Square Enix has unveiled Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle, a brand-new Dragon Quest adventure built specifically for mobile devices. The game aims to be a classic turn-based entry in the long-running series, and Square Enix introduced it with an announcement trailer alongside videos showing off its exploration, battle and growth systems.
The trailer's description calls the game "the latest adventure in the DRAGON QUEST series" and confirms that a closed beta test is coming first. Applications for the closed beta are being accepted through the game's official beta page, and sign-ups close on November 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM UTC.
The announcement trailer can be watched below:
Beyond the trailer itself, the additional videos walk through the three pillars of the game. One is devoted to exploration, as the Chosen One travels a world overshadowed by the cursed tree, another to the battle system, which keeps the series' classic command-based, turn-based combat intact, and a third to the growth system that develops the party along the way. Square Enix notes that all of the footage and images shown so far come from a version of the game still in production.
The three videos can be watched below:
The adventure is set in a cursed world on the brink of destruction, where a giant tree threatens everything beneath it. Players inherit the destiny of the Chosen One and set out to reclaim the future alongside their friends, and despite the cursed setting, the game is aiming for a bright and warm adventure, with a gameplay focus on solo play rather than multiplayer.
The project carries the series' founding creative names in its credits: Armor Project, Bird Studio — the studio of the late Akira Toriyama, whose character designs have defined Dragon Quest since 1986 — and Sugiyama Kobo, the company of the late series composer Koichi Sugiyama. Development is being handled by Wright Flyer Studios, the studio behind the mobile RPG Another Eden, which built its own reputation on classic-style, story-driven role-playing.
An original entry designed from the start for phones is a notable direction for the series, whose presence on mobile has largely come through ports of its console adventures. The announcement also arrives as the series passes a major milestone of more than 100 million copies sold worldwide, and while the next mainline entry, Dragon Quest XII: Beyond Dreams, remains in development — giving fans a self-contained classic-style quest to play in the meantime.
Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle is planned to launch for mobile devices around the world in 2027.
Source: Square Enix
