Best Dragon Quest games

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King leads with an ELO of 1,344, ahead of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (1,306) and Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (1,296). Ranked over 551 duels between 10 contenders, last updated October 17, 2026.

Rank your favorite Dragon Quest games! Discover the best entries in the legendary JRPG series, from the first to the eleventh episode.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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