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
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 77% of 1,306
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 3
- peak 24h 9
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 6 years ago
- Feb 20, 2020
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 1,306 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.
Screenshots and trailer
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut system requirements
As published by the developer.
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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 59
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.
Tags
- RPG
- Turn-Based
- Dungeon Crawler
- Party-Based RPG
- First-Person
- Puzzle
- Fantasy
- CRPG
- Singleplayer
- Turn-Based Combat
- Character Customization
- Adventure
Recent updates
- Feb 20, 2020 · February 20 Patch - The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut Update
- Nov 20, 2019 · November 20 Patch - The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut Update
- Oct 9, 2019 · October 9 Patch - The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut Update
- Sep 10, 2019 · September 10 Patch - The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut Update
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