Dragon Is Dead

Dragon Is Dead

Steam Deck Playable

TeamSuneat · Action Roguelike · Jun 6, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

76%
Mostly Positive
700 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 700 player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 246 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
64% of themes are praise18% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Dragon is Dead, so far, is a pretty fun Metroidvania style game with a lot of story (so be prepared)!
55 of 246 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's a fun ride that you can jam through pretty quickly and it has a lot of modern systems to ensure players don't get too locked into ruts regarding gear progression.
54 of 246 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics and animations are very fluid for the fidelity they're going for.
17 of 246 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Controls: It plays very well, all attacks are responsive, the dodge feels fluid, and using a controller (as the devs recommend) all of the keybinds felt super natural and were easily rebound for those who want to change them around.
10 of 246 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Alright, this is really amazing that is has some elements that is related to the adventure castlevania with the gothic style into it... and also it has some elements that is like it can be revived again and it changes some of its stories... the inventory, equipments, skill tree is also one of the unique game style... the only thing that is really limited to it is it has limited characters to play... i do not know if the game style only focuses onto 2 characters but it would be nice if they are many different characters with different specialties on their own weapons and skills... in my suggestion in this game style, there are many more to improve on... that would be adding new characters... adding new items, equipments, skills, skill trees, different items like from common to legend and new tiers and add some new levels, bosses and new content... i mean the review and rating is already amazing... its just that it is limited only to 2 characters... if you want this to be like castlvania gothic like with a diablo elements in it, you should atleast add more characters so players can enjoy... add more secrets... like additional places to discover maps as well...
9 of 246 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Don't tell anyone but I play this on my steam deck at work during my break, and it's just the perfect time for a level or two.
8 of 246 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters55 reviews
Gameplay54 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat50 reviews
78%
Bugs8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty18 reviews
78%
Performance5 reviews
40%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
23
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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