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The Banner Saga

Stoic · Stoic Studio · 2014-01-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 19, 2014 (Android), Jan 14, 2014 (Linux), Oct 02, 2014 (iOS), Jan 12, 2016 (Xbox One), Jan 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 17, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

33
playing now
89%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (274 ratings)
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

The Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Stoic and published by Versus Evil. It was released for personal computers and mobile phones in 2014, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016 and for Nintendo Switch in 2018.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 248 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 399k–957k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,949 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: $1.59 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 16 of 31 observed days · $23.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20220220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

60122026-08-06 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 40 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 42 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.262015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $6.832015-04-09 — best price $12.132015-06-19 — best price $4.992015-09-21 — best price $6.792015-12-11 — best price $6.992016-04-19 — best price $5.002016-08-15 — best price $5.002016-12-09 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-08-04 — best price $19.992018-11-12 — best price $24.992019-03-25 — best price $19.992019-06-27 — best price $24.992019-10-11 — best price $24.992019-12-10 — best price $4.992020-02-06 — best price $21.132020-03-26 — best price $4.992020-06-02 — best price $24.992020-07-19 — best price $24.992020-09-13 — best price $24.992020-10-29 — best price $24.992020-12-17 — best price $24.992021-02-05 — best price $4.742021-04-01 — best price $4.492021-05-18 — best price $4.992021-08-02 — best price $4.742021-10-12 — best price $4.492021-12-06 — best price $24.992022-06-25 — best price $12.492023-10-23 — best price $4.992025-09-25 — best price $24.992026-04-09 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "Warhawk"
38.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27,0302%39
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)6,8217%40
Xbox One (Xbox)5,1182%39

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

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyStrategyTacticalHand-drawnStory RichTurn-BasedAtmosphericKickstarter

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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