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The Bard's Tale Trilogy

The Bard's Tale Trilogy

The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.

Released Aug 14, 2018 Developer Krome Studios, inXile Entertainment Publisher inXile Entertainment Platforms Windows · Mac RPGDungeon CrawlerClassicGrid-Based MovementFantasy
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.2%positive1,423 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“This is how you do a remaster properly. While not perfect (it would be nice to choose between classic c64/amiga/apple/pc graphics, for instance) it brings a classic series up to date and makes it way more playable than the classic versions, which you can still play if you are so…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Good old Commodore 64 games! I love the nostalgia.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“*I'll eventually update the review once I have progressed into the 2nd and 3rd game in this collection.* Whether you played the original games back in the 80s or want to check out some very classic RPGs from the early days of that genre, this is a good choice. The studio put all…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

41playing at last check
4924-hour peak
690all-time peak
0 250 500 2019 2021 2023 2025 317 avg · Aug 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

47achievements
6.9%median completion
1.8%rarest: Wisdom of a Kind
59.3% of players 38.8% of players 33.7% of players 30.5% of players 27.6% of players 26.7% of players 24.4% of players 24.0% of players 21.9% of players 21.8% of players 21.6% of players 20.2% of players 19.8% of players 16.4% of players 16.3% of players 13.9% of players 12.9% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 12.4% of players 9.7% of players 8.3% of players 7.3% of players 6.9% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 4.7% of players 3.9% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 59.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.3%Roleplaying — Create your first character.
38.8%Dean's List — Be promoted at the review board for the first time.
33.7%Skara Brae Shopaholic — Purchase services at an inn, a temple, Garth's and Roscoe's.
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Wisdom of a Kind — Gain 30 unique pieces of insight from the Sage.
2.0%Thief of Fate — Strike the killing blow against Tarjan with a rogue.
2.1%All The Stars In The Sky — Complete Thief of Fate by defeating the Mad God and ascending to godhood in the heavens above.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU12.49 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,520 JPY
Brazil28.99 BRL
China50.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.7 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 12, 2023
MacOS Beta Branch Available

A new MacOS Beta build of The Bard's Tale Trilogy is now available which resolves graphical errors that can appear while playing on an M1 or newer processor. To access this Beta branch, right-click Th

Nov 26, 2019
macOS Support added - Build 4.34 Released

Hi all, Krome Studios and inXile entertainment are pleased to announce that the new build of The Bard's Tale Trilogy now available includes native macOS support! In addition to our MAC gaming friends

Oct 17, 2019
The Bard's Tale Trilogy - OSX Open Beta v4.32

Hi all, Today we've pushed a new build for The Bard's Tale Trilogy live on the "beta" branch on Steam. This build has both an updated Windows build, as well as a build for OSX! Fixes/differences for t

Sep 18, 2019
New Bard's Tale Trilogy Patch Released - v4.29

We're happy to announce a new patch for The Bard's Tale Trilogy is now available on both "default" and "beta" branches! This is a primarily a bug-fix release, though there are also some gameplay chang

Aug 13, 2019
New Bard's Tale Trilogy Patch Released - v4.28

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33355397/556285316d0dc58d269037c658ee103c2de12b1f.gif Hi all, We're pleased to announce that we have a MAJOR patch for the Bard's Tal

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG
Player tagsRPG · Dungeon Crawler · Classic · Grid-Based Movement · Fantasy · First-Person · Old School · Remake · Singleplayer · Party-Based RPG · Retro · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian
Achievements47
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.inxile-entertainment.com/bardstaletrilogy
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64bit OS, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ / Intel Core i5-2500K or higher if using integrated Intel GPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: