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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 ()
😏 74.37%
1k reviews
11
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

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timestamp19 July 2023 – 15:30:12 UTC

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timestamp 19 July 2023 – 15:30:01 UTC

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