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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

inXile Entertainment · 2019-08-27

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RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 27, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2019 (Linux), Aug 27, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Aug 27, 2019 (Xbox One), Aug 27, 2019 (Mac)

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.

10
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 30% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,304 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-80%
Microsoft Store$7.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at GOG (2021-09-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 34 of 57 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1642026-08-12 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$6.992019-07-112026-08-272019-07-11 — best price $34.992020-01-20 — best price $11.902020-03-16 — best price $17.492020-07-09 — best price $34.992020-11-27 — best price $17.492021-02-10 — best price $8.742021-07-08 — best price $34.992021-10-12 — best price $39.992022-01-31 — best price $34.992022-04-15 — best price $34.992022-07-22 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $8.742023-01-27 — best price $34.992023-04-04 — best price $34.992023-07-13 — best price $13.192023-09-22 — best price $8.742023-12-05 — best price $6.992024-02-12 — best price $34.992024-04-19 — best price $39.992024-06-23 — best price $34.992024-08-19 — best price $34.992024-11-05 — best price $34.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-02-05 — best price $34.992025-04-25 — best price $34.992025-06-24 — best price $39.992025-09-23 — best price $34.992025-11-19 — best price $7.992026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-03-11 — best price $6.992026-04-29 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-08-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
46.8%
earned "Honor Thy Elders"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)5,2791%59
Steam (Steam)2,3143%59

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGPuzzleFantasyAdventureTurn-BasedFirst-PersonSingleplayerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPG

Census log

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

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