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.
Dragon Quest I–XI — FC countdown
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — FC 9.3
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King — FC 9.2
- Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride — FC 9.1
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake — FC 9.0
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined — FC 8.9
- Dragon Quest II HD-2D — FC 8.8
- Dragon Quest I HD-2D — FC 8.7
- Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen — FC 8.6 (community-informed FC score)
- Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation — FC 8.4 (community-informed FC score)
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies — FC 8.3 (community-informed FC score)
- 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.