Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

Party-based fantasy RPG where choices reshape a war-torn kingdom

BioWare · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Oct 26, 2010

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 31K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 73% of 186 in 30 days
Playing now: 265; peak 24h 409
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition?

A single-player, party-based dark fantasy RPG, it casts you as a Grey Warden trying to unite a kingdom divided by civil war against an ancient enemy. You explore, customize a party, make moral choices, and fight in real-time combat with pausing; the Ultimate Edition includes the Awakening expansion and nine content packs.

For you if...

+you want story-rich fantasy shaped by moral choices
+you enjoy tactical real-time combat with pausing
+you value companions, worldbuilding, and character customization

Not for you if...

−you prefer action combat without tactical pauses
−you want multiplayer rather than a single-player campaign
−you dislike dark fantasy and morally gray decisions

What players say

86% of 31,469 reviews are positive · 73% of 186 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the writing, companions, worldbuilding, meaningful choices, and tactical combat. The dominant complaint is severe instability on modern PCs: players report startup failures, frequent crashes, freezing, and texture problems, often requiring unofficial patches or mods, with fixes not always resolving them.

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Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent)
Graphics: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB)
Memory: 1GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7)
Storage: 20 GB HD space