The Bard's Tale Trilogy
BANGER · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $14.99.
- Length
- 29h
- Value
- $0.52/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $2.99. That was March 2023. Its cuts run 77 percent off as a rule. There have been 42 in the 8 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Might & Magic X - Legacy ($5.99, scores 18) and Wizardry 8 ($9.99, scores 78).
The math says it holds its tier up to $29.13, and you are being asked for $14.99.
Of the 340 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 29 hours; clearing it takes 106, which is 3.6 times the campaign.
The drop-off
59% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
27 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 13:11 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
What can I say? I absolutely love the remaster. The tools and guides (yup; that darn wheel too) are available for reference but; the original game is still very much an option for you with these guides still available. Remember those original hint guides? I read them like books as a kid and was mesmerized by the hints to puzzles, and more. Nostalgia remains fully intact with the remaster; lets hope for a proper...
Major throw-back. It's a lot of fun, but mother of all that's holy some of the riddles are SOOoooo obscure! Like virtually impossible. Instead of just looking up spoilers (which I did have to do for a few of the most obtuse and obscure riddles), I mostly just talked to an AI bot as I played. First, tell it you don't want spoilers, then tell it to avoid being too verbose. Then as you play, give it any flavour text...
just like the original lots of fun so far however the crystal golem keeps reforming
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
The Bard's Tale Trilogy scores 90/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/843260/the-bard-s-tale-trilogyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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