# The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

Summer DB entity ID: a73b72c9\-81f5\-49f4\-907d\-f37643958572

Steam App ID: 1091980

Special Editions            About the Game Hidden in the shadows, an evil has waited patiently\. Until now\. Who will face the darkness if not you? A heroic adventure featuring 50\+ hours of gameplay, 350 speaking parts, a Legacy Mode for returning fans, and over 100 pieces of incredible music\!  The Director’s Cut brings more character customization options, new items, new enemies, revised UI, and a free expansion dungeon\.  Customize How You Play  Define the way you play, using sliders on numerous options such as saving \(including “save anywhere”\), the mini\-map, waypoint markers and many more\. Whether you seek a hardcore challenge, a lighter experience, or something in\-between, the choice is yours\.  Create the Hero You Want To Be  Play as Bard, Fighter, Practitioner, and Rogue, each featuring 60\-70 skills and collectively unlocking 21 unique classes\. Build an array of characters to make every playthrough a unique experience\.  Craft your Party, Your Way  Start your party with a single character, recruiting or creating new heroes to bolster your ranks\. Build a party that suits your play style\!  An Adventure Around Every Corner  Explore towns full of quest givers, fight your way through dark and deadly dungeons, and navigate beautiful rolling hills, dense forests, and icy wastes\.  Outsmart Evil   Battle your enemies in dynamic, intuitive turn\-based tactical combat, that rewards clever thinking\. Use superior strategies, thoughtful positioning, and deadly combos to bring down your foes\!  Unlock the Secrets of the Past  Unravel challenging mysteries\. If your enemies don’t get you, the devious riddles and dangerous traps just might\.  The Blade’s Tale  The sense of discovery and mystery doesn’t stop with the environment\. Gain ancient Elven weapons containing secrets which you’ll need to uncover by carefully examining them\.  New Song of Exploration “Strugglers’ Lament”   Whether you just want to explore and fight or if you get stuck, simply play this song to skip mandatory puzzles\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: inXile Entertainment

- Publisher: inXile Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios

- Release date: Aug 27, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_7ee6dc0c0ad4ae96028f096a8b84d6395ef06635\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_89413fc609ae8904adfa4729abda1cf68e6c61d0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_f95cb3f017d772055db537044a39ef7e3c6b3647\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_f4ee0a20ef3086ca1d49b83b39609069b0178f1f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_42e1b058bad81efca6058c4ac9cad23471144dea\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_a3d2c147759c983770b7195b67942d3cb08288c1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_390d586a39347c553f425d556afe78cb0a878584\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_d63bfcb97b1f0ce28347083ffbdf203f4c257963\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1091980/ss\_cda686f509c35a25657f83be12d92363fd059db3\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1776379974

- Price: 3499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 3

- Steam review count: 1306

- Steam positive reviews: 1009

- Steam negative reviews: 297

- Steam positive percentage: 77.25880551301684%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/a73b72c9-81f5-49f4-907d-f37643958572/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/a73b72c9-81f5-49f4-907d-f37643958572/player-metrics?days=7)

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\-24T07:27:29\.359628\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T07:27:30\.91021\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T07:27:30\.375497\+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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