Status thebigmack Sep 8, 2025
Perhaps it was escapism but DQ:IX started to click for me yesterday.
JRPG moods feel unique, escaping into the grind.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (2009)
LEVEL-5, Square Enix Product Development Division 9
3.94 from 480 ratings
1361 members have it in their collection · 48 playing now · 510 backlogged · 297 wish listed
How long? Main story 47h · with extras 47h · 100% 100h (from 10 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- LEVEL-5, Square Enix Product Development Division 9
- Publishers
- Nintendo, Square Enix
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Themes
- Fantasy, Open world, Sandbox
- Franchises
- Dragon Quest
- Series
- Dragon Quest
- Event
- Nintendo E3 2010 Press Conference
Release dates
- Jul 11, 2009 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo DS
- Jul 11, 2010 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo DS
- Jul 23, 2010 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo DS
- Aug 19, 2010 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo DS
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Rating distribution
5 stars
142
4 stars
202
3 stars
106
2 stars
24
1 star
6
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status thebigmack Aug 28, 2025
Insomnia brings over-eating and unregulated impulse buying.
The sight of my DS Lite, the most cozy of handhelds, has brought this missed opportunity along side a sudden obsession with Ultima Online into my consciousness. If one could call it that.
Best I get more sleep before I make any decisions.
Status McDoot Feb 27, 2021
My partner got mad at me because I said that Jrpgs had been with me longer than they had - which got me thinking, what games got me hooked on JRPGs.
After some brainwracking I remembered what games I had on my DS when I was a kid, which included Pokemon Pearl, DQM Joker and DQ IX. I have so …
My partner got mad at me because I said that Jrpgs had been with me longer than they had - which got me thinking, what games got me hooked on JRPGs.
After some brainwracking I remembered what games I had on my DS when I was a kid, which included Pokemon Pearl, DQM Joker and DQ IX. I have so many fond memories of meeting up with my friends so that we could party up and grind our characters levels. Hell yeah, good times.
Status internpepper Nov 12, 2020
This was a fairly generic Dragon Quest title and lots of the story is dragged down by an entirely silent party. My favorite thing about this title was playing multiplayer with a friend.
Status TheFavorista Nov 25, 2018
Beat main game 1 time and played some post-game. Did not complete post-game. Liked the character creation but the music could get really, really tediously repetitive. Wished the game didn't require as much grinding. Approx. 90 hours.
Status Darth_Tokey Nov 8, 2017
My Dragon Quest IX Progress Please excuse the names xD I let my brother name them except juice thats my name for everything
Status Darth_Tokey Nov 7, 2017
Started my journey to complete this. Although I missed out on the DLC so I can't truly 100% it. But from what I read it still takes around 700 hours or so to fully complete it without dlc. Loving it so far and it's my first dragon quest game