Released Jan 14, 2014 $24.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Banner Saga

By Stoic · published by Stoic Studio

Tactical RPG Turn-Based Strategy RPG Turn-Based Strategy RPG Strategy 2D Choices Matter Story RichHand-drawnFantasyTactical

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Reviews 13,488 Very Positive

Players yesterday 24 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

The Banner Saga is a game tagged Tactical RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy RPG by Stoic, released Jan 14, 2014. It has 13,488 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include The Banner Saga 2, Spear Song and Warbanners.

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. Every decision you make in travel, conversation and combat has a meaningful effect on the outcome as your story unfolds. Not everyone will survive, but they will be remembered.

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The Banner Saga 2 89% match · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based, Turn-Based Strategy
Spear Song 78% match · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based, Strategy RPG
Warbanners 77% match · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based, Strategy RPG
Reverse Crawl 75% match · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based, Strategy RPG
Guile & Glory: Firstborn 75% match · Tactical RPG, Strategy RPG, Turn-Based Strategy
Age of Fear: The Undead King 75% match · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based, Strategy RPG
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga 75% match · Tactical RPG, Strategy RPG, Turn-Based Strategy
Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat 74% match · Tactical RPG, Strategy RPG, Turn-Based Strategy
Conviction - The Glory Of Kraft - 74% match · Tactical RPG, Strategy RPG, Turn-Based Strategy
Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows 73% match · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based, Strategy RPG

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Banner Saga · record updated 6 minutes ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID237990

Release dateJan 14, 2014

Last change number39326595

Last record update6 minutes ago

App type: Game
Developer: Stoic
Publisher: Stoic Studio
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 80
Website: thebannersaga.com

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes

All 12 languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Czech	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play on tabletRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$24.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$24.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked16 hours agoin 41 regions

CanadaCA$CAD

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
677376	linuxfix	Oct 25, 2026
3268685	public	Nov 1, 2018
1993295	beta	Sep 27, 2017
1630588	localization	Feb 14, 2017

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
36614	The Banner Saga	1	$24.99
36583	The Banner Saga - Deluxe	1	$29.99
37177	The Banner Saga - 4-Pack	1	$74.99
36581	The Banner Saga - Soundtrack	0	$7.99
6876 Bundle	Banner Saga Trilogy - Deluxe Pack	3	$64.93
7889 Bundle	Banner Saga Trilogy - Stoic Edition	3	$74.67

ID	Name	Price (US)
266800	Not on the store yet	—
272640	Not on the store yet	—
306850	Not on the store yet	—
4843000	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228985	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228986	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
237991	—	All	1.46 GB	1.44 GB	3499918462660022991
237992	—	macOS	176.4 MB	69.6 MB	3616398893514644491
237993	—	Windows	136.6 MB	90.2 MB	7614195244336262598
237994	—	All	1.51 GB	1.44 GB	6380451030615603478
272640	— DLC 272640	All	12.3 MB	12.3 MB	8105992652755453528
306850	— DLC 306850	All	2.91 GB	2.69 GB	910631641017926013
4843001	— DLC 4843000	Windows	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	3268685	Nov 1, 2018	Open
beta Banner Saga 1 public beta branch	1993295	Sep 27, 2017	Open
localization	1630588	Feb 14, 2017	Open
linuxfix	677376	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/tbs

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
The Banner Saga.app/Contents/MacOS/The Banner Saga		macOS	Launch
win32/The Banner Saga.exe		Windows	Launch

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations0

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The Banner Saga

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CanadaCA$CAD

Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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