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Day of Dragons
Developer Beawesome Games
Day of Dragons is an online creature survival game set in a large, beautiful, sandbox open world with multiple biomes and distinct creatures. Rule the world as one of several dragon species, or play as an elemental. From the Steam store page
250 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
50
Mixed
120 positive · 118 negative
95% range 44–57%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 120 | 118 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
3,689 of 5,776 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
50% recommend · 116 yes, 114 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 230 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (5,153 of 7,917 positive).
Some players praise the game's unique dragon survival concept and relaxing atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the slow development, lack of content, and poor optimization. [4][5][6] Several posters allege the developers prioritize DLCs and merchandise over fixing core issues. [7][8][9]
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- [5]
6 Years later and we still have nothing but empty worlds. The developers are highly insecure and remove / ban anyone calling them out for their crap. 6 years of "work" and all they have to show for it is an empty world where you grow a dragon and...nothing else. That's it. No tasks, no bosses, no hostile mobs, no purpose. Just endless cycles of hatching an egg and dying. 500k+ on kick starter and all you have to …
- [8]
This game started its Kickstarter on September 2 of 2019. I was regrettably one of the backers for this Kickstarter, and the game ended up funding $533,938; way more than most indie games ever get for their first funding round. That's half a million dollars. Almost 7 years later, the game has nothing to show for it. The lead developer, Jao, actively jeopardizes this game's growth by investing in skin DLCs, emote …
- [10]
Ignore any and all negative reviews regarding the games server having no one in them, or the DLC's locking dragons from the player!!! This game is a beautiful looking game where you play as a dragon that goes from egg to adult. There are 6 dragons, 3 you can spawn in off rip, 2 'locked' behind DLC, and 2 more you need to 'Unlock' via a quest But Locked and Unlocked are in quotation, why? because you can still access …
- [2]
Amazing game! Although it does have a bit of a learning curve, and has been receiving a lot of hate, I think it's definitely worth trying out. The devs are also very frequent with their updates and patches as of late, and I think this game definitely has the potential to be a top tier survival game. It's great for people who like more down-to-earth, difficult survival, as PvP can be very brutal, however you can also …
- [1]
SO.. I know this game hasn't always had the best reputation, and I do understand the concerns. However, even I must admit when you can see potential and progress. Even as someone who never kickstarted it but still feel like it doesn't really matter. If you compare this experience of exclusivity with skins, Beasts of Bermuda is by far the worst. There are so many opportunities and so many people WILLING to help you …
Summarised from 34 of the 242 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Day of Dragons sits at 50% positive across 238 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 250 · most liked firstI was one of the original kickstarter backers for this game. Dev made more than half a million dollars from kickstarter alone. Not including everything theyve now got from steam and dlc, and patreon. This entire experience has been a complete mess, riddled with scummy practices. The Devs have kicked people out of the discord and banned people from the game for true concerns. Even on the latest update about the DLC prices, they have been deleting negative comments on the update so that it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Banned after nearly 900 hours for speaking the truth on my main acc .I loved this game and invested almost 900 hours into it and multiple accounts with over 150+ hrs, but the development has become an absolute joke. Years ago, the developers raised over $533,000 from 12,000+ backers on Kickstarter to bring this project to life. Instead of focusing on core gameplay, fixing game-breaking bugs, and optimizing the engine, the lead developer is busy pushing merchandise campaigns and making derpy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6 Years later and we still have nothing but empty worlds. The developers are highly insecure and remove / ban anyone calling them out for their crap. 6 years of "work" and all they have to show for it is an empty world where you grow a dragon and...nothing else. That's it. No tasks, no bosses, no hostile mobs, no purpose. Just endless cycles of hatching an egg and dying. 500k+ on kick starter and all you have to show for it is an empty world. But don't worry you can pay for emotes! I backed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game started its Kickstarter on September 2 of 2019. I was regrettably one of the backers for this Kickstarter, and the game ended up funding $533,938; way more than most indie games ever get for their first funding round. That's half a million dollars. Almost 7 years later, the game has nothing to show for it. The lead developer, Jao, actively jeopardizes this game's growth by investing in skin DLCs, emote DLCs, and if you want to play more than 3 dragons, you have to buy the rest.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game wasn't only complete disaster, but honestly, why is steam the devs and the kids parents letting kids play this game, and have like rp sexual relations, that's kids, like ALOT OF THEM and the devs sometimes RP with the kids, wtf is going on here steam, can we get a forum investagation to this or like, can we get some upvotes, I for one am tired of devs taking good games and hunting kids for sexual explotiation, I've been reporting my finding across any legal services i could reach out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shameless scam of a game. If you, like me, are ever unfortunate enough to actually have a phase or multiple in which you pick up the game again, I am sorry for you. Developers get LUDICROUS amounts of money in the Kickstarter and make absolutely NOTHING out of it. There is nothing original in this game. And "taking inspiration" is not an excuse. It doesn't run well AT ALL. Even on potato you will constantly have desync issues. Not to mention the countless bugs that just remain in the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would never, and I mean never, recommand this game to anyone. The devs are greedy, the half a million they got from their Kickstarters way back not having been enough it seems, so they have to lock everything behind DLC's and have the somewhat cool stuff behind a 300$ patreon pay-wall, and then you can only have it on one account. The game has a fair amount of bugs, some of which have been in the game for years and have never been fixed, and some which they claim to fix, only to never do so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DoD offers a smooth, semi-realistic gameplay experience with commendable attention to detail. However, its community and administration make the overall experience unpleasant. The community is suppressive and passive-aggressive, with restrictions on freedom of expression in certain areas that feel more like pressure to conform to religious viewpoints than genuine moderation. While there are some decent players, PvP is overwhelmingly toxic and hostile. Recurring allegations of predatory or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This 'game' is terrible. It's been out since 2019 and is still in it's early stages. Movement is terrible, flying is terrible. The game is incredibly unoptimised. The development is never transparent with views and shuts down any criticism on the game. It's like the devs are using chat gpt to code the game! The game lacks things to do other than sit around. Surviving is a nightmare without a clan or friends to help out! Nesting is terrible. Instead of fixing their game that they raised half a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game feels a lot like a cash grab at this point. That, or a passion project that's rather underhanded with the ways it continues to fund itself. The breeding for skins and stats system is somewhat profound, but unless you want to rely on strangers' kindness and random chance with freely given eggs, you (or someone else) have to buy at least three copies of the game to have a controlled system. And that's IF anyone involved wants to lose their dragon. You can't use your own eggs and you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have owned this game for more than 3 years - it is NOT worth it. Jao never keeps to the promises he has made since 1.0 release, there are less than 300 active players, game is HORRIBLY unoptimized (you can barely run on lowest settings with a high end pc, you will get less than 40 fps on a good day) and realistically, there is no content. Hackers THRIVE on the 2 pvp servers that actually have anyone on it, not to mention of the 30 people that migh be on, 25 are likely just 5 people on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost 7 years later and still the game is just a sit around and do nothing but chat with occasional nesting here and there and some skin drops, oh and eldering I guess. Solo play also seems to be heavily discouraged as unless you have friends/clan members/alts you can't upgrade your stats, obtain mutations with a laughably low 0.5% that again if your solo takes longer finding the people you need then actually nesting, or if your playing pvp basically get jumped or spawn killed by clans who…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please do NOT buy this game... its... a cash grab of some sort, either the devs are delusional and think they are making something grand, or they're just looking to scam people. I'm pretty sure the assets are bought because designs have inconsistent level of detail, the game has been in early access for... 7 years, and barely anything has been developed... no, just don't get this game, save yourself the disappointment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I backed this game via Kickstarter, a hefty sum for me, cuz I loved the idea of this game, I knew the risks, and after some years now... I'm still extreamly disappointed in this game. I come back time to time to see if things have become better under the years. But no.. It's been soon 6 years, and I still feel scammed of my money, and not only that, they create DLCs instead of actually fixing the game... We didn't ask for DLCs... We wanted the game they promised while we threw our money into…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Half-baked gameplay loop. There's barely anything to do besides PvP, or breeding for stats that you can't use anywhere in PvE. The devs are putting out cash grab DLC dragons and useless skins instead of finishing their game. On top of everything, a lot of dragon designs feel like rip-offs of popular dragons from other media. The flight mechanic is what attracted me initially. It's great in concept, I like the difficulty of it, but very poorly executed. Works great in a straight line, but any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For as old as this game is, you would expect it to run better. Save yourself the time and money and wait for a better game and developer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DoD is honestly more of a glorified tech demo than an actual game. The wold is barren, and flight is so janky you'll end up turned around more often than the direction you actually wanted to go. Not that there really is an incentive to explore the world either, aside from getting your dragon into an even stronger stage, higher than adult. But that system (in my opinion) is so unintuitive. I like DoD, I really do, but it's not a game I can recommend to anyone in good faith. I would suggest…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont recommend this game to anyone. it has become a pay to play style of game. you have to buy every dragon in the game except the first one that is way to weak to survive as. the devs are only using this as a cash grab so dont buy it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is super dope. Dev's suck though, the progression is slow. The roadmap for this wont be complete until 2050. Really had hope for this game, but it seems like the dev's want to put out a half built product and bleed people on cosmetics and irrelevant things instead of just releasing the dragons. I've never seen a game take this long to be made in all my 35 years of life.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who bought the game at the start of 2022 and has 372 hours in it, I'm personally very disappointed. I love the concept and I enjoy some of the mechanics. I'm genuinely frustrated that so much content is paywalled behind patreon/Kickstarter. It doesn't sit well with me that emotes and dragons are locked behind paid DLC. I won a free light skin elemental from a live stream in like March of this year. Still no word on when it's actually going to be released. (From my understanding). It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have put around 200 hours into this with friends and members of the community I can definitely say you SHOULD NOT GET THIS GAME! I love this game and the potential it has however the dev and specific community members have ruined it with greed this game having multiple paid dlc and a 20$ price tag for what is essentially a nothing burger that has well over a few hundred thousand dollars put into it is nothing less than greed. I’m not typically the kind of person to be concerned with content…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has some high potential but right now it really sucks and is a horrible experience. For starters only like half the dragons are free, and the others you have to pay for. Then when you first get in you cant fly or use any abilities, and the only thing you can do is walk around and hunt stupid crabs that don't move so growing before you can fly is incredibly boring. Then when you grow up you just fly around and maybe find another dragon but mostly just eat those crabs. If this game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →okay so like... this is one of my fav games problems though. 1: the devs are... VERY money hungry. everything is really overpriced when it comes to expansions and everything. not worth their prices since you can just ask someone to nest you as that dragon and theyll gladly hand over an egg for you to hatch as 2: its got a LOT of bugs and glitches. i get that its early access still, but i feel as if the devs are trying to distract us from the obvious flaws-- that can be easily fixed with time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish refunding was still available after having it for this long, I’ve been waiting years for good content updates, but most of the content added are just cheap models that are ripped off from other franchises..disappointing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To say development is moving at a snail's pace would be a massive understatement. There is almost no content. What very small amount of content there is available, a good portion of it is locked behind further paywalls after already purchasing a completely unfinished game. Not to mention the server admins are a joke, and most of what little community is left isn't much better. This developer is completely shameless.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy this game. The optimization is an absolute disaster. I can run The Isle: Evrima at a flawless 120 FPS, but Day of Dragons lags and runs horribly on the exact same PC. Instead of fixing the performance, the devs are busy releasing plushies and cosmetic DLCs. Even worse, if you complain about the technical state or financing in the forums, the developers will permanently ban you. Absolute shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Asset flip game. Horrible optimisation and servers are completely dead as of posting. Not worth your money or time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't count myself as a mega-fan, or someone who had any pre-existing expectations for this game. Just a fan of simulators and saw a cool new project (at the time). Many years later, and after a few period check-ins, I can confidently say this "game" is not worth anyone's time or money. Runs poorly, not much to do, and every new bit of content (which is very rare to begin with) is cut out and monetized as a seperate DLC purchase. Avoid, even if you are a dragon nerd.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is terrible, i understand that its early access, but requiring every new dragon that is released to be purchased is crazy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like to farm skins, this is a game for you. If you like new content, this is not the game for you. In 1 year the game had like 2 updates which were not skins. ( an ability of a dragon to raise eggs in their mouth and added some pearls which give you skins or buffs). The game had raised a budget of 500k on kickstarter, I assume 0 to none of those money went into development considering the state of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the most miss leading trailer i have ever seen. the gameplay loop is boring and dull yeah the map looks cool and dragons look good but still takes way too long to get anywhere and is not co op friendly because it doesnt spawn the pair of you anywhere close and waste hours trying to find eachother
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is simply not enough content to justify buying this. Content/Skins are locked behind a paywall, and updates do not seem to add anything substantial. Only more skins. But as a perk, you can look interesting while doing nothing because there is nothing to do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got banned from the forum for saying "this game is p2w trash" in which it is. the community is hella toxic in-game on top of that like you cant progress unless your with a pvp based clan and i feel as though the pve is pretty much non-existent. There are pve based servers that you can join but barely anyone plays them. I would much rather wait till a far better Dragon survival game comes out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not enough content in the actual game and overall it is just boring plus the community is toxic. You're basically just paying for an unfinished game where they've got like half of the content working with 90% of it being impossible to learn about. The only content on Youtube is obviously paid advertising to an extent I've never seen.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't even waste your time on buying or even playing this, its not worth it at all. A game that received alot of money from its kickstarter must've been a masterpiece, but this? 3 out of 7 playable dragons you can choose from the second you buy the game, 2 of them are DLC's and the other 2 are also locked for some reason. (sure you can get nested in as dragons that you don't own but goodluck finding someone willing to nest you in? PvE servers are full of alt accounts nesting and growing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is trash had some solid potential but the player base is gone after Jao ♥♥♥♥♥♥ off all the money he had donated to him for development. the game ahs so little in it to actually do that you would have a better time getting all your friends together on a video call and just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with each other. this is not a game this is a hang out simulator as dragons if you want to hang out with the only members of the community that are left which are all the worst ones
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →games worth maybe $5 as a demo. I mean u cant even do much. You fly around and hunt crabs. There is a snapper thing thats in the water but ive only seen one across the whole map. Its defiantly not worth the $20. poorly optimized to where it looks like ps2 graphics and it runs at 40fps for my settings. 2k res low graphics medium draw. 5070 ti mobile (laptop) 12 gb VRAM, 32 GB Ram, SSD. No excuse for it to run this bad. Steer clear from this one
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the flying in this game is not rewarding as some say. its a buggy inconsistant mess. 80% of the time my dragon just jumps and refuses to get in the air plus theres nothing to do but kill small ai bugs and thats it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SO.. I know this game hasn't always had the best reputation, and I do understand the concerns. However, even I must admit when you can see potential and progress. Even as someone who never kickstarted it but still feel like it doesn't really matter. If you compare this experience of exclusivity with skins, Beasts of Bermuda is by far the worst. There are so many opportunities and so many people WILLING to help you get the skin you want. Some exclusions like overlay won't be something you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →borderline scam tbh - can only play a couple playables with base game - one is a clear rip-off of HTTYD, not even with a fun spin just straight up its the night fury - other, much cooler playables are all paid DLC. not just skins, the playables themselves! - updates are mostly adding new skins instead of fixing the game or letting you play the DLC for a limited time so you'll have worse FOMO and give them more money - in game there's ♥♥♥♥ all to do other than grow, make babies and die.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such potential, yet such a huge letdown... And you know they are only pumping out constant updates finally becuase steam changed their 12 month rule for devs not pushing updates, and they feared losing money and having a BIG Flag placed on their steam store page letting everyone know this game is probably abandonded. Be Awesome Games, do better, stop making a "Dragon Survival Game" and all your features are about cosmetics and not real gameplay.... Your map is dead, theres little to do, all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is literally nothing to do in this game. Thats right, nothing! You basically hatch, and you're a baby dragon for hours until you can eventually fly. But even then, you're flying in an empty world with nothing to do. No boss fights, no tasks, missions, nothing. This game is a shameless cash grab, DONT BUY!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Going on seven years, this game has barely changed. The devs promised a lot and have hardly delivered, though the game does have potential (though maybe I'm just having a bit of Stockholm Syndrome since its way too late for me to get a refund). The map has had a lot of improvements since launch, but it still feels empty. There's spots where prey spawns, rivers, caves, but nothing that stands out. The addition of a new, larger prey animal (the snapper or something?) is good, especially for the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly seems like a stuck-in-development cash grab. A couple dragons based off HTTYD, one looks like it's from James Cameron's Avatar - game will never leave development. No closer to the full release since 2020. Game is still in early development and they already have DLC and Patreon locked emotes, dragons, etc. Sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore any and all negative reviews regarding the games server having no one in them, or the DLC's locking dragons from the player!!! This game is a beautiful looking game where you play as a dragon that goes from egg to adult. There are 6 dragons, 3 you can spawn in off rip, 2 'locked' behind DLC, and 2 more you need to 'Unlock' via a quest But Locked and Unlocked are in quotation, why? because you can still access them without the need of the DLC or the quest. You can get access to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only played 1.3 hours and I probably got some things wrong so take my review with a grain of salt Alright I'm just gonna say this dont buy the game right now basically theres nothing to do, there's no tutorial, nothing on what to do or even what your controls are I had to look up a guide for this game and search through my keybinds to even figure out how to find any food or water theres only three dragons you can play as... two are locked behind quests (which you arent shown how to get to)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game. I really, really do. But It isn't worth the money. They have yet again released a Community skin as a DLC you have to pay a whopping 15 dollars for, which was initially intended to be a cross between two very hard to get skins to add to the gameplay. The community has turned small and extremely toxic, far different from the pre-1.0 release. As someone who has been playing this game since the Legacy stages, long before 1.0 was even teased, with well over 600 hours of my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a scam. It’s pretty obvious the devs want to just milk it for money, most of their discord post are about them selling plushies, or more DLC’s. Also half of the dragons are locked behind a paywall. The flying is clunky, it takes forever to grow your dragon (4 HOURS AND IM NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH JUVENILE) and you’re more likely to die than have any semblance of fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the reason I don't support projects on Kickstarter anymore Promises are just that. Promises.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Official admins are power tripping XD not breaking a rule and get told to move and for not immediately listening they give you a strike lmao just remember if they say to move or jump just be a good dog and obey them, Report ignored for over a week and then banned from discord, muted in game for speaking out about the admins and their corruption 0/10 game staff
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Day of (no) dragons where dragons you backed for arnt even out after years and you are advertized dlc that are yet again not out with the promise that if you pay 200 you will get a non existant dragon but hey you are gold woah. This game is a copium on wings that breathe hates towards constructive criticisms. Clan based game but the real cult is the dev and bootylickers. Careful if you have opinions cause they only want to feed you rotten onions as hope but hey its not like the main dev with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Money grubbing game. The last 3 updates have been skins for DLC dragons ONLY instead of actually implementing the skin crafting system they promised over a year ago. Wonder if they were laughing as they disabled the ALREADY WORKING skin system from legacy in this "new" version. This game is dead and this is coming from someone with triple digit playtime, it doesn't get better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nothing to do, 1/2 the assets are paid only, and there's no survival aspect to the game AT all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've honestly reached the point where I don't even get excited when I see a new patch anymore. Every update seems to introduce another idea that nobody was really asking for, while the features the community has been waiting on for years remain stuck somewhere in the future. Somehow the development direction keeps changing, priorities get shuffled around again, and the finish line moves even farther away. And can we talk about the update quality? It's become normal to expect a patch to be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not recommend due to lack of meaningful development while the devs are concerned with skins and skins and more skins to sell.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game but honestly there's really not much to do, I would have thought for a game that's been in years of early access it would have much more content but instead we just have different skins for the dragons and that's about it for content... Not to mention it runs like absolute dookie and you cant get more than 60fps for some reason.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →too boring in pve. need a larger variety of animals to fight against. also needs to be less punishing on death, took me two days to reach adult hood and died. either speed up the growth rate to something tolerable or enable private servers where we can disable the growth progression and just spawn out as an adult.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel very mislead and taken advantage of for my money. The game is beautiful, but the development is pretty poor. Almost every notification I get from the Discord Server is something being sold or on sale. There are issues within the game itself, the bugs, lag, and the players. Clans aren't great because some feel powerful and above others and often kill solo players. There are many other issues I have, but it would take an hour to read. Pros: Good graphics, great dragon animations, fun…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Love it BUT STOP MAKING SKINS AND MAKE MORE DRAGONS!! There are so many in the fantasy world. LETS SEE THEM COME TO LIFE!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a fun game, sure, but fun in the same way a bad game is fun to play for a bit. Half the dragon species are locked behind a paywall and it's just.. not a good game. The devs clearly don't have any drive to actually make a game, just to get money, and have been making low effort updates that don't add anything much to the game. It's badly optimized and for a while even just having too many trees on your screen caused lag (so no looking at the forests!). Not sure if that's been fixed as I…
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