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Dragon Age: Inquisition vs Dragon Age Inquisition

Dragon Age: Inquisition is an action-RPG open-world game (2014) while Dragon Age Inquisition is an action-RPG open-world game from BioWare (2020).

Dragon Age: Inquisition

2014 · Studio not listed

7.1GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

Dragon Age Inquisition

2020 · BioWare

7.2GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Dragon Age: Inquisition under Action-RPG and Open-World. In contrast, it files Dragon Age Inquisition under Action-RPG and Open-World.

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.

Description from its Steam store page

Dragon Age Inquisition

Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Dragon Age: InquisitionDragon Age Inquisition
GamingPickz Score7.1/107.2/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (76%, 21,376)Mostly Positive (76%, 21,380)
Critic aggregate85/10085/100
Price$39.99$39.99
Install size26 GB26 GB
Steam DeckUntestedUntested
Released20142020
DeveloperBioWare

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Dragon Age: Inquisition vs Dragon Age Inquisition, point by point

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  1. Genre and premise

    Dragon Age: InquisitionAction-RPG open-world game
    Dragon Age InquisitionAction-RPG open-world game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Dragon Age: InquisitionRPG, Character Customization, Open World
    Dragon Age InquisitionRPG, Character Customization, Open World

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Dragon Age: InquisitionScore 7.1 · 76% on Steam · 85 critic
    Dragon Age InquisitionScore 7.2 · 76% on Steam · 85 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Dragon Age: Inquisition21,376 reviews · 26 GB
    Dragon Age Inquisition21,380 reviews · 26 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Dragon Age: Inquisition$39.99
    Dragon Age Inquisition$39.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Dragon Age Inquisition takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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  • Multi-platform
  • PC

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Dragon Age Inquisition (GamingPickz Score 7.2)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

RPGCharacter CustomizationOpen WorldChoices MatterFantasyStory RichSingleplayerSexual Content

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Dragon Age: Inquisition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Dragon Age Inquisition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Dragon Age: InquisitionDragon Age Inquisition
Minimum GPUAMD Radeon HD 4870/Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTAMD Radeon HD 4870/Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Minimum CPUAMD Quad core @ 2.5 GHz/Intel Quad core @ 2.0 GHzAMD Quad core @ 2.5 GHz/Intel Quad core @ 2.0 GHz
Minimum RAM4 GB4 GB
Install size26 GB26 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Dragon Age: Inquisition · Dragon Age Inquisition.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Dragon Age: Inquisition and 1 for Dragon Age Inquisition. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Dragon Age: Inquisition and Dragon Age Inquisition in scope?

Dragon Age: Inquisition has drawn 21,376 Steam reviews and installs in 26 GB. Dragon Age Inquisition has drawn 21,380 Steam reviews and installs in 26 GB.

Is Dragon Age: Inquisition or Dragon Age Inquisition better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Dragon Age Inquisition rates higher (7.2 to 7.1). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Dragon Age: Inquisition or Dragon Age Inquisition?

Dragon Age: Inquisition is cheaper right now at $39.99, against $39.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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