List of dragons in games
This is a list of dragons in games. For dragons in other forms of fiction, see List of fictional dragons. For dragons from legends and mythology, see List of dragons in mythology and folklore.
Dragons in video games
Main article: List of dragon video games
- Rathalos in the Monster Hunter video game series.
- Ridley from the Metroid series. He is considered the main antagonist.
- Various Dragon-Based Digimon in the respective Games of the Franchise.
- Akatosh, from the series "The Elder Scrolls"
- Alduin, the Nordic God of Destruction and main antagonist in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
- Angelus (at first simply called "dragon" by Caim, the main character), Legna and several other wild dragons of Drakengard and Drakengard 2
- Annoth, Barroth, and Morrogh are the three playable dragons in the game I of the Dragon.
- Arokh, Werokh, Kaeros, Navaros, Mezzidrel, Shaza, Tora and other wild dragons of Drakan
- Ash from Kameo: Elements of Power.
- Azi Dahaka, the final boss dragon from the PlayStation game Dragon Valor.
- Atrushan, the main character in the SNES RPG Emerald Dragon (only released in Japan) is a young blue dragon that transforms freely between his true form and an acquired human form to rescue a childhood human friend and sibling named Tamryn
- Various flights (distinguished by color) in the Warcraft universe by Blizzard, of which Alexstrasza of the Red dragonflight(Life) is most noteworthy as queen. There is also Neltharion/Deathwing of the black flight - who is dead(Earth), Ysera of the green flight(Nature), Malygos of the blue flight(Magic) who is dead,[1] and Nozdormu of the Bronze dragonflight(Time). Other flights, the Chromatic, Twilight, Netherwing and Infinite, are exclusive to the World of Warcraft. The leader of the Chromatic flight (combined powers of the primary flights), and the de facto leader of the Black flight before Deathwing's return is his son Nefarian. Nefarian's mother and consort of Deathwing, Sintharia, is the leader and creator of the Twilight dragons (vampiric energy-feeding dragons). The Netherwing flight is the result of black dragon eggs altered by mystic energy. The leader of the Infinite Dragonflight is discovered to be a future version of Nozdormu.
- Bahamut of the Final Fantasy series, including alternate forms Neo-Bahamut and Bahamut Zero of Final Fantasy VII. Various other dragons appear in every game in the series.
- Bahamut Lagoon
- Battle Realms features the Dragon Clan which ultimate power is to call down the Ancient Dragon Spirit to devastate the battlefield.
- Bleu and the Dark Dragon from Shining Force, and Thousand in the third scenario of Shining Force III.
- Blue Dragon
- Bomber Dragon, in Bomberman Wars Charaboms dragons, Ceedrun, Sharagon, in Bomberman Max, Bomberman Quest,
- Bub and Bob, bubble dragons from Bubble Bobble.
- Brassel, a Dragon from Dragon Valor.
- Cael Cyndar and several other dragon co-stars in Dragon Rage
- Chili Billi and Chilly Willy from Banjo-Tooie.
- The elemental Dragon Gods of Chrono Cross, of which there are six.
- Crossbreed Priscilla in Dark Souls is a half-dragon, half-human woman. She was sealed away by the gods in a painting due to her Lifehunt ability, fearing that she could defeat them. She is an optional boss, wishing to be left alone and points the player to the exit. The player can attack her and, once she is defeated, create a scythe imbued with that same ability from her soul.
- The Czar Dragon and Zombone from Super Mario RPG.
- Cynder in The Legend of Spyro series.
- D'Cay, Draconis Mortis, Lorinor, Loromir, Relerissith, Sirithcam, Sisslith and Sssiliths from Sacred[2]
- Dragonlord, who turns into a dragon in the final fight, along with three varieties, blue, red, and green, of dragons found elsewhere in the game Dragon Warrior.
- Dragon Buster
- Dragon Man, a form of the shapeshofting protagonist in the game Altered Beast.
- Dragon Man, one of the forms Wonder Boy takes in Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
- Elvarg, the mighty green dragon from the MMORPG RuneScape, which the player must kill in the quest Dragon Slayer, which allows the player to buy and wear a rune platebody, a blue dragonhide body and a batwing torso.
- Dragon Saber
- Dragon Spirit
- The Ender Dragon, a purple-eyed black scaled dragon in the game Minecraft.
- The Everlasting Dragons in Dark Souls. The dragons have stone scales and two pairs of wings. They once held sole dominion over the world, until four beings, who found the Souls of Lords in the First Flame, harnessed their power to overthrow the dragons, launching humanity and the Lords into a golden age known as the Age of Fire. Most dragons encountered in the game have devolved from the ancient dragons. There are only two known remaining Everlasting Dragons left: the Black Dragon Kalameet in the Artorias of the Abyss content, and one who resides in the Ash Lake, who leads a Covenant of Undead who hope to become dragons themselves. The player can join this Covenant and gain the abilities for him or herself.
- Fangora, a green dragon who is the first boss of Kirby's Epic Yarn
- FlameWing, male red dragon in Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
- Fyrlakith, the guardian dragon from Enclave (game).
- Gaba, baby dragon from Popolocrois
- The Gaping Dragon in Dark Souls. It is a six-winged, six-legged dragon with the upper half of its body being a giant maw. It once a dragon that was so obsessed with eating that it mutated into its current form.
- Guyra, one of the two dragon deities in King's Field, the other being Seath the Scaleless.
- Gray from Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny is a human who has been turned into a dragonman by the Dragon King Ardgevald.
- Grigori from Dragon's Dogma, a red dragon who devour the Hero's heart and made him an arisen.
- Gorgok from Dragon Fable who serve as the first boss of the game.
- Grundle, Rhindle and Yorgle from Atari Adventure
- Hydrus (Colossus #7), Kuromori (Colossus #8) and Phalanx (Colossus #13) from the game Shadow of the Colossus are dragon-like.
- Jack of Blades from Fable transforms into a Dragon in Fable: The Lost Chapters.
- Klauth, an ancient red dragon from Neverwinter Nights. Also in that game, other dragons such as the gold dragon Gorgotha or the green dragon Akulatraxas.
- Kunnavang from Guild Wars: Factions, a dragon that helps proceed the story.
- Lazarus from Shining Tears is a dragon, though technically a Dragonian.
- Myrrh, Fa, Banutu, Chiki and Nagi (all Manaketes), Fire Dragons, and the Dracozombies from the Fire Emblem series.
- Lord Nagafen, Trakanon, Lady Vox and others from EverQuest and Everquest 2.
- The Lord of the Dragovians from Dragon Quest VIII, the ruler of a race of half-human, half-dragon, elf-like people called the Dragovians. who live in a mountaintop sanctuary which is the main character's (the Hero's) birthplace, as the Hero is half Dragovian. Other Dragovians in the game include the Hero's grandfather Chen Mui, the council of elders - of which Chen Mui is a member of and Eltrio - the Hero's late father. The Lord of the Lord of the Dragovians acts as a formidable optional boss in the game who can be foughtmany times - after each defeat he changes the colour of his dragon form, thereby changing his method of attack as well.
- Narthilargus from The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, "The Crown Jewel of the Empire", a bright red fire-breathing giant of a beast.
- Nils and Ninian from Fire Emblem, who are literal half-dragons and NOT Manakete.
- Onaga, The Dragon King, from Mortal Kombat: Deception.
- Odahviing, friendly dragon who helps the Dragonborn, the former right hand of Alduin in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Paarthurnax, leader of the Greybeards and Alduin's former ally in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Quox from Tower of Druaga
- Raptros from War of the Monsters.
- Red Dragon Ruby, White Dragon Nall, and White Dragon Quark, along with the other White, Red, Blue, and Black Dragons of the Lunar series. Interestingly, young dragons or dragons stripped of their powers are depicted as resembling flying cats in this series.
- The main character of nearly all games in the Breath of Fire series is usually a dragon in human form, or a host for a dragon. His name is usually Ryu.
- Sash Lilac, the Scientist, and the Holodragon from Freedom Planet
- Seath the Scaleless from King's Field and Dark Souls. He is a giant, scaleless albino dragon with insectoid wings, three tails, and no legs. In the former, he is one of the two dragon gods, the other being Guyra. In the latter, he is the Grandfather of Sorcery, who betrayed the ancient dragons due to his lack of the Scales of Immortality they were born with, and helped the ancient Lords overthrow them. Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, granted him Dukedom, a fragment of his soul, and access to the regal archives. He was driven mad during his research on the Scales of Immortality. Ironically, he did attain immortality from the primordial crystal he pillaged from the ancient dragons. He is associated with the Moonlight Sword, a recurring weapon in From Software games.
- Syvalion
- The Purple Dragon from The Fairyland Story
- Singe, the villainous dragon referenced in the title of Dragon's Lair.
- Spyro of the Spyro the Dragon series, as well as many co-starring characters in the series.
- Synn, female red dragon and final boss, in Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara. Synn often masquerades as a young human sorceress commanding incredibly powerful magic, far beyond levels that her apparent youth should actually allow.
- Dragon is the final boss of the Shrek video game based on the film of the same name.
- Shrek SuperSlam has Dronkeys as playable characters, hybrids of the aforementioned Dragon and Donkey from the Shrek franchise.
- Talon, a dragon from Dragon Valor.
- Tamagon, from the NES video game Devil World.
- Tirra, a dragon from the Bomberman Wars
- The Super Dark Great Dragon from Bubble Memories:The Story Of Bubble Bobble III
- Debblun From Puzzle Bobble 3
- Develon From Puzzle Bobble 4
- Mecha Dragon in Mega Man 2 from the first level of Wily's fortress.
- Magma Dragoon and Eregion (a large green dragon Mechaniloid) from Mega Man X4.
- The Tiger-Dragon Emperor Tosh Raka is a dangerous villain in The Elder Scrolls series, though he has not yet appeared in person in any of the games. The Elder Scrolls also includes many virtuous dragons who have sworn allegiance to the Tamrielic Empire.
- Trogdor, a character from the Homestar Runner series of Flash games and cartoons.
- Tweek, his mother Gwyneth, and Tweek's siblings in Fur Fighters.
- The race of were-dragons in Fire Emblem
- A breed of monster in the Monster Rancher series.
- Ancient Wu sends out a dragon to fight the main player in True Crime: Streets of LA.
- Various dragons under the control of the Dragon Knights in Suikoden.
- The Red Dragon from the BBS door game Legend of the Red Dragon.
- Alexstrasza, Neltharion (Deathwing), Nozdormu, Ysera, Malygos, Onyxia, Nefarian, Drakkisath, Chromaggus, Gyth, Vaelastrasz, Chromie, Korialstrasz, Tyranostrasz, Lethon, Taerar, Ysondre, Emeriss, Firemaw, Anachronos, Azuregos, Flamegor, Ebonroc, Temporus, Aeonus and Terumus, Eranikus are all dragons found in the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
- In Zoids: Battle Legends, the Genosaurer and its variants have a charged particle cannon attack that makes them appear similar to dragons. Also the Deathsaurer and its variants appear to be modeled after Godzilla and have two separate charged particle cannon attacks (one of which can be swapped out for a missile launcher). There is also the Pteramander, which has a flame thrower attack. These are effectively mechanical dragons.
- The Wyvern and Storm Rider Heartless and certain Nobodies from the Kingdom Hearts series of games.
- Zephyr and Farnir in the Wild Arms series
- Glint from Guild Wars Prophecies
- Drogoth the Dragon Lord from The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
- In Tomb Raider 2, Lara Croft has to take on a dragon in "The Dragon's Lair", the plot of the entire game revolves around the mythology of Dragons.
- Draic Kin are a race of ancient dragon-like extraterrestrial sentient beings as featured in the adventure game The Longest Journey and its sequel Dreamfall.
- Various Dragons (Red, Black, Green, Golden, Bone, Ghost, Rust, Crystal, Fairy, Azure Dragon) in the Heroes of Might and Magic series by 3DO. In the 'expansion pack' for Heroes of Might and Magic III, Clash of the Dragons, the 'evil' dragons were led by the Dragon Queen Mutare. The dragons of Ashan from Heroes of Might and Magic V are Asha, the Primordial Dragon of Order; Urgash, the Primordial Dragon of Chaos; and the six Elemental Dragons (commonly worshipped as gods): Elrath, the Dragon of Light; Malassa, the Dragon of Darkness; Sylanna, the Dragon of Earth; Sylath, the Dragon of Air; Arkath, the Dragon of Fire; and Shalassa, the Dragon of Water.
- In The Legend of Dragoon, dragons are the source of the Dragoons' powers, able to be summoned when Dart and company reach a high enough level, Dragons such as the Red-Eyed Dragon and the Jade Dragoon. Some of the Dragoons had dragon partners, such as Feyrbrand, The Green Tusked Dragon; Regole, the Blue Sea Dragon; Michael, The Black Burst Dragon. The players fight the ultra-powerful Divine Dragon, referred to as the "King of Dragons", in the game, in a boss battle on disc three.
- There are many dragons, dragon-like creatures, and characters from Nintendo's Mario series. Bowser is a nasty dragon-like creature, though he also resembles a tortoise. This also include his transformed version, Giga Bowser from Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. There is also Blizzaurus from Super Princess Peach, Bonetail, Gloomtail and Hooktail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Fracktail and Wracktail from Super Paper Mario, and Rex from Super Mario World. Yoshi is sometimes considered a dragon, but is more properly a dinosaur.
- In the Panzer Dragoon series, Dragons are bio-weapons created through genetic mutation. The player-controlled dragon ridden by Jean-Luc Lundi in Panzer Dragoon II Zwei is named Lagi.
- There are several dragons in the Legend of Zelda series, most of which are boss characters, such as Volvagia from The Adventure of Link and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Twilit Dragon Argorok from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Onox from The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons who turns into a dragon, the friendly dragon Valoo from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Gleerok from the "Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap", and Gleeok from "The Legend of Zelda".
- Various creatures in the Pokémon anime and video games resemble dragons, but only a handful are of the actual type "dragon" (see Pokémon types). It was originally limited to only Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite. Later it was expanded to include Flygon, Rayquaza, Salamence, Latias/Latios(duplexed with Psychic), Garchomp, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus, Druddigon, Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem and others. Some non-Dragon type Pokémon such as Charizard, Gyarados, and Milotic are also modelled after dragons or similar mythical creatures. On the other hand, some Dragon types, such as Kingdra and Altaria, are based on somewhat dragon-like animals rather than dragons themselves.
- Four dragon breeds in the online game Shalkith: Last Kin. Red dragons, who specialize in direct combat, silver dragons, who are particularly adept at wielding magic, brown dragons, who focus on defensive capabilities, and blue dragons, balanced between the other breeds with an emphasis on unusual skills and abilities. Currently, only red dragons are available, while others are being developed.
- In the online RPG Tibia, dragons are one of the most feared enemies and give some of the most prized armors and legs.
- Various dragons in RuneScape, a popular MMORPG,: Skeletal wyverns, Green Dragons, Baby blue dragons, Blue Dragons, Baby red dragons, Red dragons, Baby black dragons, black dragons, and the mighty King Black Dragon, a huge black dragon with three heads and the even mightier queen black dragon. These dragons all range in skill and size.
- In Battledragons, the players play as one of the eight dragon races (Great, Mystic, Hydra, Wyvern, Basilisk, Wyrm, Feathered serpent, Bipedal).
- Cael, a magical dragon from Dragon Rage.
- Tempest, Crossel, and other dragons from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.
- Antharas the Earth Dragon and Nakondas, the Envoy of Antharas from Lineage 2. Valakas, the red Dragon appears in Lineage 2: Chronicle 4. The other dragons in the Lineage word are Fafurion the Water Dragon, Lindvior the Wind Dragon, Aulakiria the Light Dragon, and Bael-Zael. These are not yet added into the game.
- Several Neopets are modelled after dragons, such as the Shoyru, Scorchio and Draik. Other Neopets can have alternate "colors" that resemble dragons- for example, if a "Darigan Paint Brush" is used on the Tyrannosaurus-like Grarrl, it becomes a dragon. Several other characters on the site, such as King Terask, are also based on dragons.
- Mortrax, Athron, Pyrog, Sulfras, Khoth and Melanchion are all dragons in the Avernum/Exile series. Pythras is briefly seen in the Blades of Avernum Scenario "Valley of Dying Things"
- Various dragons in Ragnarok Online, including Novus, Ferus, Acidus, and the boss Detale.
- Various and monsters Thousand Arms, Meteor Dragon, Wind Dragon, Blizzard Dragon. and summon dragon Aquoon
- Various ridable charabom boss and monsters from the Bomberman franchise - Dragon Pup, from Bomberman Quest, Bomber Dragon, from Bomberman Wars, TwinDrag, Dorako, Pommy Dragon, SeaWing, Seiryu, Draco, Bagura's Mecha Dragon, Louie from Bomberman '94 and Bomberman Jetters
- Brongaa, Dragon of Purgatory in Yggdra Union.
- Trang-Oul, a deity worshipped by necromancers in Diablo 2. There is a set named after him.
- Wylaf, a powerful yet aged dragon full of wisdom and richness, aids both main characters (Rue and Mint) in their quest to retrieve the [relic] for their respective motives. From Square PSX game Threads of Fate.
- Horntail is a major and a famous boss in the MMORPG game Maplestory. And most players consider defeating horntail a great achievement and the 2 priest.bishop skills can summon a dragon. There are also dragons as enemies and a smaller boss dragon as an objective required to reach 4th job advancement.
- Dragons have also appeared in the popular massively-multiplayer online role-playing game RuneScape in different varieties, ranging from weak green dragons to fierce black dragons. There is also a dragon/hydra known as the King Black Dragon.
- Hindel, Belial, and Wagner are dragons that appear in the game Odin Sphere for the PlayStation 2.
- Several dragons appear in Radiata Stories, such as the Wind Dragon, Fire Dragon, Earth Dragon, Water Dragon, Silver Dragon, and Gold Dragon.
- A undead dragon who is summoned by La-Ilim in Grandia 3
- Shiba a pet dragon owned by Ulf in Grandia 3
- The Nidhog from Age of Mythology
- Dragon Age Series: In Dragon Age: Origins you have the Archdemon, which is a dragon type and is the final boss for the respective game. Also in Dragon Age: Origins you can optionally fight a High Dragon. In Dragon Age 2 in 'Act 3' there is a dragon called a "High Dragon" which is a side-quest boss (and is one of the harder bosses) that is activated after 'Act 2' and can be fought at any time. Also note that Flemeth from the Dragon Age series can shapeshift into a Dragon. Minor dragons called 'Drakes' and 'Dragonlings' appear throughout the games. Dragon Age itself (even in its name) has a strong theme of Dragons throughout, of which there are seven Archdemons all in the form of dragons. In Dragon Age: Inquisition there are several dragon and dragon like creatures, including ten High-Dragons: Fereldan Frostback, Northern Hunter, Abyssal High Dragon, Gamordan Stormrider, Greater Mistral, Hivernal, Vinsomer, Sandy Howler, Kaltenzahn, Highland Ravager. Also, the antagonist of Inquisition, Corypheus, controls a Red lyrium dragon.
- Landia, a four-headed red dragon in Kirby's Return to Dream Land
- The Phantasy Star MMOs have several dragon bosses such as Sil Dragon and Alterazgohg, as well as a race of dragons known as dragonkin in Phantasy Star Online 2
- The Sonic the Hedgehog game Sonic and the Black Knight featured two dragons as bosses: the Mist Dragon and the Earth Dragon. Other Sonic the Hedgehog titles have also featured dragon-like adversaries, such as Metal Overlord in Sonic Heroes.
Dragons in role-playing games
- The MMORPG Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted allows players to create a dragon as a playable character with hundreds of variations in appearance. The game also features numerous dragons as NPCs, and undead dragons in the employ of the main antagonists, the Withered Aegis, as boss creatures.
- numerous varieties of dragons in Dungeons & Dragons; see Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)
- in the anime-style MMORPG Mabinogi, various dragons exist. All are evil save for a few related to quests
- various Great Western dragons and others in Earthdawn
- various Great Feathered Serpent dragons, Great Eastern dragons, Great Western dragons, Great Sirrush dragons, and others in Shadowrun
- various types of dragons found in the Rifts role-playing game.
- Dragons are common (especially as non-player characters) in Dungeons & Dragons and in some fantasy role-playing video games. They, like many other dragons in modern culture, run the full range of good, evil, and everything in between. In Dungeons and Dragons the color of the dragon shows if it is evil or good. Metallic dragons are forces of good and they are led by the mighty dragon-god Bahamut. Chromatic dragons are evil creatures ranging from white (the weakest) to the mighty red (the strongest). The chromatic dragons revere Tiamat, a five-headed dragon-god with heads of each color of evil dragon (red, blue, green, white, black).
Dragons in card games
Fantasy card games often feature dragons, often many of them, and thus this sub-section only mentions the more popular or important ones.
Magic: The Gathering
Dragon is a creature subtype in Magic: The Gathering.
- The Primeval Dragons in the Invasion block, namely Crosis, the Purger; Darigaaz, the Igniter; Dromar, the Banisher; Rith, the Awakener and Treva, the Renewer
- The Elder Dragon Legends from the Legends block, namely Arcades Sabboth, Chromium, Nicol Bolas, Palladia-Mors and Vaevictis Asmadi
- Draco, an extremely powerful artifact dragon, that has the highest mana cost in the game (16 colorless mana).
- Rorix Bladewing, a Shivan dragon who fights in the Otarian Grand Coliseum to reclaim his nation's honor: upon his death, Rorix is reincarnated as a "dracolich", under the name Bladewing the Risen.
- The Guardian Ryuu of Kamigawa, including Jugan, the Rising Star; Keiga, the Tide Star; Kokusho, the Evening Star; Ryusei, the Falling Star; and Yosei, the Morning Star.
- Niv-Mizzet, the insightful but short-tempered dragon wizard and leader of the Izzet guild in Ravnica.
- The Planar Chaos set introduces a new cycle of legendary Dragons bearing many similarities to the Invasion cycle - Oros, the Avenger; Intet, the Dreamer; Teneb, the Harvester; Numot, the Devastator; and Vorosh, the Hunter.
- The Future Sight set contains a legendary dragon called Tarox Bladewing in its "futureshifted" sheet. Tarox is apparently the son of the above-mentioned Rorix Bladewing, and according to his flavour text, "despises his siblings as insults to his line, finding and devouring each in turn". According to the magicthegathering.com article that previewed Tarox, he wants to be just like his father Rorix - although smaller than his father, Tarox's controller can discard another Tarox from their hand to double his size, making him a far heavier hitter than Rorix.
- There are also numerous other dragons, which have appeared in almost every set and every block. The most notable such dragon is Shivan Dragon, which has appeared in all but one of the Magic Core Sets.
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game
- Features many dragons from Warcraft, including Onyxia, Deathwing, Alexstrasza and all the other Aspects.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Dragon is also a monster type in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. Dragons in Yu-Gi-Oh! include:
- The Blue-Eyes White Dragon and its incarnations, including Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue Eyes Shining Dragon. Blue Eyes White Dragon even also has a Toon version of itself.
- The Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and its incarnations, including Red-Eyes Black Chick, Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, not to mention its fusions.
- Baby Dragon which morphs into Thousand Dragon using Time Wizard.
- Slifer the Sky Dragon (Sky Dragon of Osiris), the Egyptian god Osiris card avatar.
- The Winged Dragon of Ra
- Timaeus, Critius, and Hermos, the Legendary Dragon Cards|Three Legendary Dragons
- Cyber Dragon variants, though actually classed as Machine type monsters, can easily be compared to the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
- Rainbow Dragon, the Crystal Lord & Dark Rainbow Dragon
- Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
- Five Headed Dragon (originally known as F.G.D.)
- The Five Dragons linked to the Signers,: Stardust Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, Black Rose Dragon, Ancient Fairy Dragon, Black-Winged Dragon and Life Stream Dragon. This also includes their "Buster/Assault Mode" and "Majestic/Savior" Forms.
- Several evolutionary dragons, such as Armed Dragons, Horus the Black Flame Dragon and some others.
- The Malefic Dragons the evil or the corrupted versions of the signature dragons throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh! series e.g. Malefic Stardust Dragon, Malefic Cyber End Dragon, Malefic Rainbow Dragon, Malefic Red Eyes Black Dragon, Malefic Blue Eyes White Dragon and most notably the Malefic Paradox Dragon and Malefic Truth Dragon.
Cardfight!! Vanguard
Several races and clans within the Cardfight!! Vanguard Trading Card Game are heavily based around dragons. A few of the races that are based on dragons include:
- Flame Dragon, found only in the Kagero and Narukami clan this race is the typical fire breathing dragon archetype. Notable units include: Dragonic Overlord, Gattling Claw Dragon, and Vortex Dragon.
- Cosmo Dragon, a powerful race considered holy and usually assosiated with bringing judgement upon evil forces. Notable units include: Soul Saver Dragon, and Satellitefall Dragon.
- Abyss Dragon, the abyss dragons are known for their strength and willingness to sacrifice allied units to gain extra power. Notable units include: Phantom Blaster Dragon, Phantom Blaster Overlord, and Spectral Duke Dragon.
- Dino Dragon, unique to the Tachikaze clan. As their name would suggest, they appear more dinosaur-like than dragon-like. Notable units include: Tyrant, Deathrex, Dragon Egg, and Sonic Noa.
- Winged Dragon, the typical flying dragon. Many of these units are mechanized. Notable untits include: Wyvern Strike, Tejas, Wyvern Strike, Jarran and Hex Cannon Wyvern.
- Dragonman, are units that share the features of both man and dragon. Notable units include: Lizard Runner, Undeux, Wyvern Guard, Barri, and Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha.
Dragons in board games
- Red, green and white dragon tiles in Mahjong.
- Dragon chess, a three-board chess variant designed by Gary Gygax, has a dragon piece.
- Big Snore, the sleepy purple title dragon from Don't Wake the Dragon!, a mid-1980s children's board game
- Carcassonne - The Princess & the Dragon, an expansion for Carcassonne (board game), centers around a dragon represented by a large wooden piece
- Mimring (the evil red dragon), Charos (the green dragon), Braxas (the black dragon queen), and Niflhelm (the white dragon king) are some of the most powerful characters in Heroscape.
Other Examples
- In the popular Real Time Strategy game series "Warcraft", dragons are very intelligent and divided into five distinct tribes, each ruled by an "Aspect", or overlord dragon. The different tribes are Red, the life dragons, ruled by Alexstrasza; Green, the dream dragons, ruled by Ysera; Blue, the magic dragons, ruled by Malygos; Bronze, the time dragons, ruled by Nozdormu; and Black, the earth dragons; formerly ruled by Neltharion, before his betrayal of the other for aspects and his ascension to the lofty title of Deathwing. The Warcraft dragons tend to disassociate themselves with the other races of "Azeroth". They only get involved when the world itself is in danger.
- The Breath of Fire series of role-playing video games made by Capcom, have their story revolve around the recurring hero, Ryu, who is a Light Dragon, who needs to defeat the Dark Dragons and ultimately, a goddess by the name of Myria, who is an enemy of the dragons.
- In the third game, nothing is mentioned of a war between the Light Dragons and the Dark Dragons, only of a war between the Brood (the race of dragons) and the goddess Myria (or Tyr).
Note that 'ryu' is Japanese for 'dragon', which is the name of the main protagonist of the series, who is a dragon.
- The Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft includes many dragons, one of which is named Onyxia. Onyxia is a major dragon boss and requires a multiple-man raid consisting of 20+ separate players, all working together with a certain plan of action designed to hopefully defeat her. Almost all the dragons depicted in the game are about five times the height of a player and are massively powerful elites, which means each one is a type of boss and therefore much harder to kill than a normal creature. The other dragons in the game are smaller, pocket versions of the full size dragons, called whelplings. These are much easier to kill and are not bosses at all. If one is lucky enough to kill the right whelpling, in some cases the loot collected from the dead creature can include a whelpling pet (which can be summoned to fly alongside the owner of the pet at will), which is extremely rare on the game and can be sold for several hundred gold.
- The Elder Dragons are the main antagonists in the MMORPG Guild Wars 2. According to the lore of the game, the Elder Dragons have been sleeping for centuries and have now awoken to unleash a cycle of destruction upon Tyria, the world in which the game is set. Each dragon has its own minions, and some of them are associated with an element. For example, Primordus, the dragon of fire, controls the Destroyers; Jormag, the dragon of ice, controls the Icebrood; and Mordemoth, believed to be an earth dragon, of whom little is known about other than his name. Other dragons include Zhaitan, the undead dragon, who controls zombie-like creatures known as the Risen; Kralkatorrik, the dragon of crystal, who controls crystallized creatures known as the Branded; and a Deep Sea Dragon of whom little is known about other than his existence. Mordemoth and the Deep Sea Dragon currently have no minions in the game, although some players believe they will be the subject of expansions and/or updates.