Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle, a brand-new Dragon Quest game for iOS and Android. As Gematsu reported, it's billed as "the next adventure in the Dragon Quest series", and the first proper look is only a day away.

What's confirmed so far

  • Platforms: iOS and Android.
  • Trailer: a YouTube premiere on Tuesday 10 November at 11am UK time (11:00 UTC), in English, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
  • Japanese title: Dragon Quest RPG: Makai-Ju to Michibikareshi Shima, which Anime News Network translates as The Demon World Tree and the Shepherded Island.

More details are due alongside the trailer. There's no release date or price yet, and I'll update this once they're out.

New to Dragon Quest?

Dragon Quest is one of Japan's biggest role-playing series, often called the country's national game. It began on the Famicom in May 1986, created by Yuji Horii with character designs by Akira Toriyama (of Dragon Ball fame) and music by Koichi Sugiyama. Expect turn-based battles, menus full of spells and a lot of Slimes, the series' cheerful blue mascot. The series has now sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.

The most recent main entry, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, arrived on 5 February 2026, and Dragon Quest XII: Beyond Dreams was unveiled in May.

Dragon Quest on phones so far

Anime News Network points out that several Dragon Quest phone games have come and gone. Dragon Quest Tact reached the West in January 2021 and closed there in February 2024, and Dragon Quest of the Stars ran globally from February 2020 to June 2021. The longest-running was Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light, which lasted a decade in Japan, from 2014 to 2024.

For more from the world of games, head to our latest gaming news. Will you be tuning in for the trailer tomorrow morning?