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The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep
By inXile entertainment, released 1 Jan 2018
- Linux
- Microsoft Windows
- macOS
- role-playing video game
What it is
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is a dungeon-crawling role-playing game from inXile entertainment, built around party creation, exploration, puzzles and turn-based tactical combat. Players can adjust options such as saving, the mini-map and waypoint markers, including a save-anywhere setting. The party can begin with one character and grow through recruited or created heroes. Four archetypes—Bard, Fighter, Practitioner and Rogue—offer 60–70 skills each and combine into 21 classes. The adventure moves through towns, dungeons, forests, hills and icy areas, with riddles and traps alongside combat that rewards positioning and tactical choices. The store description lists more than 40 hours of gameplay, 350 speaking parts and over 100 pieces of music, as well as a Legacy Mode for returning fans. Steam lists single-player, achievements, trading cards, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. The developer and publisher is inXile entertainment. The game released in 2018 and is listed for Windows on Steam, with Linux and macOS also listed among its platforms.
What players like, and what they don't
- Party can start with one character
- Four archetypes and 21 classes
- Save-anywhere option listed
- Tactical turn-based combat
- Linux, Windows and macOS platforms listed
- Single-player only
- Steam platform list names Windows only
Who it suits
It suits solo RPG players who want to shape a party, tune several gameplay options and solve puzzles between tactical battles. Legacy Mode is specifically listed for returning fans.
Barrows Deep pairs party-building and turn-based combat with puzzles and adjustable options. Its platform listings differ: Windows appears on Steam, while the broader platform list also includes Linux and macOS.
