Following its recent rating for PC, Dragon Quest Treasures from Square Enix and TOSE was announced and released on Steam worldwide last week. It called it one of the better Switch exclusives of 2022 in my review which you can read here. I was always planning to review Dragon Quest Treasures on Steam Deck, but was surprised to see it get confirmed as Steam Deck Verified by Valve for its launch. In my Dragon Quest Treasures Steam Deck and PC review, I’m going to focus on the port because the game content is the same as the Nintendo Switch version.
Dragon Quest Treasures PC requirements
The Dragon Quest Treasures PC requirements are below. Dragon Quest Treasures is also Steam Deck Verified from day one.
Dragon Quest Treasures PC minimum requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or 11 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i5-3330
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel Arc A380 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 8GB available space
- Additional Notes: 60 FPS @ 1280×720, Preset “Low”, System RAM 16GB required when running on Intel Arc GPU
Dragon Quest Treasures PC recommended requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or 11 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i5-6500
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 or Intel Arc A750 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 8GB available space
- Additional Notes: 60 FPS @ 1920×1080, Preset “High”, System RAM 16GB required when running on Intel Arc GPU
Dragon Quest Treasures PC graphics options
Dragon Quest Treasures has three graphical presets and a custom option. The graphics options let you adjust anti-aliasing (four levels), ambient occlusion (three levels), shadow detail (low, medium, high), texture filtering (low, medium, high), texture detail (low, medium, high), foliage density (five levels), LOD (five settings), toggle screen space reflections, and toggle bloom.
The Dragon Quest Treasures display settings let you change window mode (fullscreen, windowed, borderless), adjust resolution from 720p to 4K, adjust frame rate cap (30, 60, 90, 120, 144, and uncapped), toggle v-sync, brightness, and toggle subtitles. These settings allow for a much better visual experience than the Switch version which had bad LOD, low resolution textures, and struggled with its frame rate in parts.
Dragon Quest Treasures PC control options
Dragon Quest Treasures lets you play with a keyboard mouse combo or use a controller. It has correct button prompts depending on the input method as well. On the controller side, you can either use Xbox or PlayStation button prompts. This can be adjusted from the control options. You can also rebind controls and keyboard keys in Dragon Quest Treasures on PC. You can also adjust the keyboard layout used.
Dragon Quest Treasures PC performance – frame rate and resolution
The default settings for Dragon Quest Treasures on Steam Deck see it run at 60fps without issues. Setting Dragon Quest Treasures to the low preset resulted in about 80fps or above. The highest preset sees the game run at above 30fps, but 60fps isn’t doable at this setting. The medium preset will result in 60fps gameplay though. To push things as much as possible, I set it to 1440p and max settings on Steam Deck over the Steam Deck Docking Station and had about 15 to 20fps gameplay. Obviously this isn’t playable, but I just did it to see how low the frame rate would go. If you play at 1080p, setting Dragon Quest Treasures to medium will result in 30 to 40fps.
Dragon Quest Treasures on Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch
I loved my time with Dragon Quest Treasures on Nintendo Switch as you can see from my review here, but was hopeful to see it get ported elsewhere to have a version without technical issues. Dragon Quest Treasures on Steam Deck is the best portable version of the game for sure. I don’t regret the time I put into the Switch version (with over 50 hours in last I checked), but if you have the option to play on Steam Deck, that’s the way to go. It runs perfectly out of the box and you can even push things up if you play on an external monitor.
Should you play Dragon Quest Treasures on PC?
While there isn’t a demo on Steam yet, if you enjoy the Dragon Quest spin-offs, you likely will enjoy Dragon Quest Treasures. I loved my time with it on Switch despite the issues, and have enjoyed revisiting it with much better performance and visuals on Steam Deck thanks to this new port.
Dragon Quest Treasures on Switch felt like a long-lost 3DS gem that had all the charm from an older Dragon Quest game. On Steam Deck, it is much smoother and a better experience overall. If you already played it, there isn’t anything new here, but I’m glad Dragon Quest Treasures on PC is such a great experience out of the box on Steam Deck. If you held off on the Nintendo Switch version and enjoyed the demo there, this is an easy recommendation.
Dragon Quest Treasures is out now for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam worldwide. Hopefully my Dragon Quest Treasures Steam Deck and PC review helped you decide if this port is worth your time.
