Rune Factory 4 Special

Journey to the vibrant world of Rune Factory and experience the legendary fantasy farming adventure like never before!

Rune Factory 4 Special is a rpg, farming sim and adventure game developed by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc. and Marvelous.
Released on December 07th 2021 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 1,713 reviews of which 1,505 were positive and 208 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Rune Factory 4 Special into these genres:

RPG Farming Sim Adventure Romance Fantasy Anime Creature Collector Magic 3D Combat Fishing Party-Based RPG Crafting Cute Story Rich Singleplayer Farming Dating Sim Isometric JRPG

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-6400
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics HD530
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 5 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

judging RF4S as a remaster, it's... passable. the newlywed mode and another episodes are both cute, but there's not much depth to either of them- they're essentially just some extra romance and epilogue scenes for each partner. there's a decent amount of bug fixes/improvements to mechanics that could be annoying in the original game, but Special also introduces some audio/text issues that weren't present in the original... you get the idea. it's probably the best way to play this game, but not without some caveats. i'd say the most notable thing is that it just doesn't look very good. the character portraits look great, but it's obvious that the rest of the game's textures were hastily upscaled from the 3DS version without much manual adjustment. it's something you'll get used to after playing for a bit, and it's mostly inoffensive in the grand scheme of things, but I mean... you can see it in the screenshots. it's not a pretty game if you look too closely at anything. reviewing this as a full game, rather than just a remaster, though? oh my god. Rune Factory 4 knocks it out of the park in every area that I think a lot of newer farming sims miss for me. there's a much bigger focus on character writing and relationships than you'll ever find in a game like Stardew Valley, and all of the game's NPCs and mechanics are tied into an overarching main story that makes the whole thing feel really natural. every character in Selphia has enough depth for you to form some kind of opinions on them, and the moment-to-moment dialogue is really fun. Rune Factory's mission statement is functionally "what if a farming sim and an action RPG were grafted into the same game", so you're obviously working with a lot of different systems and ideas. in fact, the game leans into that very openly by giving you a cartoonish amount of skills to level for things like walking and sleeping, on top of whatever skills you'd expect. beyond that, though, the game's systems are streamlined and interconnected enough that it never really feels overwhelming. farming will (expectedly) boost your farming skills, but it also helps to develop your earth magic skill. each romance-able character can act as a combat partner while exploring outside of town, with a unique ability or gimmick reflective of their personality. for how many different things Rune Factory 4 is trying to do, it all comes together shockingly well. and the sum of those parts is a game that's just... really, really damn good. RF4 made me remember what i loved so much about a genre that i've been pretty disillusioned with for a long time, now. it's become an all-time favorite very quickly. there are mods, if you want to get gay married.

Oct. 2024

One of the best games I've ever played. It has a little bit of everything without feeling bloated. Fighting and taming monsters? Yep. Crafting and cooking? Yep. Skill progression and leveling? Yep. Romance and marriage that felt like you were living in a fairy-tale novel? Yep. (Love you, Doug.) Fishing? Yep. Farming? Yep. Festivals and town events? Yep. Characters that have so much dialogue and life put into them that I'm still discovering new conversations after hundreds of hours put in on both PC and the Switch? It has that too, and so much more. I can't even fit it all here. It has to be experienced at least once. I played as Frey, the female main character, and it's one of the few times I played as a nameable protagonist that I felt was alive and growing as a person the more I played. I wanted her to succeed and live a happy life. I honestly can not recommend this game enough. It's a masterpiece, a hidden gem that I hope a lot more people discover and fall in love with like I did.

Aug. 2024

A game that thread a fine line between action RPG and farming sim that not only thrives but excel in it. In that aspect, this game is unmatched and have never been surpassed since. The characters are great and lovable. The town design is compact, you can get to every one very quickly. The loop between building relationships, farming and dungeon diving makes this one of those game where you keep telling yourself 'just one more day' and its already morning and you haven't slept for the past 10 hours. Wonderful.

April 2024

Do I recommend this? 100% yes. There are many things I love about Rune Factory 4. The combat and dungeons are fun! you get to level up with people from the town. The characters have a lot of dialogue. They won't be repeating the same things after just a couple of days. There is a skill for literally everything. If all you want to do is sleep, there is no problem with that! The more you sleep, the more skilled you get at it, even when you eat and run. Those are not the best ones though, there are just so many different skills. Is there a skill for every weapon? Yep! I enjoyed the town events. It had to be one of my favorite parts about waking up in the morning. I wonder what events I will get today? RNG is annoying when you want to get a specific event, but for me it was never a problem as I was not going for anything. I had already gotten almost every one of them completed by the time I was finished with the game. So many different delicious crops to grow as well. I love having a full field of veggies and flowers to make some money. The festivals are fun. I actually enjoy throwing turnips at the neighbors lol I love this game. It was worth every hour to me and I will for sure be coming back.

Dec. 2023

Peak farming game experience. Talking to villagers every day doesn't get tiring for a long time because the dialogue doesn't repeat for a long time and the script has the energy to bring the characters to life. Farming mechanics have a good amount of depth and the combat is surprisingly not as janky as it seems like it should be. It feels nice to free-form combos since you can dash out of any attack and use skills/spells in between as well. I really can't emphasize enough that giving life to the town and characters is what makes this game (and all life simulator games) completely though, really. I'll replay this game and STILL talk to most characters every day when I run into them, just because I want to, not because they're lifeless NPCs that I sort of get something out of by befriending. P.S. Xiao is underrated, make her happy

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-70% 29.99€ 8.99€

8.4

1,505

208

Online players

173

Developer

Marvelous Inc.

Publisher

XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc., Marvelous

Release 07 Dec 2021

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