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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.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is a rpg, turn-based and dungeon crawler game developed and published by inXile Entertainment.
Released on August 27th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Russian.

It has received 1,235 reviews of which 954 were positive and 281 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.79€ on Steam with a 80% discount, but you can find it for 0.76€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut into these genres:

RPG Turn-Based Dungeon Crawler Party-Based RPG First-Person Puzzle Fantasy CRPG Singleplayer Turn-Based Combat Character Customization Adventure

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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
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970
  • Storage: 29 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X (10.13)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3.7Ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970
  • Storage: 60 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04 or equivalent
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970
  • Storage: 43 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
A great game: Combat system is fun. Great voice acting. World and story are good. Brilliant, diverse and entertaining puzzles. What most stands out is the music, they really put lots of effort into it; I use one of their track for meditation sessions: "Iain Ghlinn Cuaich (Extended Version)", check it out great stuff.
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April 2025
Top 5 of my favorite RPG's I've played in recent times. HIGHLY recommend. Lots of puzzles, great combat, excellent character advancement and equipment/gear systems that truly feel like character development.
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March 2025
40/40/20 Combat / Puzzle / Conversation-n-Questing Outstanding voicework and a truly unique soundtrack that compelled me to, more than once, set down the controller and turn up the stereo. Game is boring and 0ff-putting until you finish first dungeon and get out of the city (maybe 4 hrs)? Once there were min. 3 people in the party, combat really opened up into its truly unique and fun potential. Seriously combat is a blast here, fights are fast and furious with a gamepad. I wouldn't want to kb+m this game. Outstanding environmental design. Polygon count might not set your gpu on fire but d**m those outdoor areas and dungeons are gorgeous. Lovely character animation too - the monster animations at least. Game has good pacing and the story is interesting enough. It benefits from a unique take on classic fantasy (its own Elves and Dwarves, etc) and the game has some interesting lore sprinkled here and there which I bet would be cool to fans of the OG games way back when. Gotta be honest, in the last two areas I was puzzled out so I switched on the option to 'sing' past them. I feel bad about this, as the puzzles in the final area and optional Dwarven ruins were visually stunning. Long game, but I'd replay it. I hope Clockwork Revolution is a success, as inXile is a talented studio with a great catalog of underselling gems.
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Sept. 2024
Fantastic game. Satisfying story. Brutal combat. Fun puzzles. Tons of build options. Extensive amount of content. Well worth the price tag.
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Sept. 2024
This game is not similar to the original three. If you know that and go in with an open mind, you might enjoy this. I do recommend avoiding those red groups at the start, the characters are not joking when they tell you about death.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is currently priced at 9.79€ on Steam.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 9.79€ on Steam.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut received 954 positive votes out of a total of 1,235 achieving a rating of 7.41.
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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut was developed and published by inXile Entertainment.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is a single-player game.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut does not currently offer any DLC.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut 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.

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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
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