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Games like The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

If The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled is your kind of game, the closest matches are Plumber Survivors, Zenith and DeathSpank — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, funny and lighthearted. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled: You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!

2009ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 70Windows · macOS · Linuxby inXile Entertainment
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled — Steam game cover
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Classic top down arpg combat with modern twistsDialogue choices shape the endingHumor is relentless and self awareComedicFunnyLighthearted

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Steam players who put hours into The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Plumber Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Plumber Survivors is arena action game with roguelike elements. Parody game of popular vampire genre. You play as powerful guys led by Plumber. Grab you plunger tight and plunge into the fight.

    2024ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Zenith

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Second-strongest match for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Zenith is an action RPG coated in humor. Adventuring! Exploring ruins! Saving the world! You know the drill. A single player game with an actual story. No oneiric or do-it-yourself crap. You won't need to piece the story together by yourself as if it was a swedish chair. We promise.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. DeathSpank

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Third-strongest match for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    For uncounted years, DeathSpank has been a Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden.

    2010ActionIndieRPG3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Kingsward

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Explore an open-world Sandbox RPG with isometric ARPG combat, a flexible hybrid class system, and an epic story with satirical humor. Create your own build and seek the legendary Kingsward.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  5. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Lost Ark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Embark on an odyssey for the Lost Ark in a vast, vibrant world: explore new lands, seek out lost treasures, and test yourself in thrilling action combat in this action-packed free-to-play RPG.

    2022ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Zombasite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Zombasite is a zombie apocalypse action RPG set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

    2016ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Last Epoch

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Wizardry 8

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

    2013AdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bride for the Princess

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Bride for the Princess is Erotic Yuri Visual Novel that tells a story about a Princess who must find someone to marry before her upcoming coronation due to a conspiracy; a legislation that was passed behind her back in attempt to ruin her.

    2020IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Reviewers of The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    A new legacy begins...

    2021ActionRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ultimaze

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Ultimaze is a tile-based puzzle game about navigating small labyrinths.

    2022StrategyAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Arcis Ultima

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Player finds himself in the war between human race and the invading creatures. You must train yourself, get the very best equipment, recall your past and help human efforts. Otherwise; as the time passes, you may find yourself in a hopeless situation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Aris Arcanum

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    The grand library of Aris now befell into madness — its scholars, corrupted, bear wounds of Ink; a dark, sludge carrying a mind-altering disease. A unique magic-bound roguelite awaits, where a desperate scholar bends the Ink's occult power to spellcraft his path to redemption.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from inXile Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by inXile Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Torment: Tides of Numenera

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Bard's Tale Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    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.

    2018RPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares Action and Adventure with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    It will take the combined efforts of two great warriors to explore menacing dungeons, overgrown ruins, and downtrodden towns … and discover the secrets of the Demon’s Forge.

    2011ActionAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

    2019RPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled.

    The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

    2018RPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

Does The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled run on Steam Deck?
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled cost?
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled are Plumber Survivors, Zenith, DeathSpank.
Who developed The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled?
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled was developed by inXile Entertainment and published by inXile Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios.

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