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A young builder and a mysterious fighter explore a fantasy world, gather resources, rebuild settlements, and oppose a cult.
Released 10 Dec 2019
Rebuild Ruined Settlements
Create Rooms Villagers Use
Grow Crops With Villagers
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Developed by Square Enix, KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · Published by Square Enix







In a fantasy world where the Children of Hargon seek to end creation, you play a young apprentice builder who escapes capture and sets out with Malroth, a mysterious fighter. Together, you travel between islands and help people rebuild places damaged by the cult.
Explore each island for materials, then craft tools, furnishings, food, weapons, and building materials. Quests and requests from residents introduce recipes and construction plans, while farming, cooking, mining, and battles with enemies support your settlements and progress.
Villagers can use rooms you furnish and help with activities such as farming and building. You can develop the Isle of Awakening as a home for your projects, continue building after the story, and invite up to three other players to create together online.
Players often praise the creative building, especially the way villagers use and help with the places they make. Reviews also highlight the guided quests and steady unlocks as helpful structure, along with the characters and story. Some players find the dialogue slow and the objectives restrictive, and combat is frequently described as simple.












| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 31 |
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| Players | 1–4 |
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| Multiplayer | The game has single-player and online co-op. Online multiplayer supports up to 4 players and is focused on building together in sandbox areas such as the Isle of Awakening. The story campaign is single-player only; reviews consistently state there is no campaign co-op and multiplayer unlocks only after early story progress. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information provided about mods affecting multiplayer. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 JUMBO DEMO |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Metacritic | 85/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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