Rune Factory 4 Special

Rune Factory 4 Special is an enhanced version of the original fantasy farming RPG, combining life simulation with dungeon exploration. Players manage a farm, build relationships, battle monsters, and uncover a…

87 25 July 2019

Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Action Fantasy

Rune Factory 4 Special is a role-playing (rpg) developed by HAKAMA, released 25 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 16 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Rune Factory 4 Special is

Rune Factory 4 Special is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by HAKAMA and released in 2019. It was published by Marvelous Europe Ltd.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Eclipse Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rune Factory 4 Special is an enhanced version of the original fantasy farming RPG, combining life simulation with dungeon exploration. Players manage a farm, build relationships, battle monsters, and uncover a larger story. This edition includes improved visuals, voice acting, and a new Newlywed Mode, which features additional story content focused on married life with each character.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Rune Factory series

Rune Factory 4 Special is the seventh of 18 entries we hold in the Rune Factory series. It arrived 7 years after Rune Factory 4. The next entry was Rune Factory 4 Special: Archival Edition in 2020. Its critic score of 87 is 11 points above the series average of 76. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

See all 18 Rune Factory games in release order →

How it was received

Rune Factory 4 Special holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 87% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Rune Factory 4 Special launched on 25 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike and Dicey Dungeons. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons.

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