Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition: the full Grey Warden saga in one gift

If you've ever wanted to see where the Dragon Age universe began, this is the entry point. Dragon Age: Origins launched in 2009 from BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, and it's still regarded as one of the strongest classic RPGs ever made: dark fantasy, a grown-up story, and companions you'll remember years later. The Ultimate Edition (2010) bundles the best of it into one package — the base game, the large Awakening expansion, and all 9 content packs. No piecemeal buying required.

What Dragon Age: Origins is

You begin with one of six "origins" — that's where the name comes from. A city elf from the alienage, a dwarven noble, a Circle mage, a human of noble blood — your starting point reshapes the opening hours and how the world treats you. Then the paths converge: a Blight looms over Ferelden, darkspawn pour out of the ground, and you become a Grey Warden, one of the few who can stop them. In theory, anyway — first you'll need to rally an army of people who can barely stand each other.

Why this RPG still has a following

Origins is a game about choices that cost you something. There's no "correct" button. Save the village or preserve your army? Side with the mages or the templars? Who takes the throne? Decisions ripple across the whole story and pay off in the ending. Combat is tactical: pause anytime, issue orders to the whole party, and place spells like pieces on a chessboard. And the companions — Morrigan, Alistair, Sten, Leliana, Zevran — argue, clash, romance, and react to what you do.

What's in the Ultimate Edition

This is the complete set, with no need to buy the base game separately:

• Dragon Age: Origins — the main campaign, the core story of the Blight and the Grey Wardens.
• Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening — a large story expansion: the new Amaranthine region, new companions, a continuation after the original's ending, and a higher level cap.
• The Stone Prisoner — unlocks the golem companion Shale.
• Warden's Keep — a side quest around the Wardens' fortress with useful bonuses.
• Return to Ostagar — go back to the first battlefield for the fallen king's gear.
• The Golems of Amgarrak — a standalone, grim adventure deep in the dwarven thaigs.
• The Darkspawn Chronicles — the war seen through darkspawn eyes in an alternate reality.
• Leliana's Song — a prequel about the bard Leliana's past.
• Witch Hunt — the final chapter that closes out Morrigan's story.
• Feastday Gifts and Pranks — gift and prank packs for your companions.
• Blood Dragon Armor — an armor set (it also carries into Dragon Age II).

One honest note: the Ultimate Edition does not include the pre-order bonuses or Collector's Edition exclusives — they were never part of this bundle, and that's fine. The full story content of the original plus Awakening is all yours.

How you'll receive the game: Steam gift

We deliver Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition as a Steam gift through the supplier's bot. You provide your Steam friend invite link and your account region. The bot then adds itself, sends the gift, and leaves your friends list after delivery — you don't need to accept the request, and Steam Guard isn't required. It usually goes through in a couple of minutes after checkout, though we won't promise a hard timer: it varies.

Two conditions or the gift won't go through

For Steam to accept the gift, two things matter. First, your account region must match the gift region (our version covers 47 regions, so pick the one that fits your account). Second, Dragon Age: Origins must not already be in the library of the account you're sending to: Steam won't let you accept a gift for a game you already own. That's the single most common reason a gift "won't go through," so check beforehand.

Account activity and Steam Guard

You don't need anything special on the account to accept the gift — no previously purchased games, no activity, no Steam Guard enabled. The one requirement is that friend requests are allowed in your profile settings. If they're blocked, the bot simply can't reach you.

If you love Dragon Age and BioWare

Origins is the foundation. From here it makes sense to move through the saga: check out Dragon Age: Inquisition, the biggest and most expansive entry in the series, and the recent Dragon Age: The Veilguard. And if it's BioWare's signature style you enjoy — party RPGs with companions and hard choices — be sure to look at Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the space trilogy from the same studio.

Who should grab it

Get it if you want a classic party-based RPG with a deep story and none of the modern hand-holding, if you missed Origins back in the day, or if you want to replay everything in one go — Awakening and all the DLC included. It's dozens of hours of dark fantasy where your Warden decides Ferelden's fate.

🎮 Sequels & parts

Nearby in the catalog: Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition.