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The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

inXile Entertainment · 2009-12-11

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!

The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled is an Action, Adventure and RPG game released in 2009, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1454 reviews).

3
playing now
75%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Bard's Tale is an action role-playing game developed and published by inXile Entertainment in 2004. The game was marketed as a humorous spoof of fantasy role-playing video games. It is neither a remake nor a sequel to Interplay Productions' Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale (1985).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 58k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,454 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2014-06-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 65 of 97 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
543Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 14 · peak 34Dec 2012 — avg 27 · peak 99May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2013 — avg 18 · peak 57Mar 2014 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2014 — avg 12 · peak 30Jan 2015 — avg 16 · peak 46Jun 2015 — avg 14 · peak 43Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 30Dec 2017 — avg 33 · peak 90May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 29Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 21Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-10-29 — best price $2.492016-02-05 — best price $1.992016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-04-15 — best price $1.992018-12-13 — best price $4.992019-07-01 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $6.592020-07-09 — best price $19.992021-01-18 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992022-01-24 — best price $9.992022-04-15 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-03-07 — best price $19.992023-05-25 — best price $19.992023-10-10 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-23 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $3.992024-09-20 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-04-10 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-04 — best price $3.992026-04-30 — best price $3.992026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $3.992026-09-18 — best price $3.992026-09-30 — best price $3.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

468902026-05-29 — 159 pageviews2026-06-02 — 128 pageviews2026-06-06 — 154 pageviews2026-06-10 — 174 pageviews2026-06-14 — 164 pageviews2026-06-18 — 169 pageviews2026-06-22 — 112 pageviews2026-06-26 — 107 pageviews2026-06-30 — 130 pageviews2026-07-04 — 113 pageviews2026-07-08 — 136 pageviews2026-07-12 — 140 pageviews2026-07-16 — 140 pageviews2026-07-20 — 173 pageviews2026-07-24 — 128 pageviews2026-07-28 — 105 pageviews2026-08-01 — 142 pageviews2026-08-05 — 131 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-13 — 101 pageviews2026-08-17 — 155 pageviews2026-08-21 — 103 pageviews2026-08-25 — 119 pageviews2026-08-29 — 173 pageviews2026-09-02 — 133 pageviews2026-09-06 — 120 pageviews2026-09-10 — 153 pageviews2026-09-14 — 90 pageviews2026-09-18 — 117 pageviews2026-09-22 — 234 pageviews2026-09-26 — 165 pageviews2026-09-30 — 117 pageviews2026-10-04 — 123 pageviews2026-10-07 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
26%
earned "Thunder Spider Tune"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows, Switch (Xbox)9,43225%51
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGFunnyActionComedyClassicFantasyParody MedievalAdventureIsometric

Census log

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

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