--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: 6. Dragon Quest Builders image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 14, 2016 # 6\. _Dragon Quest Builders_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  [_Dragon Quest Builders_](http://time.com/4515805/dragon-quest-builders-review/ "undefined") is a beautiful, voxel-informed, crafting-focused, thematically relatable fantasy roleplaying extravaganza that’s better because of its constraints, not in spite of them. It’s the sort of thing those who’ve avoided playing _Minecraft_ but still find it intriguing should pay attention to—an exquisite, LEGO-like builder deftly equipoised between structured and freeform play. **_Buy now:_** [**_PlayStation 4_**](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GD490UM/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01GD490UM&linkCode=as2&tag=timetechvideogames-20&linkId=2f65a69669f93734d14902447cc73661 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570388/dragon-quest-builders-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570388/dragon-quest-builders-2/"},"headline":"6. Dragon Quest Builders","datePublished":"2016-11-14T20:13:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:16:57.311Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570388/dragon-quest-builders-2/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570388/dragon-quest-builders-2/","name":"6. Dragon Quest Builders"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Dragon Quest Builders","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/8waUmALb/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-10T21:37:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8waUmALb.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570388/dragon-quest-builders-2/","duration":"PT5M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570388/dragon-quest-builders-2/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```