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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

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App ID 1091980
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher inXile Entertainment
Franchise The Bard's Tale
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 30258169
Last Record Update 26 July 2025 – 00:03:36 UTC ()
Release Date 27 August 2019 – 16:01:42 UTC ()
😏 74.40%
1k reviews
9
In-Game
🎲 RPG 🎲 Turn-Based 🏰 Dungeon Crawler 🤝 Party-Based RPG 🙌 First-Person

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

Additional Information

Developer inXile Entertainment
metacritic_name The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 84
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-bards-tale-iv-directors-cut?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
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ReleaseState released
Publisher inXile Entertainment
Store Release Date 27 August 2019 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 27 August 2019 – 16:01:42 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 19 July 2023 – 15:29:42 UTC () (1689780582)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game requires manual configuration of graphics settings to perform well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not support cross-platform saved games
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: This game does not support cross-platform saved games
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 19 July 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4686232
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First seen on SteamDB 20 May 2019 – 14:36:20 UTC (), in changelist #6275124

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

🎲 RPG 🎲 Turn-Based 🏰 Dungeon Crawler 🤝 Party-Based RPG 🙌 First-Person 🧩 Puzzle 🎭 Fantasy 💻 CRPG 👤 Singleplayer 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🦹 Character Customization

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
1091981 Windows 64-bitThe Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - Win 25.82 GiB 25.44 GiB
1091982 macOS The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - Mac 50.78 GiB 46.62 GiB
1091983 Linux The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - Linux 36.13 GiB 34.16 GiB
1091984 DLC 1107880The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut Standard Edition 130.84 MiB 132.09 MiB
1091985 DLC 1107881The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut Deluxe Edition 829.20 MiB 838.19 MiB

Total size on disk is 113.67 GiB and total download size is 107.17 GiB.

Total size on disk is 25.82 GiB and total download size is 25.44 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 4686232 20 February 2020 – 20:08:51 UTC

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