Square Enix Reveals a New Dragon Quest RPG for Mobile

Dragon Quest’s 40th anniversary year is getting another announcement, as Square Enix has revealed a new game in the series called Dragon Quest RPG The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle. It’s in development for Android and iOS, and the publisher is only describing it as “the next adventure in the Dragon Quest series” for now. More details are coming tomorrow, November 10, when a roughly two-minute announcement trailer premieres on YouTube at 3:00 AM Pacific (6:00 AM Eastern).

According to the game’s official Japanese account on X, it’s a command RPG for smartphones, which generally refers to turn-based combat where players select actions from a menu, like the mainline Dragon Quest games. Square Enix has trailer premieres scheduled in English, Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese, though it hasn’t announced a release date, pricing, or which regions the game will launch in. The last mobile entry in the series was Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, a roguelite that launched on Android and iOS in April.

The announcement comes four months after Square Enix confirmed that Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis would shut down in October. Also in July, Square Enix and Tencent announced that Final Fantasy XIV Mobile would end service in China in September, before it ever launched globally. As for Dragon Quest, the series passed 100 million games sold in September, and Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World releases on December 3 for PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, and PC. Dragon Quest XII: Beyond Dreams is also still in development, but Square Enix has yet to announce a release window or platforms for it.

DRAGON QUEST RPG The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle | Announcement Trailer