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The Banner Saga 2

The Banner Saga 2

The award-winning adventure continues in Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions, wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure your viking clans make it through alive.

Released Apr 19, 2016 Developer Stoic Platforms Windows · Mac RPGStrategyStory RichTurn-Based StrategyIndie
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (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.

89.7%positive3,612 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“A good continuation of the saga, of which this is the middle of the three. Not as engaging as the first one, but then I am playing them back, rather than waiting ~2 years for each new game to come out. You can get the whole trilogy pretty cheaply at times, and it may well be…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“[b]TLDR:[/b] There are some improvements on the narrative side, but other aspects feel worse. So overall TBS2 isn't really better than its prequel. [h2]Story[/h2] The story is moderately better, partly because I'm already familiar with the characters and world. But also because…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The story-telling is different from the first game, but still great. And gameplay has introduced new abilities that are more fun in the guaranteed turns system.”

— a player, Steam review · 101 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:09 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

37playing at last check
3824-hour peak
1,892all-time peak
0 250 500 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 336 avg · Apr 2016

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.

55achievements
18.4%median completion
0.9%rarest: Krumr's Mentor (Survival Mode)
68.2% of players 62.6% of players 62.3% of players 60.0% of players 58.9% of players 58.1% of players 54.8% of players 51.8% of players 50.7% of players 48.7% of players 46.8% of players 44.7% of players 43.9% of players 40.2% of players 34.4% of players 33.0% of players 32.5% of players 31.5% of players 30.9% of players 28.9% of players 28.9% of players 28.5% of players 26.8% of players 25.5% of players 24.7% of players 24.3% of players 22.0% of players 18.4% of players 17.1% of players 15.8% of players 13.1% of players 12.3% of players 12.0% of players 11.6% of players 10.8% of players 9.7% of players 6.9% of players 5.5% of players 3.5% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 68.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.2%Aselei — Visit the godstone Aselei.
62.6%Irynx — Visit the godstone Irynx.
62.3%Berserker — Defeat 3 enemies with a Berserk.
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Krumr's Mentor (Survival Mode) — Survive Hard Mode without a single reload
0.9%Quad-Core Hardcore (Survival Mode) — Survive using only parties of 4 varl in every battle. (Normal or Hard Difficulty)
1.0%The Berserk (Survival Mode) — Survive all battles on Hard.

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.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK18.74 GBP
Australia28.99 AUD
Canada27.49 CAD
Japan2,475 JPY
Brazil46.25 BRL
China85.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$9.1 China Japan Canada Australia UK US EU≈$28

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

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRPG · Strategy · Story Rich · Turn-Based Strategy · Indie · Choices Matter · Turn-Based · Atmospheric · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Tactical · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements55
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://bannersaga2.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space