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The Banner Saga 2

Stoic · 2016-04-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2016 (Mac), Jul 01, 2016 (Xbox One), Apr 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 07, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2016 (iOS), Sep 29, 2016 (Android)

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.

11
playing now
90%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (117 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 19h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

The Banner Saga 2 is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Stoic and published by Versus Evil. It is the sequel to The Banner Saga, and the second part of a trilogy of games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 102 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 95k–228k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,801 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.35 at Fanatical (2021-01-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 15 of 32 observed days · $22.64 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2752026-08-06 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.592016-03-232026-08-302016-03-23 — best price $17.992016-08-09 — best price $19.992016-11-14 — best price $14.992017-01-13 — best price $14.992017-07-20 — best price $19.992017-10-27 — best price $19.992018-02-13 — best price $15.992018-06-15 — best price $19.992018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-12-13 — best price $8.492019-04-01 — best price $9.802019-06-12 — best price $19.992019-08-27 — best price $10.002019-11-05 — best price $4.002019-12-20 — best price $4.492020-02-06 — best price $21.132020-03-16 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $24.992020-06-18 — best price $20.882020-07-31 — best price $4.192020-09-01 — best price $3.592020-10-01 — best price $21.132020-11-04 — best price $6.742020-12-18 — best price $19.992021-01-17 — best price $24.992021-02-17 — best price $24.992021-03-26 — best price $21.242021-05-03 — best price $21.132021-06-20 — best price $18.362021-08-18 — best price $5.152021-10-11 — best price $4.992021-11-26 — best price $24.992022-01-06 — best price $21.132022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-11-06 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3762026-05-29 — 18 pageviews2026-06-01 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
68.2%
earned "Aselei"
18.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,0162%55
Xbox One (Xbox)2,2461%54

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

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyVikingsStrategyTacticalAdventureHand-drawnStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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