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A game about parrying, attacking, and overcoming difficult foes

A Bastard's Tale is a indie, difficult and action game developed and published by No Pest Productions.
Released on May 26th 2015 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 367 reviews of which 297 were positive and 70 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified A Bastard's Tale into these genres:

Indie Difficult Action Adventure Swordplay Pixel Graphics Arcade Action-Adventure Controller Hack and Slash Medieval Singleplayer 2D

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows ME and 2000 and later
  • Processor: CPU with SSE2 support, including Intel Pentium 4, Pentium M, Core or Atom, AMD Athlon 64 or later.
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB RAM
  • Storage: 68 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
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Jan. 2025
A Bastard's Tale Has a total of 5 trading cards.
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Dec. 2024
funny little game
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Dec. 2024
Very hard game It has a fun and complex combat system The NPC's look very nice Very nice music Nice artstyle 10/10
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Dec. 2024
Great music, sound effects, art style, and gameplay.
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Frequently Asked Questions

A Bastard's Tale is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

A Bastard's Tale is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

A Bastard's Tale received 297 positive votes out of a total of 367 achieving a rating of 7.57.
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A Bastard's Tale was developed and published by No Pest Productions.

A Bastard's Tale is playable and fully supported on Windows.

A Bastard's Tale is not playable on MacOS.

A Bastard's Tale is not playable on Linux.

A Bastard's Tale is a single-player game.

A Bastard's Tale does not currently offer any DLC.

A Bastard's Tale does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

A Bastard's Tale does not support Steam Remote Play.

A Bastard's Tale is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for A Bastard's Tale.

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A Bastard's Tale
4.99€
7.6
297
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No Pest Productions
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No Pest Productions
Release 26 May 2015
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