Can I Run The Bard's Tale IV?
inXile Entertainment released The Bard's Tale IV in 2019. It is a role playing game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Critics scored it 84 on Metacritic. Its 690 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. Steam lists support for 6 languages. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It carries 59 achievements. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 2500K or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 29 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970/AMD 290 equivalent or greater |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 29 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit) |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through dungeon floors. 9 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played from a first person view.
Why The Bard's Tale IV is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by The Bard's Tale IV. NVIDIA GTX 970/AMD 290 equivalent or greater scores low against the RTX 3060, putting The Bard's Tale IV within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so The Bard's Tale IV at the floor and The Bard's Tale IV at the recommended tier are not the same experience. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. The Bard's Tale IV needs 64 bit Windows. The install is small at roughly 29 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Bard's Tale IV?
Older hardware holds up here: The Bard's Tale IV runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Bard's Tale IV's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run The Bard's Tale IV?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Bard's Tale IV?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K or equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64 bit).
How much storage does The Bard's Tale IV need?
The Bard's Tale IV needs about 29 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Bard's Tale IV?
The RTX 3060 runs The Bard's Tale IV comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Bard's Tale IV?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Bard's Tale IV is the GPU.