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The Banner Saga
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
43 of the 81 reviews raise this.
25 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“[h2]Story[/h2] It's one of few games where you're faced with tough choices where 'good' or 'correct' usually isn't obvious, and feel truly meaningful. However, I didn't enjoy it as much as I initially hoped since there…”
“I was extremely close to dropping this game for the severe arbitrary nature of 90% of your choices. Though I like a challenge, I found this game more enjoyable actually set to Easy difficulty. It doesn't lessen any of…”
“One of the best RPG grid-based games I've played. The animation on the cutscenes in excellent, the three games have a well thought out plot and good voice acting. I love the Norse-inspired world-building. It doesn't…”
24 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“One of the best RPG grid-based games I've played. The animation on the cutscenes in excellent, the three games have a well thought out plot and good voice acting. I love the Norse-inspired world-building. It doesn't…”
“[h1]A Piece of Art[/h1] This game is a little piece of art that doesn't get old. It's like playing a graphic novel with a stunning art style that remains visually impeccable after all these years, interesting…”
“I absolutely love this series. Everything about it; the art, the music, the gameplay loop, the story, the sparse but well-executed narration, the characters, the actual feeling of embarking upon an epic journey in a…”
9 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“One of the best RPG grid-based games I've played. The animation on the cutscenes in excellent, the three games have a well thought out plot and good voice acting. I love the Norse-inspired world-building. It doesn't…”
“[h1]A Piece of Art[/h1] This game is a little piece of art that doesn't get old. It's like playing a graphic novel with a stunning art style that remains visually impeccable after all these years, interesting…”
“I absolutely love this series. Everything about it; the art, the music, the gameplay loop, the story, the sparse but well-executed narration, the characters, the actual feeling of embarking upon an epic journey in a…”
7 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“[h1]A Piece of Art[/h1] This game is a little piece of art that doesn't get old. It's like playing a graphic novel with a stunning art style that remains visually impeccable after all these years, interesting…”
“This is a game that's been in my library for YEARS that I just completed in an evening. As everyone says, the art, music, and story are so well-done. The combat is a little janky and it feels like levelling up doesn't…”
“Good game, played through it twice. Don't by the sequels though, not even on sale.”
12 of the 81 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a game that's been in my library for YEARS that I just completed in an evening. As everyone says, the art, music, and story are so well-done. The combat is a little janky and it feels like levelling up doesn't…”
“Game is interesting. There’s good things and then there’s bad ones. I really enjoyed the combat mechanics. It’s easy to learn, you get a turn then the enemy gets a turn, and you repeat this. However, if you kill an…”
4 of the 81 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I was extremely close to dropping this game for the severe arbitrary nature of 90% of your choices. Though I like a challenge, I found this game more enjoyable actually set to Easy difficulty. It doesn't lessen any of…”
3 of the 81 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Great art style, ♥♥♥♥ story ♥♥♥♥ ''combat''”
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The pace is a little slow, but the story is pretty good and there is enough strategy in the combat and repercussions to the decision making to keep you engaged. These days the game can be had on sale for nearly nothing and for those deep discounts, it is 9/10. At full price it…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“I played this years ago (1 and 2) but never got around to finish the 3rd and cap the series off, so I decided to replay from the beginning to get the complete experience. That being said, revisiting The Banner Saga has been a really special experience and I reminded of just how…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“[h1]The Banner Saga[/h1] This is a great concept. It has a great art style. However, it's not a great game and is not recommended for a number of reasons. [u]The Good[/u] There are a number of things this game has going for it. The art style is absolutely beautiful. I'm not…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | RPG · Turn-Based · Strategy · Indie · Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Story Rich · Fantasy · Great Soundtrack · Kickstarter · Tactical RPG · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Czech, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://thebannersaga.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space