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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

RPG

Reviews
Very Positive
84% of 30K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
87% of 194 in 30 days
Players
399
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
10 months ago
Dec 18, 2025
Minimum PC
X850 256MB
1 GB RAM · 20 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 91/100 (critic reviews)

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

84% of 30,180 reviews are positive · 87% of 194 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.

Players over time

▲ +19% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 594 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

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Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition system requirements

Minimum: X850 256MB, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB of disk space.

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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

Recommended

OS
Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 Ghz Processor or equivalent
Graphics
ATI 3850 512 MB or NVidia 8800GTS 512MB or greater
Memory
2 GB (3GB Vista and Windows 7)
Storage
20 GB HD space

Does Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, German.

Does Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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