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Dungeons & Dragons Online®

Dungeons & Dragons Online®

Standing Stone Games · released Jun 24, 2012

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayPC

Enter a world of danger and adventure with Dungeons & Dragons Online® based on the beloved RPG that started it all.

Steam page ↗Metacritic 74 · users 6.7 ↗
68
VGC Score
▼Declininghigh confidence▼ −15 since launch

scored 83 at launch, has slipped to 68

anchored at patch: “Update 81.1 Release Notes” (27d ago)

83%
At launch
71%
Steam all-time
74%
Press
69%
Player sentiment
67%
Recent sentiment

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Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–746
All-time Steam reviews71%681000
Metacritic user ratings–691
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)67%6542
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 5, 2026) · 34 reviews sampled · 42 total reviews in window · weighted 15.1 up / 7.4 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (32)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 67
    GameShark
    trust 67–

    “A title worthy of the franchise and second only "World of Warcraft" in quality and fun in and MMORPG.”

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  • 80
    PC Format
    trust 67–

    “An atmospheric online version of D&D. Best with friends - but what isn't? [Apr 2006, p.86]”

  • 89
    Worth PlayingWorth Playing
    trust 67–

    “If you're looking for the kind of style a more traditional MMo offers, you'll not find it here. I, however, love D&D Online: Stormreach, and I have no qualms whatsoever recommending it to anyone who loves an entertaining action-RPG experience.”

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  • 80
    EurogamerEurogamer
    trust 66–

    “Sure, there are flaws and the lack of any soloing capability, the occasional difficulty in finding groups, as well as the apparent slowness of levelling get irritating, but they're nothing in the face of what it does properly.”

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  • 75
    GameSpotGameSpot
    trust 66–

    “This online role-playing game lives up to its namesake as far as the quality of its action-packed quests is concerned, but it doesn't have all the features you'd probably want.”

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  • 78
    My Gamer
    trust 64–

    “Stormreach is the classic "Why bother?" game. Yeah, it is done well, but with better choices out there, why bother playing this?”

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  • 73
    PC GamerPC Gamer
    trust 64–

    “An established D&D group may love transitioning from paper to monitor for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach; casual players, however, will be left holding the dice bag. [Jun 2006, p.86]”

  • 60
    GameSpy
    trust 63–

    “I think we all kept focusing on the negatives because so much in D&D Online works so well, that it could have been absolutely great.”

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  • 79
    Digital Entertainment News
    trust 62–

    “DDO is definitely good for a week or two, but after that it doesn’t really offer anything new or rewarding.”

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  • 75
    Play Magazine
    trust 62–

    “Dungeons and Dragons Online will provide a nice vacation from the epic raid game and a great alternative for players that prefer regular grouping in their online RPG's. [Apr 2006, p.77]”

  • 80
    eToychest
    trust 61–

    “If you have a group of friends to play it with, give DDO a try. It'll certainly fill a few weeks with fun, but don't expect lasting playing power. Redundancy, the bane of all MMOs, is here aplenty.”

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  • 75
    IGNIGN
    trust 61–

    “I think DDO's single-player content is more compelling and its dungeons more accessible and numerous than in "World of Warcraft" or "EverQuest II." Its visuals are technologically superior to WoW's without suffering from EQII's unsettling mannequins and relatively bland environments. But DDO doesn't hold a candle to either in terms of breadth or replayability.”

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…and 20 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. Update 81.2 Release Notes
    Aug 19, 2026
  2. Update 81.1 Release Notes
    Aug 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Update 81: Terror of Demogorgon Release Notes
    Jul 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Update 80 Release Notes
    Jun 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Update 79.1 Release Notes
    May 13, 2026
  6. Update 79.0.1 Release Notes
    Apr 16, 2026
  7. Update 79 Release Notes
    Apr 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Update 78.1 Release Notes
    Mar 11, 2026
  9. Update 78.0.1 Release Notes
    Mar 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Update 78 Release Notes
    Feb 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. Update 77.2.1 Release Notes
    Feb 11, 2026
  12. Update 77.2 Release Notes
    Jan 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. Update 77.1 Release Notes
    Dec 17, 2025
  14. Update 77 Release Notes
    Dec 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. Update 76 Release Notes
    Nov 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. Update 75.6 Release Notes
    Oct 22, 2025
  17. Update 75.5 Release Notes
    Oct 15, 2025
  18. Update 75.4 Release Notes
    Sep 24, 2025
  19. Update 75.3 Release Notes
    Sep 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Update 75.2 Release Notes
    Sep 3, 2025
  21. Update 75.1 Release Notes
    Aug 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. Update 75: The Chill of Ravenloft Release Notes
    Aug 20, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  23. Update 74.1.2 Release Notes
    Jul 30, 2025
  24. Update 74.1.1 Release Notes
    Jul 24, 2025
  25. Update 74.1 Release Notes
    Jul 15, 2025
  26. Update 74 Release Notes
    Jun 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. Update 73.4 Release Notes
    Jun 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. Update 73.3 Release Notes
    May 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  29. Update 73.1 Release Notes
    Apr 16, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. Update 73 Release Notes
    Apr 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. Untitled
    Mar 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  32. Update 72 Release Notes
    Feb 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  33. Update 71.2 Release Notes
    Jan 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  34. Update 71 Release Notes
    Dec 11, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  35. Update 70.1.1 Release Notes
    Nov 20, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  36. Update 70.1 Release Notes
    Nov 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  37. Update 69.1 Release Notes
    Aug 28, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  38. Update 69: Magic of Myth Drannor Release Notes
    Aug 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  39. Update 68.2 Release Notes
    Jul 31, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  40. Update 68.1 Release Notes
    Jul 24, 2024significant · resets scoring window

…and 30 earlier patch announcements.