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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.

What works

  • Engaging and unique combat system
  • Deep character and party customization
  • Large immersive open world
  • High replayability with multiple vocations
  • Innovative pawn system enabling indirect multiplayer interaction

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and ui
  • Tedious travel and limited fast travel options
  • Some quest design and story elements are confusing or weak
  • Pawn ai can be frustrating at times
  • Steep learning curve and initial slow pacing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • REMNANT II®

  • Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition

  • Risen 2: Dark Waters

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • The Outer Worlds 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen but with more competition against others

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • DARK SOULS™ II

  • The Elder Scrolls® Online

  • DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen but with less leadership over others

  • Wuthering Waves

  • CODE VEIN

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Dungeons of Sundaria

  • The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™

Less social

Games that feels like Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Divinity II: Developer's Cut

  • Lies of P

  • Tales of ARISE

  • Archaelund

  • Dragon Age™ Inquisition

  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

  • Resident Evil Revelations 2

  • Resident Evil 6

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Leadership, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026