Dragon Quest 7 Remake in the works for 2026
This year, Square Enix is releasing the Dragon Quest I + II HD-2D remake. As it turns out, there is more to come after that, as Square Enix is looking to invest more in growing the Dragon Quest IP.
Dragon Quest is a classic RPG series, pre-dating the Final Fantasy series. While Final Fantasy ultimately ended up being Square Enix’s flagship RPG series, the Dragon Quest franchise has maintained a strong fan base for decades. In particular, Dragon Quest 7 is widely regarded as a high point for the series by fans and it sounds like Square Enix is in agreement.
According to MP1st, Square Enix has begun work on a remake of Dragon Quest 7. The game first released for the PS1 back in 2000, and the remake is apparently being prepared for a 2026 release. This will be the first time that the game has been re-released since Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past for the 3DS. This version of the game first released in Japan in 2013 but didn’t make its way to the west until 2016, the last year of the 3DS life cycle before the Nintendo Switch took over in 2017.
It is unclear if this new version of Dragon Quest 7 will use the HD-2D art style but for the sake of cohesion between this and the remakes of Dragon Quest 1, 2 and 3, I would hope they are.
KitGuru Says: I became a Dragon Quest fan through Dragon Quest 11, so I am very interested in revisiting the classics that I missed out on back then. However, none of this is as exciting as Dragon Quest 12, which has been M.I.A since its announcement several years ago.
