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Banners of Ruin

MonteBearo · Goblinz Publishing · 2021-07-29

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Banners of Ruin is a 2021 RPG and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (79% of 3233 reviews).

10
playing now
79%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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)

Trailer

Banners of Ruin trailer thumbnail

Banners of Ruin - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 9% of 14,020 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–145k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,233 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

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 106 of 156 observed days · $16.94 above the 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

3152026-09-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36712Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 109 · peak 392Oct 2020 — avg 45 · peak 122Dec 2020 — avg 27 · peak 99Feb 2021 — avg 15 · peak 39Apr 2021 — avg 43 · peak 103Jun 2021 — avg 18 · peak 49Aug 2021 — avg 367 · peak 1,118Oct 2021 — avg 69 · peak 193Dec 2021 — avg 91 · peak 206Feb 2022 — avg 49 · peak 108Apr 2022 — avg 45 · peak 119Jun 2022 — avg 51 · peak 128Aug 2022 — avg 156 · peak 580Oct 2022 — avg 76 · peak 171Dec 2022 — avg 82 · peak 164Feb 2023 — avg 56 · peak 152Apr 2023 — avg 42 · peak 115Jun 2023 — avg 42 · peak 102Aug 2023 — avg 49 · peak 145Oct 2023 — avg 39 · peak 82Dec 2023 — avg 43 · peak 98Feb 2024 — avg 28 · peak 59Apr 2024 — avg 32 · peak 80Jun 2024 — avg 26 · peak 57Aug 2024 — avg 28 · peak 61Oct 2024 — avg 22 · peak 48Dec 2024 — avg 23 · peak 52Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 44Apr 2025 — avg 21 · peak 44Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 35Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 38Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 53Dec 2025 — avg 19 · peak 38Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 36Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.63$3.052020-07-302026-10-152020-07-30 — best price $17.992021-01-17 — best price $19.992021-08-20 — best price $14.992021-11-14 — best price $12.992021-12-16 — best price $11.992022-02-14 — best price $13.992022-04-21 — best price $9.492022-06-10 — best price $11.032022-07-22 — best price $15.892022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-05 — best price $19.992022-12-30 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $16.342023-04-10 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $6.992023-09-26 — best price $19.992023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-02-08 — best price $5.992024-04-16 — best price $5.992024-07-18 — best price $5.482024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $5.992025-02-02 — best price $6.002025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $4.992025-11-07 — best price $3.992026-01-09 — best price $3.992026-03-25 — best price $19.792026-05-30 — best price $5.002026-07-24 — best price $3.132026-08-27 — best price $3.052026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-07-30, latest 2023-09-01 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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