The Bard's Tale Trilogy
First-person dungeon RPG trilogy with one party across three adventures
Krome Studios, inXile Entertainment · Published by inXile Entertainment · Released Aug 14, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 1,560
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 20
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 7 years ago
- Sep 18, 2019
What is The Bard's Tale Trilogy?
This collection remasters three fantasy, first-person dungeon RPGs. You build a party, explore grid-based dungeons, and fight turn-based battles, beginning with a quest to free a city held by a wizard. You can carry the same party through all three games.
For you if...
- +you enjoy old-school party building and turn-based battles
- +you like finding your way through difficult fantasy dungeons
- +you value modern conveniences in classic RPGs
Not for you if...
- −you want fast combat without extended dungeon crawls
- −you prefer clearly guided quests over obscure puzzles
What players say
95% of 1,560 reviews are positive
Players praise the automapping and other conveniences for making the older games easier to play while retaining their original structure. They complain about grinding, repetitive battles, and confusing dungeons, especially in the middle game.
Screenshots and trailer
The Bard's Tale Trilogy system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64bit OS, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ / Intel Core i5-2500K or higher if using integrated Intel GPU
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- 64bit OS, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-760 / AMD FX-6100set support
- Graphics
- Nvidia 750 or AMD equivalent, or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 47
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.
Tags
- RPG
- Dungeon Crawler
- Classic
- Grid-Based Movement
- Fantasy
- First-Person
- Old School
- Singleplayer
- Party-Based RPG
- Remake
- Retro
- Turn-Based
- CRPG
- 2D
- Turn-Based Combat
Recent updates
- Sep 18, 2019 · New Bard's Tale Trilogy Patch Released - v4.29
- Aug 13, 2019 · New Bard's Tale Trilogy Patch Released - v4.28
- Feb 26, 2019 · The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate and Legacy Mode Have Been Released!
- Dec 22, 2018 · Thief of Fate BETA Released!
- Oct 22, 2018 · The Destiny Knight Update
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