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Banners of Ruin

MonteBearo · Goblinz Publishing · 2021-07-29

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

6
playing now
79%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Banners of Ruin is a party based deck building game set in a world of medieval animals. Travel with up to six characters through the streets of Dawn's Point, facing perilous combat encounters at each turn. Take revenge on the Enders for what they did to the noble House Blackfoot, but expect to lose some brothers along the way.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (307 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–145k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,231 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.05-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.05-85%
IndieGala$3.09-85%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.05 at GameBillet (2026-08-25) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $21.16 · on sale 83 of 124 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24824820202026Week of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3442026-08-07 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.63$3.052020-07-302026-08-302020-07-30 — best price $17.992021-01-01 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $15.992021-09-27 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $10.992021-12-16 — best price $11.992022-01-31 — best price $12.172022-03-21 — best price $13.992022-05-02 — best price $17.052022-06-18 — best price $9.352022-07-22 — best price $15.892022-08-22 — best price $8.952022-10-17 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $16.752023-01-06 — best price $14.692023-02-16 — best price $16.342023-03-24 — best price $16.342023-06-25 — best price $6.592023-08-03 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $5.992023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-01-25 — best price $5.992024-03-20 — best price $5.992024-05-16 — best price $5.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-11-14 — best price $5.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $5.002025-05-01 — best price $5.992025-09-11 — best price $4.992025-10-24 — best price $19.992025-12-07 — best price $19.992026-02-17 — best price $4.502026-04-03 — best price $5.192026-05-30 — best price $5.002026-07-14 — best price $4.992026-08-14 — best price $4.002026-08-30 — best price $3.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
72.4%
earned "Cleaning Up"
36.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,0988%16
Switch (Nintendo)260%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGStrategyCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedAtmosphericCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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