10 Best Dragon Games of 2026

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition takes the No. 1 spot because it gives dragon fans the most game for $39.99. Bethesda Game Studios' open-world RPG casts you as a hero who fights dragons across Skyrim, and the Special Edition on Steam bundles the base game with its add-ons. Bethesda's own page for the Dragonborn add-on says your shouts can bend the will of enemies and even tame dragons, and the Hearthfire add-on lets you buy land and build a home. Its 94% positive score across 133,253 English Steam reviews is the highest of any PC game here, and Steam lists it as the winner of more than 200 Game of the Year awards. The minimum PC needs 8 GB of RAM and 12 GB of storage, and it also runs on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. The drawbacks: it is single-player only, Steam lists partial controller support, and its violence makes it a poor pick for young children.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin ranks second because it is built around raising creatures rather than only fighting them. Capcom's Steam page describes it as a turn-based RPG where you become a Rider, hatch eggs found in Monster Dens and fight alongside the monsters you raise, called Monsties. The story opens with a Rathalos egg that hatches into a flightless Rathalos with small wings, and the roster you can befriend includes Kushala Daora, Teostra, Zinogre and Tigrex. Rare dens hold harder-to-find eggs and genes, which gives collectors a long-term goal. It has online co-op and PvP, full controller support, and modest hardware needs: 4 GB of RAM and 28 GB of storage. 92% of 3,863 English Steam reviews are positive. The trade-offs are that combat is turn-based, a broadband connection is listed as a requirement, and Steam lists 22 DLC items on top of the $39.99 base game.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy ranks third and is the top pick for players who want to be the dragon. The collection remasters the original three games, Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and Spyro: Year of the Dragon, in HD, and you control Spyro throughout. It is the easiest PC game here to pick up: Steam lists full controller support, Steam Cloud saves and Remote Play on phones, tablets and TVs, and the minimum PC needs only 4 GB of RAM. 91% of 9,266 English Steam reviews are positive, and $39.99 covers all three games. The catches are a 40 GB install, no multiplayer, and no dragon raising or customization, since this is a 3D platformer rather than an RPG.

Dragon City is the strongest free dragon game on this list and ranks fourth overall. Socialpoint's App Store listing describes a game where you build a floating city across islands, collect and breed over 2,000 dragons, and battle other players in real-time PvP. Breeding two dragons can produce hybrid species with combined elemental powers, and you feed and evolve each dragon from hatchling upward. It holds a 4.8 rating from 1.5 million ratings on the US App Store, the most of any game here, and the download is 436.6 MB. The game is free; the cheapest gem pack is the Pouch of Gems at $1.99, and the listed packs run up to $19.99. Socialpoint also claims over 80 million Dragon Masters worldwide in its description. The downsides are the usual free-to-play pressure to buy gems, a 9+ age rating and a requirement of iOS 15.0 or later.

Dragon's Dogma 2 has the most demanding combat on this list and scores highest for capabilities after Skyrim. Capcom describes it as a single-player, narrative-driven action RPG where you create your Arisen, choose a vocation and fight with swords, bows or magick. A main Pawn always travels with you, and you can add up to 2 Pawns created by other players through the network. The Dark Arisen expansion, sold as a $49.99 bundle with the game, sends you to the region of Norgan to uncover the secrets of the undying Fallen Dragon. It ranks sixth because of two drawbacks: the minimum PC is Windows 11 with 16 GB of RAM and a GTX 1660 class graphics card, and only 69% of 45,708 English Steam reviews are positive, the lowest share among the Steam games here. At $39.99 for the base game it is good value for players whose PC can run it.

Dragons: Rise of Berk is the pick for fans of DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon films. Ludia's App Store listing says you build your own Berk and rescue, hatch and train dragons, with over 750 DreamWorks dragons from the movies and TV series, including Toothless, Stormfly, Hookfang and Skullcrusher. It lists 95 dragon species to collect and grow and 70 islands to explore, and adds competitive Brawl and Gauntlet modes against rival Riders. It holds a 4.8 rating from 92K ratings on the US App Store. The game is free, the cheapest in-app purchase is the Bunch of Runes at $1.99, and Ludia offers an optional monthly subscription at $9.99. On the downside, it is a 1.4 GB download, larger than Dragon City or Merge Dragons, and the subscription adds up for anyone who keeps it.

Merge Dragons is the calmest game here and suits players who want dragons without combat. Gram Games' App Store listing describes a free merge puzzle and camp-building game: you combine three matching objects to make rarer ones, merge dragon eggs to hatch companions, and evolve them up to ancient dragons that roam your camp and harvest objects for you. The listing counts more than 500 objects across 81 challenges and over 1,600 object combinations. It holds a 4.7 rating from 423K ratings on the US App Store and is a 434.8 MB download. The cheapest purchase in the App Store's list is the 30 Day Dragon Gem Payout at $3.99, while the largest gem pack costs $99.99. It ranks seventh because there is no dragon riding or battling, which is what many fantasy fans are after.

Century: Age of Ashes is the only game here built entirely around riding dragons in combat. Playwing's Steam page calls it a free-to-play multiplayer dragon shooter: you customize a dragon, fly into an arena and fight other riders. It offers five classes, from the shielding Windguard to the vine-trapping Thornweaver, one PvE mode called Outbreak where teams defend towers, and four PvP modes including Carnage, a team deathmatch, and Gates of Fire, a flag mode. Playwing says all in-game purchases are cosmetic and give no advantage in battle. The minimum PC needs 6 GB of RAM and 10 GB of storage, and Steam lists cross-platform multiplayer. It ranks eighth because 73% of 8,319 English Steam reviews are positive and there is no single-player campaign, so it depends on other people being online.

Divinity: Dragon Commander is the only strategy game on this list. Larian Studios' Steam page casts you as the Dragon Commander, trying to reunite a broken empire by ruling it, building armies and leading them to victory. Battles run as real-time strategy across sea, land and air, and at any point you can turn into a dragon to support your troops. Between battles a turn-based world map handles armies, technology and magic upgrades, and political decisions change how the war plays out. It has a single-player campaign plus online and LAN multiplayer, co-op campaigns and skirmish maps. The hardware bar is low at 2 GB of RAM and 15 GB of storage. It ranks ninth because it came out in 2013, only 73% of 1,985 Steam reviews are positive, and $39.99 is a full price for a game this old.

DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms puts players in control of the dragons rather than their riders. The Steam page describes an adventure where you play as Thunder, flying through connected kingdoms of ice, fire and darkness to rescue his family, using speed, tail and claws against enemies and gigantic dragon bosses. You can add Plowhorn, Wu & Wei and Feathers and switch between them, and each dragon levels up for speed, strength or intelligence. Steam lists full controller support, and the minimum PC needs 8 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. It ranks last on value: at $49.99 it is the most expensive game here, and with only 37 Steam reviews (83% positive) there is little player feedback to go on. Older players will get more from Spyro Reignited Trilogy at $39.99.