Dragonkin: The Banished is a dark fantasy action RPG that leans hard into hack and slash combat, loot, and long term character building. You play as one of four elite hunters trying to push humanity back from the edge of extinction in a world overrun by dragons whose corrupted blood has twisted the landscape and its creatures. Each class is designed for a distinct playstyle: the Knight is a frontline spear fighter with fire infused abilities, the Barbarian channels icy rage and brute force, the Tracker controls the arena from range with bows, claws, and traps, while the Oracle mixes psychic and electrical powers for a more mystical approach. No matter who you pick, you are always accompanied by a wormling, a small draconic companion that brings its own elemental support and can be deeply intertwined with your build through the game’s progression systems.
The core hub, Montiscale, works as an evolving base that visually and functionally upgrades from level 1 to 50 as you progress, unlock crafters, and refine services, and it is shared in co op so friends can help push it forward. Out in the field, the game offers a spread of hostile biomes, from corrupted jungles and tainted plains to volcanic hellscapes and frozen wastelands, all framed as a “theater of operations” for repeatable hunts rather than a pure story corridor. Character growth is built around the ancestral grid, a large hex based board where you slot fragments that grant active skills, modifiers, and special wormling abilities, with synergy and placement mattering as much as individual loot rolls.
When you max out a skill on this grid it can enter symbiosis with your wormling, changing its visuals and dramatically boosting its power, which helps the game stand out in a crowded ARPG field. After you finish the campaign, the focus shifts to endgame activities like escalating hunts, dungeon purification runs, and tests of will, tuned for replayability and higher difficulty, with a hunt creation system that lets you use draconic tarot cards to layer bonuses, penalties, and encounter types to target the kind of challenge and rewards you want.
The whole adventure is playable solo, online with up to four hunters, or in local two player co op, and the full launch is set for March 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with PC Early Access on Steam already running and early access for Blood Scales Edition buyers starting March 16, 2026
