Quick answer: Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle is a free to play turn based Dragon Quest for iOS and Android, coming in 2027. Closed beta signups are open now through November 23, 2026, with 25,000 tester spots and testing planned for December 8 to 15. Current as of the November 10, 2026 reveal.
Square Enix’s new mobile Dragon Quest finally has substance behind the name. The announcement trailer for Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle premiered on November 10, and the official site went live alongside it with a 2027 window, a free to play model, a story setup, and a closed beta you can apply for today.
The November 8 tease only gave the title, platforms and trailer time. Here is what the full reveal adds.
What Square Enix confirmed
- Release: coming in 2027. No exact date yet.
- Platforms: iOS and Android.
- Price: free to play, with in app purchases.
- Genre: turn based RPG.
- Languages: Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese and Korean.
The official site describes exploration from open fields to dungeons, turn based battles with new Fast Strike skills and pep powers, and a home base you build up with the spoils you bring back to strengthen your allies.
The story so far
It opens on the floating isle of Monbelusha during its annual Ringing Feast. A fiend named Zaahl corrupts Yggdrasil into Grimvein, the cursed tree of the title, and Monbelusha begins to crumble. A boy falls toward the world below, receives a mysterious branch from the Goddess Belusha, and becomes the Warden of the World Tree.
Yuji Horii explains the name
In a signed message on the official site, series creator Yuji Horii says the team focused on the classic Dragon Quest loop of exploring towns, meeting allies, gearing up and growing stronger. “That’s why we put ‘RPG’ in the title,” he writes. He adds that the team made it free to play so longtime fans and newcomers can play at their own pace “for years to come.”
How to join the closed beta
- Applications: open now through November 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM UTC (8:59 AM CT).
- Spots: 25,000, picked by lottery if more people apply. Results are emailed on December 4 (UTC).
- Test dates: December 8 to 15, 2026. Exact times come later on the official X and Facebook accounts.
- Age: 18 and over.
- Recommended phones: iPhone 14 or later on iOS 15, or an Android 13 phone with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or better. Both need 6 GB of RAM.
- Minimum: iPhone 11 with 4 GB of RAM, or Android 9 with a Snapdragon 855 and 6 GB of RAM.
Beta progress will not carry over to launch, and you cannot buy paid currency during the test. iPhone testers get the build through Apple’s TestFlight.
What is still unknown
Square Enix has not named the developer, an exact release date, or pricing for in app purchases. The beta page also does not say which countries can apply. The Japanese page lists the same 25,000 figure, and it is not clear whether that is one shared pool. There is no word on PC or console versions.
Source: Square Enix, official Dragon Quest RPG website and closed beta page, plus the official announcement trailer on YouTube.
