Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

Steam Deck Verified

BioWare · LGBTQ+ · Oct 31, 2024

It depends on what you're after.

On sale at $20.99, but it has been as low as $17.99.

68%
Mixed
45k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 93 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 45k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Art Style & Tone: The visual style feels way too cartoony and sanitized, almost like Hogwarts Legacy.
93 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
• Voice acting is excellent.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Visually, the game is stunning and is a very well-optimized PC port.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The inventory system is also creative, but it's a swing and a miss.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Graphics93 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Optimization17 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters249 reviews
48%
Combat176 reviews
47%
Gameplay99 reviews
52%
Bugs8 reviews
63%
Controls6 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty35 reviews
54%
Crashes11 reviews
55%
Performance9 reviews
44%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $20.99 (−65%). The lowest we've tracked is $17.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $20.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
52
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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