{"id":360182,"date":"2026-02-11T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=409780"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:44:38","slug":"dragon-quest-7-reimagined-is-a-great-success-on-steam-but-it-is-not-even-close-to-surpassing-the-more-than-45000-players-of-the-most-successful-installment-in-the-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/dragon-quest-7-reimagined-is-a-great-success-on-steam-but-it-is-not-even-close-to-surpassing-the-more-than-45000-players-of-the-most-successful-installment-in-the-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined is a great success on Steam, but it is not even close to surpassing the more than 45,000 players of the most successful installment in the franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined has achieved a remarkable peak of 27,390 concurrent players on Steam, setting a record for this installment. However, this number still falls short of the impressive 45,357 players that Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D reached at its launch in November 2024. Despite being well received, <strong>many critics believe that Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined does not match its predecessors nor offers as satisfying an experience as other entries in the series.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remains the most celebrated game<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>According to comments in the ResetEra community, both titles have surpassed the concurrency figures of other Dragon Quest games, positioning themselves among the best entries in the franchise. However, <strong>some players and critics believe that Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D deserves its place at the top, thanks to its excellent remake that respects the essence of the original and serves as a great gateway to the series<\/strong>. On the other hand, many also defend the importance of Dragon Quest 11, which is recognized for its rich narrative, considered one of the best in the history of the saga.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dragon Quest VII Reimagined \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zu0TPHxkMwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The creator of the series, Yuji Horii, has stated that one of the key differences between the protagonists of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy lies in the player&#8217;s closeness to these characters. <strong>While in Final Fantasy the protagonists often have elaborate dialogues, in Dragon Quest the aim is for the player to feel more involved in the hero&#8217;s journey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined offers more accessible gameplay than the original, although this has led some critics, <strong>such as Dustin Bailey from Game Revolution, to argue that the game lacks some of the identity that makes Dragon Quest such a unique and rewarding series<\/strong>. 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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remains the most celebrated game According to comments in the ResetEra community, both titles have surpassed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":360191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[17001,22063,22064,22065,22066,22067,22068,22069,22070,22071],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-360182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-2d","tag-dragon-quest-3-hd","tag-dragon-quest-7-reimagined","tag-experiencia-dragon-quest","tag-jugabilidad-accesible","tag-jugadores-concurrentes-steam","tag-narrativa-dragon-quest-11","tag-record-jugadores-dragon-quest","tag-remake-dragon-quest","tag-yuji-horii-declaraciones","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360195,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360182\/revisions\/360195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360182"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=360182"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=360182"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=360182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}