Games like The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
Closest overall match: The Bard's Tale Trilogy (★ 3.4). Highest rated: DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Ikenfell at about 1 hours.
We compared The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Fantasy and Steam Achievements.
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67%
1. The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Shares Fantasy, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- RPG
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66%
2. WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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63%
3. The Dwarves
Shares Fantasy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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61%
4. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Shares Fantasy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 higher; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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61%
5. .hack//G.U. Last Recode
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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60%
6. Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
Shares Fantasy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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60%
7. DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Shares Fantasy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 higher; about 12h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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60%
8. Ikenfell
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG
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59%
9. Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Shares Fantasy and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 higher; about 7h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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59%
10. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Shares Fantasy and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 higher; about 6h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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58%
11. FINAL FANTASY XV
Shares Fantasy; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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58%
12. Sea of Stars
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 higher.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut?
On our similarity model, The Bard's Tale Trilogy is the closest match to The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut — shares Fantasy, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
Which game like The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is rated highest?
DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 377 players.
Are there games like The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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