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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

First-person fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based battles and puzzles

inXile Entertainment · Published by inXile Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios · Released Aug 27, 2019

RPG

Reviews
Mostly Positive
77% of 718
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
4
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
6 years ago
Feb 20, 2020
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 760
8 GB RAM · 29 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut?

A first-person fantasy dungeon crawler in which you assemble a party and follow quests through towns, wilderness, and dungeons. You solve environmental puzzles and use positioning in turn-based fights as an ancient evil stirs.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy experimenting with party builds and skills
  • +you like solving puzzles while exploring fantasy dungeons
  • +you value music as part of an RPG's atmosphere

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer open-ended exploration to a mostly linear quest
  • −you dislike puzzles that can slow your progress
  • −you want fast action combat rather than turn-based fights

What players say

77% of 718 reviews are positive

Players praise the music, party-building choices, and tactical combat. Others find the puzzles too frequent and the fights tedious or limited. Some also report bugs and stuttering.

How many players finish The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut?

7.1% of Steam players have unlocked «Savior of Skara Brae», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 760, 8 GB RAM, 29 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor
Intel Core i5 2500K or equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
29 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor
Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
Graphics
NVIDIA GTX 970/AMD 290 equivalent or greater
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
29 GB available space

Does The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default configuration is not performant
  • Cloud saves are not shared across platforms
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
59
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.

Does The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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