Fabled Cartridge rankings

Every Mainline Dragon Quest Ranked

All eleven numbered adventures, worst to best, using the best available edition of each game. No spinoffs.

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Dragon Quest I–XI — FC countdown

  1. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — FC 9.3
  2. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King — FC 9.2
  3. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride — FC 9.1
  4. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake — FC 9.0
  5. Dragon Quest VII Reimagined — FC 8.9
  6. Dragon Quest II HD-2D — FC 8.8
  7. Dragon Quest I HD-2D — FC 8.7
  8. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen — FC 8.6 (community-informed FC score)
  9. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation — FC 8.4 (community-informed FC score)
  10. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies — FC 8.3 (community-informed FC score)
  11. Dragon Quest X Online — FC 8.2 (provisional, community-informed; not a personal playthrough)

Dragon Quest X Online is included in this complete mainline countdown but is not yet a full Atlas entry. Its score is provisional. The other ten scores are reflected in the main FC rankings and their individual game entries.