6 Best Games with Dragons to Play

The list at a glance

1. ELDEN RING

ELDEN RING is a dark fantasy action RPG set across the open Lands Between. Its dragon encounters matter because exploration can lead from a ruined area or open field into a large fight where positioning, attack timing, equipment, and character development all affect survival.

That structure makes dragons part of a broader journey toward becoming an Elden Lord rather than isolated attractions. Compared with Skyrim’s Dragonborn powers, ELDEN RING places more weight on difficult combat and learning enemy patterns, while its online co-op and PvP add options beyond a solitary campaign. It fits players who want dragons inside an unforgiving world full of major bosses, hidden routes, and build decisions rather than a story that identifies the hero through dragon-specific abilities.

2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, the player becomes the Dragonborn in an open-world fantasy RPG. Absorbing dragon souls and unlocking Dragon Shouts connects these creatures to character progression, while their presence across Skyrim makes them part of both the main story and travel through its mountains and settlements.

Skyrim shares ELDEN RING’s freedom to explore, use magic, and develop a customized character, but it is a single-player adventure with a stronger emphasis on quests, story, and a moddable world. Dragon Shouts also give victories a direct purpose beyond overcoming a difficult enemy because defeated dragons feed a named power system. The game works for players who want dragons woven through their hero’s identity and long-term exploration, without the cooperative hunting structure of Monster Hunter Wilds.

3. Dragon’s Dogma 2

Dragon’s Dogma 2 casts the player as the Arisen in a narrative-driven, single-player action RPG. Character appearance, vocation, party composition, and approaches to dangerous situations are all player choices, while the Pawn system supplies AI companions for travel and combat.

Like Skyrim, its fantasy world makes a dragon central to the protagonist’s role, but the party changes how threats are handled. Pawns bring defined companions into encounters instead of Skyrim’s broader solo exploration, and the absence of multiplayer keeps the focus on managing an AI-supported group. Dragon’s Dogma 2 suits players who want direct action, party decisions, and a personal connection between the hero and a dragon, with vocation and companion choices shaping each approach more than online cooperation.

4. Dragon Age Inquisition

BioWare’s Dragon Age Inquisition combines action, role-playing, and strategy across a story-focused fantasy campaign. Character customization and choices shape the Inquisitor’s journey, while companions and distinct regions give dragon encounters a party-based context rather than treating them as random obstacles.

The game shares Dragon’s Dogma 2’s interest in group composition, yet it gives narrative decisions and companion roles more prominence than the Arisen’s vocation-led combat. Its single-player campaign is joined by cooperative and multiplayer modes, offering a different route for players who want online activity without turning the whole adventure into a shared hunt. This entry fits readers drawn to dragons within a choice-driven story where party planning, regional exploration, and relationships carry as much weight as direct action.

5. Monster Hunter Wilds

Hunting is the central activity in Monster Hunter Wilds, an action RPG about monsters, humans, and changing environments. Character customization supports different approaches, while large dragon-like targets make observation, preparation, and coordinated attacks central to the experience.

Monster Hunter Wilds shares ELDEN RING’s focus on reading a powerful creature and responding during combat, but it organizes that challenge around repeatable hunts rather than a journey to rule the Lands Between. Online co-op lets several hunters tackle creatures together, while single-player remains available for those who prefer individual preparation. It is the most direct fit here for groups that want dragons and other huge monsters as hunt objectives, especially when the appeal lies in teamwork instead of dialogue choices or a Dragonborn-style identity.

6. DRAGON BALL FighterZ

Arc System Works built DRAGON BALL FighterZ as a fast action fighting game based on the DRAGON BALL series. Battles use three-fighter teams, rapid movement, energy attacks, and competitive match structure, shifting the dragon theme away from open-world creatures and toward the imagery and identity of its source universe.

Unlike every fantasy RPG above, DRAGON BALL FighterZ removes exploration, equipment progression, and monster hunting from the main activity. Its similarities lie in spectacular confrontations and powerful combatants, but the practical experience is about team selection, combos, and direct PvP against another player. It belongs on the list for readers who associate dragons with DRAGON BALL and want short competitive matches rather than long quests, AI companions, or large enemies roaming a fantasy landscape.

How we picked them

Each selection is a PC game centered on dragons, dragon imagery, or dragon-like creatures through its story, combat, hero identity, or hunt structure. The final order favors games where that connection has a concrete effect on exploration, progression, party decisions, cooperative play, or competitive battles, while keeping the list varied across action RPGs, party adventures, hunting, and fighting.