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Breath of Fire IV

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2026-04-01

SteamGOG

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 30, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 03, 2001 (PlayStation), Aug 16, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Aug 16, 2011 (PlayStation Portable)

Master an array of skills and magic to unlock strategic victories in battle as you go head to head with unique enemies using powerful "Dragon Transformations" and combo actions! Follow the intertwining stories of Ryu and Fou-Lu to their thrilling conclusion in this classic RPG adventure.

75%
positive of 613 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (80 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)
Breath of Fire IV is a role-playing video game developed by Capcom, and is the fourth game in the Breath of Fire series. It was originally released for the PlayStation home console in Japan, North America in 2000 and Europe in 2001. The game was later ported to Windows-based PCs in Europe and Japan in 2003. An enhanced PC port was released in 2025 via GOG.com.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (313 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 613 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.00-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.15 at GameBillet (2026-05-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 67 of 111 observed days · $0.84 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23623620262026Week of 2026-04-02: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.802025-04-252026-08-302025-04-25 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-02-02 — best price $3.802026-02-10 — best price $8.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $3.832026-04-03 — best price $4.292026-04-09 — best price $5.002026-04-12 — best price $8.442026-04-18 — best price $8.442026-04-22 — best price $8.992026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-04-30 — best price $5.002026-05-05 — best price $9.992026-05-17 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $9.992026-05-23 — best price $4.992026-05-30 — best price $8.792026-06-05 — best price $4.992026-06-11 — best price $8.602026-06-15 — best price $8.292026-06-19 — best price $3.822026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-03 — best price $8.602026-07-09 — best price $5.002026-07-12 — best price $8.602026-07-16 — best price $4.992026-07-22 — best price $8.602026-07-25 — best price $8.992026-07-30 — best price $8.992026-08-03 — best price $4.392026-08-07 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.952026-08-13 — best price $4.772026-08-16 — best price $8.992026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

182792026-05-18 — 137 pageviews2026-05-21 — 145 pageviews2026-05-24 — 150 pageviews2026-05-27 — 111 pageviews2026-05-30 — 98 pageviews2026-06-02 — 124 pageviews2026-06-05 — 156 pageviews2026-06-08 — 126 pageviews2026-06-11 — 113 pageviews2026-06-14 — 165 pageviews2026-06-17 — 130 pageviews2026-06-20 — 134 pageviews2026-06-23 — 138 pageviews2026-06-26 — 152 pageviews2026-06-29 — 126 pageviews2026-07-02 — 153 pageviews2026-07-05 — 157 pageviews2026-07-08 — 153 pageviews2026-07-11 — 112 pageviews2026-07-14 — 159 pageviews2026-07-17 — 136 pageviews2026-07-20 — 116 pageviews2026-07-23 — 156 pageviews2026-07-26 — 151 pageviews2026-07-29 — 99 pageviews2026-08-01 — 111 pageviews2026-08-04 — 124 pageviews2026-08-07 — 105 pageviews2026-08-10 — 120 pageviews2026-08-13 — 97 pageviews2026-08-16 — 133 pageviews2026-08-19 — 122 pageviews2026-08-22 — 117 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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