# Bard's Gold

Summer DB entity ID: 417df549\-81e0\-4647\-8f31\-7def6fa78e10

Steam App ID: 381900

Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that let's you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold\. Help the Bard to overcome the dungeon’s many dangerous perils and use your new\-found treasures to improve your character and to buy new weapons and gear\!   This game takes inspiration from early 90's platforming classics such as Rainbow Island, Rick Dangerous, Alex Kidd and Erik, which at the time were popular on the Amiga and consoles\. Bard's Gold is slower paced than most current day platformers, but is extemely challenging\. Players need to avoid enemies, traps and projectiles in order to progress\. Being hit by any of them means instant death\. Difficult puzzles and towering bosses will have to be overcome to reach the filthy goblin that stole the family treasure\. Key Features    Old school platforming experience  \- No tutorials or explanations how things should be done\. Everything including the basic game mechanics must be figured out by yourself as you go\.     Rogue\-lite  \- Different layouts for each level is randomly chosen every playthrough\. While getting the chance to memorize levels and get better at them, the "random level" system will keep your interest\. With the gems you collect you will be able to upgrade your character on the Game Over screen\. These upgrades are permanent and will help you on future playthroughs\.     Extremely challenging, yet rewarding gameplay     Beautifully designed retro\-inspired graphics     Gain powerful new abilities by finding skill books     Death will make you stronger     Solve intricate puzzles and defeat towering bosses     Full controller support     Steam achievements, leaderboards and trading cards   Lore While I was adventuring, I got my saddle containing the legendary Bard's Gold stolen by a filthy goblin\. It has been my Family Treasure for generations\.\.\.  I had to get it back at all costs\! Giving chase to the burglar, I went through a portal that sent me to this strange world\.\.\.  I must escape and return the Bard's Gold to where it belongs\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Pixel Lantern

- Publisher: Pixel Lantern

- Release date: Aug 14, 2015

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

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- Price: 799 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 138

- Steam positive reviews: 108

- Steam negative reviews: 30

- Steam positive percentage: 78.26086956521739%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T05:35:24\.387682\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T05:35:25\.792514\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T05:35:25\.356511\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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