Day of Dragons

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 this product with over $1200. You delivered crap and called it gold.

Still a scam after all these years. All this new content was promised years ago! Please don't give this developer any more money... PS: Just for you Jao (cause I know you read these and then threaten the people in your discord to delete servers cause they don't play your sh*t game), make yourself and the remaining rp players that you have a favor and sell the game to someone who actually gives a damn about it and knows what they're doing.

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 [i]buy[/i] the rest. That'll be a reoccurring theme, considering his habit of milking the remaining playerbase was the goal from the start. If you thought half a million dollars was enough, a few years after the game released in beta, Jao started a patreon. That patreon now earns $11,690 a month, which is $140,280 a year. It's like they had EA take it by the ropes. And that's not even counting the revenue from DLCs. Beyond skin updates, the game has nothing else to offer. The survival experience is not there. The only popular server/s are PvE, which makes every player immune to damage unless you opt into it, making it a glorified chatroom where people nest and get their desired skins and stats through nesting. If you try to play on PvP, it's dominated by clans. If you want to survive, you are virtually required to join one of these clans. You cannot play solo, unless you are fine with trial by fire and have an impossible amount of patience. Even then, if you managed to get to adult somehow, you [i]will[/i] get ganked by a minimum of 4 people where you can't do much. As a result, this makes the new player experience absolutely god awful and drives people away. No wonder the average player count has either been stagnant or dropping. There is no work done on the broader scope of the game otherwise. Multiple promises have been broken and there have been endless controversies. If you would like to seek anymore information about the game's state and its leadership, Youtube has videos about what's happened, and the subreddit can also provide information. Jao tends to get very defensive if you point out any of the things I've listed thus far. Compared to Day of Dragons, and if you enjoy the genre of dragon survival, The Wings of Dawn or The Last Sanctum expand on the mechanics you've seen in a much better way. And the cherry on top is if you try to point out any of these issues in the forums or in the discord, you WILL get permabanned, as was experienced by me and plenty of other people. TLDR: Game hasn't had any meaningful updates in years outside of skin and emote pack DLCs, as well as being pay to play(the rest of the roster). Atrocious new player experience. Lead developer is greedy, in denial, and will be milking his community for money until the game is no longer profitable. AVOID. DO NOT BUY.

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 to as well show casing screen shots video evidence and even a couple of VERY creepy conversations when one of the dev's helper thought i was of a younger age........ The thing going on in here are allbeit crazy, i don't know why there are so many childern why there is a lewd discord off brand to this with tones of kids in it, I don't understand why steam sits ideally by and lets this increaseing problem happen more and more, please up vote this, steam needs to step in and shut down this child hunting ring, not just this one, but all of them, we have devs with full blown lawsuits charges and much more running entire gaming services, surely there is something we can do to put a stop to this before it's to late... I just wanna play games, not feel involed in a child trafficing ring waiting to heppen.

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 forever. I mean seriously, there are entire STRATEGIES built around buggy features that's how long they've been there. And the main developer / owner has the most fragile ego of any person I've ever seen run a game. He'll ban someone for saying negative things and constantly cry about criticism in the Discord. The game is empty, slow, ugly to look at, clunky to play and lifeless. There is no soul in any of the dragons, there is no love in the environment, just greed. Save yourself the time and come back in 30 years, maybe there will have been 2 updates that add a new quest. A game can be in "Early Access" for a certain amount of time, and then it just becomes a game that never gets updated or fixed. Reason for this sudden review? This just in: Owner is doing a "competition" in the Discord to get FREE LABOUR for no cost on his part. Whoever can compile ALL the lore of the game and art to make a nice little asset that then belongs to DoD FOREVER gets some rewards that cost Jao NOTHING. I mean how out of touch do you have to be to do this, this is borderline illegal. To anyone stupid enough to even CONSIDER participating in this "contest", I am sorry.

Two of my friends were sexually harassed on an official server, one being a minor. Admins took a worryingly long time to respond to the report. They did not seem to give to much of a reaction to a minor being asked to have MUS on the game they are supposed to moderate and protect users on. Refuse to elaborate on the state of the report and what will happen to the offender. Many cases of pedophiles and exploiters not facing punishment.

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 anyways. It took one whole year for the ability of the Brood Watcher (a type of dragon in the game) to be finally implemented, meaning that it was somewhat useless for a long while, which is just crazy to me. Now they are blocking the use of Easy-Anti-Cheat, which no longer allows those players, who just want to chill with friends and do some nesting with the endless amount of skins they keep releasing (without adding any actual content), to use Sandboxie, meaning that all the alt accounts will be basically useless and will be collecting dust in a corner, though I hope there is some way to work around this. I personally do not see a good future for this game with these devs. The only reason I am sticking around is for an amazing community I have found and would hate to leave. The game has potential, it really does, but not with those devs. They are greedy, they do not care for the majority of their community, they dont listen and they ignore and activately delete any "bad" opinions or critique. If you have not bought this game yet and have read this far, I am imploring you to not do the same mistake I and so many others have done. Take your money and buy an different, a better game, instead. (Go play Hollow Knight SIlksong) That's just my 2 cents though, some others have written far better reviews which sums up how bad it really is pretty well, I do recommand reading those as well. Have a great day. :)

I’ve had this game for years, and unfortunately, it’s just not what I hoped it would be. As a regular player—not a Patreon backer, not a Kickstarter supporter, and not someone who buys every DLC—I’ve only seen one new dragon made available for us. That brings the total to just three dragons for standard buyers. It's disheartening. At first, I was really excited about the game’s potential. But over time, it’s become clear that development primarily focuses on dragons exclusive to high-tier supporters and DLC dragons. While I understand the devs have obligations to their early backers and Patreon members, it's incredibly frustrating when new dragons are mostly paywalled or locked behind exclusive roles. If you’re not putting down $300 for a lifetime Patreon, buying multiple DLCs, or part of a specific Kickstarter tier, your options are painfully limited. Sure, you can technically experience the exclusive dragons by being nested in as them, but that’s only doable in PvE servers. On PvP servers, it’s borderline impossible—chat isn’t helpful, nesting is rare, and unless you’ve got a solid clan or group, you're out of luck. And that’s another issue. PvP is just not feasible for solo players. Without a clan, it’s a nightmare. Growing a dragon takes 3–6 hours, and if a 10-dragon clan gangs up on you, what are you supposed to do? Smile and try again? It’s exhausting. The map is too small to support such massive groups, and it ruins the experience for people flying solo. I’d love to see the devs implement limits on group sizes or require groups to form in-game, like The Isle does. It makes the game more accessible and enjoyable for solo players. Now, to be fair, aside from the PvP imbalances, the gameplay itself is solid. The dragon models are beautiful and animate smoothly. The scenery is stunning, and flying feels great. PvE players are generally friendly, and it’s fun exploring the world, nesting, and engaging with elder mechanics. I also appreciate the updates that make life a bit easier for solo hatchlings. But despite the polish and potential, the downsides outweigh the upsides for me. Development is slow, accessible content is scarce, and the monetization model feels more punishing than rewarding. So unless you’re prepared to spend $300 on Patreon, buy DLCs, or go back in time to support the Kickstarter... don’t get this game for its dragon variety. I’ll still return to it now and then for a dragon fix, but for the most part I'll be chronically online somewhere else.