The First Hunt For The Dragon Balls

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended

The First Hunt For The Dragon Balls
21st Tenkaichi Budokai

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (Especially on an actual DS)

The Red Ribbon Army Arc
The Uranai Baba Tournament

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (See Origins)

Piccolo Daimao Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Though, the gameplay is interesting)

Red Ribbon Army Arc
Uranai Baba Tournament
22nd Tenkaichi Budokai
Piccolo Daimao Arc

Recommendation Status: Recommended (Enjoyable, albeit short and not too interesting)

NOTE: This is a very loose adaptation
First Hunt For The Dragon Balls
21st Tenkaichi Budokai
Red Ribbon Army Arc
Uranai Baba Tournament
22nd Tenkaichi Budokai
Piccolo Daimao Arc

Recommendation Status: Recommended (Though not as good as Origins or Revenge of King Piccolo)

First Hunt For The Dragon Balls
21st Tenkaichi Budokai
Red Ribbon Army Arc
Uranai Baba Tournament
22nd Tenkaichi Budokai
Piccolo Daimao Arc
23rd Tenkaichi Budokai

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Also, currently not translated)

First Hunt For The Dragon Balls
21st Tenkaichi Budokai
Red Ribbon Army Arc
Uranai Baba Tournament
22nd Tenkaichi Budokai
Piccolo Daimao Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (Mainly for its visual style, gameplay beyond that is dull)

Saiyajin Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Seriously, these DB card games aren't fun)

23rd Tenkaichi Budokai
Saiyajin Arc

Recommendation Status: ??? (To my knowledge, the TL is incomplete, and any gameplay I have seen has looked painfully dull)

23rd Tenkaichi Budokai
Saiyajin Arc

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended

Freeza Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended

Freeza Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (This is also the game where Vegeta becomes a Super Saiyajin on Namek in case anyone forgot)

23rd Tenkaichi Budokai
Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Unfinished TL)

Freeza Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Unfinished TL)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Very poor ARPG)

Freeza Arc (Super Saiyajin Goku vs Freeza at the start)
Jinzouningen Arc (Ends with Piccolo vs Cell)
The Movies (Loosely ; Just Coola)

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended

23rd Tenkaichi Budokai
Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Recommended (Not the best Butoden game, but still fun)

Jinzouningen Arc
The Movies (Loosely ; Bojack & Broly)

Recommendation Status: Recommended (The best Butoden game, and the most interesting one in the content it chooses to cover)

Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (Unfinished TL, interesting little fighting game though)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (its gimmick of showing classic scenes from the anime in 3D is pretty cool, and the what if scenarios are nice)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (It's the same deal as the Budokai series, though the fighting here is more competent in its execution)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (I famously do not like card games)

Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (Slightly interesting ARPG)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Look at that cover)

Plan to Destroy The Saiyajins

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (For both the OVA and both versions of the game)

Plan to Destroy The Saiyajins

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (for the killer soundtrack and OVA)

Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (If you liked Super Butoden 2, you'll enjoy this one)

Majin Buu Arc (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (No TL to my knowledge, the "loosely" refers to the game mode where you play as Mr. Satan and rig tournaments to make money and pay back #18)

Freeza Arc (Loosely)
Jinzouningen Arc (Loosely)
Majin Buu Arc (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (probably the best 2D fighting game DB has had (ignoring FighterZ))

Majin Buu Arc (INCREDIBLY Loosely)
It's essentially a retelling set in the Majin Buu arc, where Gohan is telling Goten about everything their dad did, so it goes over most of the series, but I'll just say Buu because that makes my life easier.

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (It's cool to watch on youtube, but as far as I'm aware there's no TL, the gameplay isn't that great, it's a PC Engine game, and it only covers 7 fights Goku has been in)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (So long as you can get a Saturn emulator working)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (Amazing OP, some fun what-ifs at times, but the board game is a chore)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
The Movies (loosely)

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (does its own distinct thing from the other Budokai games and ultimately succeeds)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
The Movies (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Recommended (A tad too difficult at times, though it is enjoyable to unlock a lot of stuff here, and there is just pure fanservice strewn about (the kind of fanservice you'd see in Heroes a few years later, giving every character SSJ3)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended

Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (If you want more Legacy of Goku, this is where you go)

Freeza Arc (Loosely)
Jinzouningen Arc (Loosely)
Majin Buu Arc (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (If only for the What If scenarios)

Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
The Movies (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Just a bog standard recap with some really funny ways of shoehorning in movie villains)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (Pretty fun for a PSP game)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: Avoid (Are you really going to play a kinect game in [current year]? Also, Episode of Bardock sucks and if you think it didn't, you need to reevaluate your life choices)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
The Movies (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (This is an ArcSys game btw)

Fusion Reborn (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (these PSP games are shockingly good)

The Movies (INCREDIBLY Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended

Dragon Ball GT (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Avoid

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Dragon Ball GT
The Movies

Recommendation Status: Recommended (Probably the best Tenkaichi game)

Dragon Ball (Loosely)
Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Dragon Ball GT
The Movies

Recommendation Status: Recommended (Tenkaichi 2 + a bit more)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Dragon Ball GT
The Movies (Loosely)

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (It's just worse Budokai 3)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Dragon Ball GT
Original Story (Separate from everything else)

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (The only distinct thing it has in its retelling is some scenes are 2D animation, but it uses the modern Yamamuro style and ultimately looks awful)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Dragon Ball GT
The Movies

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Borderline unfair, outclassed by its sequels, that stupid OP)

Black Star Dragon Balls Arc (GT)
Baby Arc (GT)

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (it's similar to Advanced Adventure, though more competent)

Dragon Ball Evolution

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (You could do worse for Budokai on a PSP, and it has hilarious cutscenes to boot)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc

Recommendation Status: ??? (Haven't played and genuinely can't tell if it has been TL'd)

Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Battle of Gods
The Movies

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (This was cool at the time, but God it did not age well. If you own a Vita, it's marginally more fun as a pick up and play experience)

23rd Tenkaichi Budokai (With DLC)
Saiyajin Arc
Freeza Arc
Jinzouningen Arc
Majin Buu Arc
Battle of Gods (With DLC)
Resurrection F (With DLC)
Goku Black (With DLC, only Trunks' new backstory)
Burdock Special (With DLC)
End of Z (With DLC)

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (I hear there's a server resurrection if anyone wants to try it out, trust me, the Time Patrol used to be fun and not groan inducing)

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: Not Recommended (Xenoverse 2 quite literally replaces it)

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: Lightly Recommended (I enjoyed it as a pseudo MMORPG, where I wasted time grinding away at missions. As a game it's not really that fun, though sometimes there's funny memes (Guess who's back? It's COOLA!))

Post-Story (Xenoverse Style)

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (Unique and interesting take on the Dragon Ball world, with the flavour of Xenoverse but way better handled)

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: You don't need me to fellate this game

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: Avoid Heroestrash

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: Avoid Heroestrash

Post-Series

Recommendation Status: Avoid Heroestrash

Lifts Characters From Across The Series

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (is probably the most unique fighting game in the whole franchise, from its cast of characters, to its visual style, to how genuinely competent it is at what it does)

Lifts Characters From Across The Series

Recommendation Status: Avoid (The OP is cool though)

Lifts Characters From Across The Series

Recommendation Status: Avoid

MUGEN that lifts characters from across the series

Recommendation Status: Highly Recommended (It's fun and free)