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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 28983991
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 15:23:44 UTC ()
Release Date 27 August 2019 – 16:01:42 UTC ()
😏 74.15%
1k reviews
9
In-Game

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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Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 9 June 2022 – 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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