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The Banner Saga 3 cover art

The Banner Saga 3

Stoic · Stoic Studio · 2018-07-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 26, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 26, 2018 (Xbox One), Jul 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2018 (iOS), 2018 (Android), Jul 26, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.

11
playing now
79%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (61 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Banner Saga 3 is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Stoic and published by Versus Evil for macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the final installment in a trilogy of games that began with The Banner Saga (2014) and The Banner Saga 2 (2016).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 145 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 77k–186k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,094 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: $3.74 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 15 of 30 observed days · $21.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14014020182026Week of 2018-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-08-11 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.742018-04-122026-08-302018-04-12 — best price $24.992018-06-21 — best price $24.992018-10-17 — best price $23.742018-12-13 — best price $17.492019-03-17 — best price $17.492019-05-05 — best price $24.992019-07-18 — best price $12.492019-09-13 — best price $14.992019-11-05 — best price $12.512019-12-10 — best price $9.992020-01-24 — best price $14.992020-02-27 — best price $14.992020-04-06 — best price $13.742020-05-28 — best price $22.392020-06-23 — best price $24.992020-08-01 — best price $9.802020-08-31 — best price $8.492020-10-02 — best price $14.992020-11-21 — best price $10.992020-12-17 — best price $24.992021-01-14 — best price $12.492021-02-26 — best price $24.992021-04-12 — best price $24.992021-05-08 — best price $24.992021-06-18 — best price $8.992021-08-20 — best price $8.742021-10-12 — best price $7.872021-11-26 — best price $24.992022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-11-04 — best price $24.992023-09-04 — best price $24.992024-10-07 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "An honored guest"
28%
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 TV5 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3071%101

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

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyVikingsStrategyTacticalHand-drawnStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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