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Banners of Ruin

Banners of Ruin

Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

Released Jul 29, 2021 Developer MonteBearo Publisher Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited Platforms Windows Roguelike DeckbuilderRogue-likeCard BattlerCard GameDifficult
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

79.3%positive3,053 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Banners of Ruin is a turn-based deckbuilding roguelike developed by MonteBearo and published by Goblinz Publishing alongside Maple Whispering Limited, carving out its own identity in a genre crowded with single-hero card battlers. Set in the grim, rain-soaked city of Dawn’s…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Great casual card battler for the couch :)”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“worst card battler I've ever played. It's slow, clunky and not balanced at all.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

17playing at last check
2024-hour peak
1,118all-time peak
0 250 500 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 367 avg · Aug 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

16achievements
36.9%median completion
16.4%rarest: Survivor
72.4% of players 59.7% of players 57.9% of players 56.3% of players 49.6% of players 48.4% of players 45.2% of players 40.7% of players 36.9% of players 31.8% of players 29.1% of players 22.8% of players 22.5% of players 21.3% of players 16.6% of players 16.4% of players 72.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
72.4%Cleaning Up — Defeat 3 enemies in a single turn
59.7%First Steps — Complete the Tutorial
57.9%Bruisers — Defeat the Elite Bruisers
Rarest badges of honor
16.4%Survivor — Win a combat with a combined Party Vitality of 3 or less
16.6%Quick Hands — Play 20 cards in a single turn
21.3%Picky — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-23
US3.99 USD−80%
EU3.59 EUR−80%
UK3.09 GBP−80%
Australia5.79 AUD−80%
Canada4.55 CAD−80%
Japan410 JPY−80%
Brazil7.59 BRL−80%
China11.60 CNY−80%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.5 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$4.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 14, 2023
Banners of Ruin at the Turn Based Carnival!

Hello everyone, Exciting news! We're part of the Turn-Based Carnival happening from November 14 to 21, where you can enjoy a whole week of turn-based strategy games. Don't miss out on the chance to gr

Sep 27, 2023
1.4.64 - Patch

- Improved Iris' Street generation, fixing issue with Morgrym spawn rate, and improving Spirit scenario distribution. - Iris now starts with CruelDagger, which is a small variation on Dagger. - Fix fo

Sep 04, 2023
[1.4.55] Patch

- Fix for Throwing Axe appearing as a blank sprite in combat. - Fix for Patient and other passives causing a soft-lock in Fenra combat.

Sep 03, 2023
[1.4.54] Hotfix

- Fix for Corruption being unplayable. - Fix for Fish increasing remaining uses.

Sep 02, 2023
[1.4.53] - Patch

- Modified Iris' starter deck to swap one more Strike for a ShadowStab, and all Guards for SpectralBarrier. - Fix for Hero's Destiny not always respecting Iris' death. - Fix for GetTargetsOnRank not c

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG, Strategy
Player tagsRoguelike Deckbuilder · Rogue-like · Card Battler · Card Game · Difficult · Turn-Based · Deckbuilding · Strategy · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Tactics · Dungeon Crawler · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Traditional Chinese
Achievements16
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.montebearo.co.uk/banners-of-ruin
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2Gb VRAM, OpenGL 3.0 support DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space