you for your support, Early Access makes this game possible!
The completed game will include...
- Hunt and feast on tribute as you grow more powerful through the years.
- Hoard gold, claim a lair and expand your dominance through-out a dragon-sized sandbox fantasy world.
- Choose who to help and who to eat. Choose which cities will benefit and thrive under your protection and which will burn...
- Customize and improve your dragon. Choose its color, face, look, and abilities. Customize and upgrades your weapons and armor such as scales, breath weapon, bite, tail, and wings.
- Single and multi-player modes for all of your dragon co-op and PVP needs; work together in peace or find out whose the top dragon.
- Users Mods - There is no way we can make this game great without tapping into the creativity of our players. Integration with Steam Workshop is planned as well.
Planned Early Access Features...
- Single and multi-player Co-op and PVP
- Save and load your dragon
- Moddable dragons and maps
- Basic combat and RPG mechanics
- Fire burns trees, villagers, and wooden buildings
- Physics based flight
- Real time day-night cycle
Development Roadmap
Dragon is currently in early alpha and we've got a long way to go to make Dragon the game it deserves to be. All features and plans listed here are subject to change, we may add or remove features as we learn more about the community's needs during our Early Access.- More monsters, wildlife, and fantasy races to populate the world
- Quests, story lines, and lore
- More and larger worlds to explore and conquer
- Randomly generated worlds
- Expanded combat and improved NPC AI
- More destructible and intractable environments and objects
- Additional breath weapons and magic
- Updated graphics and physics
- Improved sound and music
- Awesome new dragon models. Play as different "species" of dragon
- Additional RPG mechanics and customization options
- Weather effects and natural disasters (volcanoes, tornadoes, etc.)
- Expanded mod support
- Additional languages and controller support
At this point we think Dragon will reach retail version 1.0 in nine to 24 months; depending on funding and the amount of content in the final game.
About Us
We're a small and inspired group of gamers and dragon enthusiasts who couldn't stop ourselves from making this game. We've been juggling full-time jobs, family commitments, and nights and weekends to bring you Dragon. Please support Early Access so Dragon can become the incredible game that AAA studios will never be able to do correctly.Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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