Rune Factory 4 Special

Buy88%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Marvelous Inc. · RPG · Dec 7, 2021

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
38
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio2 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy Rune Factory 4 Special?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 130 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 118 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
130 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Not only is there the farming stuff, but you’ve got dungeon exploring, this extensive crafting system, a large map to explore, and a dating and marriage system on top of that.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
118 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is good, and it’s quite tragic, exploring themes of friendship and sacrifice.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You start off small and eventually work your way up to this big field of crops, tamed animals taking care of it, and an arsenal of cool weapons and runes to take down dungeons with.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The map visuals and audio are superb - Sercerezo Hill's visuals and soundtrack will forever live rent free inside my head.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It fixed a lot of older 3ds version bugs, unfortunately some non existent sound bugs appeared in this version, but the ultimately best things is the buffed drop rates and making the game easier (added a new difficulty mode just in case), saving you dozens of time and pretty polished if you ask me, but when i saw this project for the first time i thought they would add extra content.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Each character has so much text and so much life that they seem to really be real.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay130 reviews
Story118 reviews
Combat89 reviews
Graphics36 reviews
Difficulty29 reviews
Characters15 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Controls
72% still recommend
Interface
63% still recommend
Crashes
60% still recommend
Performance
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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