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Breath of Fire IV

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2026-04-01

SteamGOG

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Breath of Fire IV is an Adventure and RPG game released in 2026, priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 639 reviews).

75%
positive of 639 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (80 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (1.6k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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 17% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 639 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%

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 98 of 156 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$3.802025-04-252026-10-142025-04-25 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $4.992026-02-10 — best price $8.992026-02-21 — best price $4.992026-04-02 — best price $4.992026-04-09 — best price $5.002026-04-13 — best price $9.992026-04-21 — best price $8.992026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-05-16 — best price $9.532026-05-20 — best price $9.992026-05-24 — best price $4.492026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-06-11 — best price $8.602026-06-17 — best price $4.992026-06-24 — best price $4.252026-07-03 — best price $8.602026-07-10 — best price $9.992026-07-15 — best price $4.992026-07-22 — best price $8.602026-07-27 — best price $8.602026-08-01 — best price $4.992026-08-07 — best price $4.992026-08-11 — best price $5.002026-08-15 — best price $5.002026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-08-31 — best price $4.992026-09-04 — best price $4.992026-09-08 — best price $4.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

258792026-05-18 — 137 pageviews2026-05-22 — 124 pageviews2026-05-26 — 125 pageviews2026-05-30 — 98 pageviews2026-06-03 — 121 pageviews2026-06-07 — 155 pageviews2026-06-11 — 113 pageviews2026-06-15 — 137 pageviews2026-06-19 — 123 pageviews2026-06-23 — 138 pageviews2026-06-27 — 178 pageviews2026-07-01 — 137 pageviews2026-07-05 — 157 pageviews2026-07-09 — 143 pageviews2026-07-13 — 131 pageviews2026-07-17 — 136 pageviews2026-07-21 — 162 pageviews2026-07-25 — 159 pageviews2026-07-29 — 99 pageviews2026-08-02 — 159 pageviews2026-08-06 — 95 pageviews2026-08-10 — 120 pageviews2026-08-14 — 111 pageviews2026-08-18 — 94 pageviews2026-08-22 — 117 pageviews2026-08-26 — 109 pageviews2026-08-30 — 113 pageviews2026-09-03 — 103 pageviews2026-09-07 — 258 pageviews2026-09-11 — 141 pageviews2026-09-15 — 122 pageviews2026-09-19 — 113 pageviews2026-09-23 — 128 pageviews2026-09-27 — 131 pageviews2026-10-01 — 118 pageviews2026-10-05 — 156 pageviews2026-10-09 — 113 pageviews2026-10-12 — 121 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-06-25 (Steam store data)

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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