Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 11:54 pm
DragonVale – Breed Dragons – Simulation Game Review
DragonVale – Breed Dragons is a Simulation/Family game from Deca Live Operations GmbH, first launched in 14th September 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 99,024+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes DragonVale – Breed Dragons Stand Out
Discover the most popular dragon collecting game in the world! Can you hatch them all? Your dragon-filled fantasy park awaits in DragonVale!
Breed, hatch, and raise over 500 different mythical dragons. If you’ve got dragon mania, DragonVale is the game for you!
Features
- Grow and harvest Dragon Treats, then feed your dragons to level up
- Baby dragons to mythical dragons, nurture your majestic fantasy animals
- Enter your dragons in fun races and send them on quests to win epic treasures and Dragon Cash
- Discover new dragons, decorations, habitats, and activities during special seasonal events
- Explore space by collecting special Galaxy Dragons
- Collect and categorize your city of dragons
- Keep track of all the dragons you hatch and breed in the Dragonarium
- Connect and share with your friends online
- Team up with friends in the Cooperative Breeding Cave
- Send gems and gifts to friends in DragonVale
- Dragon eggs! Spectacular visuals and sparkling animations
- Impressive and unique art for each egg, baby, juvenile, adult, and elder dragon
- DragonVale is accompanied by an original soundtrack written by our award-winning composer
Legend holds that dragons are fierce, fire-breathing monsters – but DragonVale proves that these fantasy creatures are more than just breeding beasts. From cute and cuddly, to massive, time-bending creatures. DragonVale has it all. Build and decorate beautiful floating islands in the sky to create your ultimate park. Your park, your Dragons, your DragonVale!
Play DragonVale today! It’s free.
PLEASE NOTE! Some game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases. DragonVale requires an internet connection to play.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, DragonVale – Breed Dragons is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 4th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Greetings Witches and Wizards! Here’s what we have been brewing with this new update –
- We’ve bred a few guard dragons to secure the Vale from tampering the game
- 'Low Resolution Mode' setting is no longer auto enabled in the high end iOS devices. See your dragons in all their glory!
Download & Availability
DragonVale – Breed Dragons is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get DragonVale – Breed Dragons on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game brings joy to by heart.
Ive had this game since middle school! Currently Im 25 and still enjoy the game just like we did as a kid. The only game Ive ever kept and stayed dedicated to. Thank you to whoever created this wonderful game.
We played this game for days on end a few years ago. Today we decided to pick it up again and start playing again. However, all our islands were made of various pictures, dragons made of letters and numbers, everything was black, and the minigames were all squares with black and white pixels. But despite the laggy textures, all the features (breeding, the coliseum, etc.) work. Is there a way to fix this.
Our friends got concerned when we had a dream that we got gifted 4 islands anywho we love this app. We dont play games but we play this one. Just hit level 146 so Im hype.
Recently when we loaded our game, and the new Winter event came on, everything is all messed up. Our islands are taking on different textures and the whole Winter island is invisible. We would appreciate if you could help us get our island back.
Its awesome! But can someone please help us get rid of our mass glitch thats making us sad? We just want to see our dragons! Not weird blobs of 1 color, or letters in the shape of a dragon! AH.
When we say our prayers every night before bed we thank Jesus for DragonVale. Specifically, we thank him for our rift and our gargantuan island. Then every day when we wake up we know he heard us because we check DragonVale and am happy. Im so happy. Our dragons are really happy too but sometimes we wonder. Are they? Thats why we change them around between tats so they dont get sick of the other dragons in their tat. But then we worry cause we wonder if their crush was in one and we switched them away from each other so we make sure to change them often.
Great childhood memories. Something about this game just does it for us every time. Im 18 now and still play almost every day.
Please never stop working on this game.
Ok, we've been playing this game for a really long time and we have never ever seen a glitch like this before. What happened? Did one of the software/hardware programs responsible for texturing/coloring for this game go nuts or something.
We have been playing this game for well over 10 years, and it is still our favorite! Some of our best memories growing up with our brother are playing this game. It is so comforting and fun.
We have been playing this game since 2012 nonstop every day since 2025 nonstop and we are wondering why you have an upgraded this game for the Christmas season in 2025 whats the deal? Im looking forward to the Christmas season. Any thoughts.
Our tutorial is glitched to where we cant get past the part it gives us three gifts it gets stuck in the screen and we have to close out would really like this fixed so we can play we loved this game as a kid.
After logging into the game after a few days of not playing it ( Im assuming after the update) the game has totally bugged out, the background is pitch black some of our islands are invisible but the ones that arent are changing textures all the time and some of our dragons are not visible or have some weird texture, also some of the currencys are just showing up as black-and-white tiles where the actual logo should be, Ive also seen a couple other reviews recently talking about this problem. Please fix this soon.
We updated our game to the most current version but every texture and background is messed up. Please fix this immediately so we dont have a seizure looking at the buggy mess this update has been so far.
100 dollars for 4000 gems! Most of the dragons in the shop cost 1000 or more which means we could only buy two or four dragons. Make the 4000 gems bundle a little cheaper and also add more gems in the bundle at the shop.
We are from a time before the metal dragons. Right now, our game opens, but with everything that ISNT there Im shocked it doesnt crash immediately. Pls help.
Our islands are so bugged we cant see what im doing, all our dragons are invisible, the background is pitch black, one of our islands keeps changing textures.
Clearly they have great artists and thr game is fun. Docking 3 whole stars because the ai is so foul.
It takes us like, a full 6 minutes to load our park. And we love the game but it takes FOREVER to open everytime which makes us wanna not play.
Ive been playing this game for years, and have grown to love it, but we took a break from it for about a year. We got nostalgic and wanted to visit our park again, but when we did, almost none of the game assets loaded, and we refreshed the game about five times before we gave up. Our islands were invisible, our dragons were silhouettes at best, and it was extremely difficult navigating across our different islands. We really hope this bug is temporary. We cant in good faith give this game one star, but seeing this borderline creepypasta glitch stick though five reloads, when all we wanted to do was see our dragons again, was really depressing.
We love dragon vale but it wont let us access it on our phone or iPad.
We love this game sense we were a kid and downloaded it again but why do we have to wait so long in between rolls to get a rare dragon? We have to wait 24 hours and a lot of times we get nothing and the cool stuff that costs gems are impossible unless you pay money.
Ive been playing this game since we were in fourth grade and its amazing. Beautiful and perfect in every possible way.
Tweak progression slightly and make all dragons obtainable offline in game, this would be one of our most favorite offline games! We wish it were easier to get celestial dragons like our favorite the Procyon dragon.
We have been playing this game on and off for about 10 years and we have nothing but love and praise for the game and its developers. We remember back when we were in middle school we found out our friend also played and we tried to add each other as friends and it wasnt working so we emailed and got a reply the next day saying they fixed the bug for us! Seriously we love this game.
Played this game when we were but a wee lad and now Im a big boy. Very chill atmosphere and cool artwork. Once you get your first epic dragons you feel like a king and then it only get better from there.
Been playing this game since we were 5.
Restarted this game so many times over the years, always fun to start from scratch and see the progress grow.
We love this game with our whole heart and being. Our roommate and we are very into it. Our one qualm is the level cap. #letmekeepgoing.
We havent played this game in years and thisll probably get buried, but thank you devs for making a fundamental part of our childhood. This is up there with Angry Birds and Minecraft PE for old mobile games we played to death back in elementary school.
LOVEEEE this game. Ive been playing for over a decade and its still fabulous.
Hi ive been playing this game literally since it first came out our first play through we had everything our only problem is that theres no way to save your progress so if u delete the app or get a new phone even iPhone theres no way to save your progress so if u got pretty far or even purchased anything u lost your money.
This is a good game. With lots of adventures. Im just wondering why is so hard to get gems. But its still an amazing game. And the game still goes whenever youre not on the screen. But still it is it relaxing and amazing game.
We love this game, Ive played it on and off for years. We just re-downloaded it, and theres a little glitch that bugs us. The top header, where the money and food and gem counts shows, it sometimes drops lower on the screen and seems to shrink slightly, like it is squished down. Then it lines up weird whenever you click on the market or anything and just generally looks off. To fix it, we keep on having to close the app and reopen it. But sooner or later, the top header ends up dropping down on the screen and we have to fix it again. So if that could be fixed in the next update, Id really appreciate it. It would also be nice if you could skip the tours, like when you open a new feature, it requires you to click on all the new buttons. Ive played this game enough over the years to understand what each thing is, and even if its one we havent seen before, we would rather just explore it on our own time. Thank you for keeping this game as wonderful as Ive always remembered.
When a friend first introduced us to this game we couldnt get enough of it. It has been a fun means for us to decompress daily. We practically became obsessed with acquiring our max points each day. Although it seems the wait time between theme resets has lessened, which is a huge bonus, we are disappointed with there not being a real bonus when finishing 1st place at the race track. Whats the point if you still get the same one free choice? Also we keep hoping for new choices of buildings & decorations.
We downloaded this apt today-it wouldnt load.
Ive played this game on and off for years, and we want to love it still. But there are so many dragons and the odds for breeding are so low, so it feels impossible to actually breed them all, which takes the fun out of collecting. And breeding takes so long, and with the odds so low, the game mainly becomes about waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And never getting the dragons you want. It very quickly becomes boring when you have to start relying on special events or wishes or lucky draws to get dragons because breeding is so unreliable and impossible.
Can we get a way to customize the island layout?! That would be so great.
This is a great game! Thank you for this wonderful gift of joy. It kind of reminds us of wings of fire by Tui t Sutherland. And we have a goal to collect everything that you can get in this game. And it is awesome. We love dragons so thank you for making this game! Maybe you will make a cat version? That would be pretty cool to see like for example , earth cat , water cat , fire cat , and so on. But yeah , it would be pretty cool to see a catvale too. Bye! – eclipse the night owl.
As the title states, this is one of the few mobile games that continuously has great updates and in game features even for modern time standards. Its also perfect for older people like ourselves who has to prioritize real life over all else since it takes under an hour of gaming daily. Basically stress free and we shouldve paid attention to it over almost every other freemium games that give us grief. Since early 2024, Im really happy that a few of the epic element habitats have added extra primary elements. Its great that the current players and we dont have to collect from so many habitats that has only an under 250k limit to collect. And we all didnt have to wait for so long to buy extra medium to huge sized islands! If yall are returning players or planning to come back, buy those epic grade habitats so yall dont have to buy the small DC capacity ones! Its also excellent for people who either play leisurely and instantly use Tsaishen to collect in-game currencies. Or take some time to look at the scenery.
Its a lot of fun! Some of the dragons can be really hard to breed for, but we enjoy the challenge.
Had 3 accounts playing this game since we were around 10. We take breaks but Ill always come back. This game has a special place in our heart about to turn 21 so over 10 years of this game. Simple and fun.
We dont understand why dragonvale keeps saying internet connection required to play we were just playing last name night and everything was working fine already checked everything theres absolutely nothing wrong with our internet connection obviously its the game itself it seems like maybe theres a glitch or something we have tried repeatedly to open the game even restarted our phone after a bit we finally got the game to open we dont understand why the game is malfunctioning like this it was working fine last night now this! Is there something maybe the developer can do to fix maybe through a game update or something because we have never had this problem before not once we understand this can happen from time to time we love this game been playing it a long time.
So we played this a lot as a kid. We're currently 24 and managing a restaurant. This game brings back so many great memories from when we were a kid. Thank you guys for this wonderful game.
We want this to be the last game we play before we die.
This game is absolutely amazing. The amount of effort put into this game is obvious. The detail put into every dragon, decoration, habitat, and literally everything else is insane. One of our favorite things about this game is that unlike other games similar to this, gems are achievable. You can also theoretically breed every dragon in this game without a single in-app purchase. Such a whimsical game:10/10.
We started playing DragonVale in year one of the game. At first it was a nice game for relaxing during our lunch break but as we usually do we became driven to meet all the achievements and have even been worried each time we upgrade our phone that we will lose game data . Thankfully we never have and am still peacefully relaxing with this game that is now celebrating its 13th anniversary. We just wonder which of the game developers is the Discworld fan.
We have found that if we activate tsaishens power during the current event, Gardenias Garden, it works fine and gives us around 500 roses or 1000 roses if its a double rose day. However if we then collect from our habitats later that day, we dont get more roses. However, if we manually collect from our habitats later- getting our 500 or -000 roses then in the evening, when we collect we get the other 500 or 1000 roses. So everytime we have used tsaishens power ( which has been at least 15 times during this event, we have been cheated out of half our roses. We had thought this was happening but this was confirmed when we talked to a friend and she mentioned seeing the same thing. No wonder the total number or roses we have collected this event is so low.
We love this game and have been playing on and off since 2016. It's so good and we feel grateful to have had it remain faithful to its origins all this time! (Edit: Uninstalling & reinstalling worked!! Thank you devs!!) we hadn't played in a few months and updated the app but trying to start it causes us to get a bunch of "Download Errors" and then an error saying it couldn't log us in.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.37.1
- Size: 509.79 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory: Loot Boxes
- Developer: Deca Live Operations GmbH
Last updated: 4th December 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Family | Developer: Deca Live Operations GmbH