Released Jul 26, 2018 $24.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Banner Saga 3

By Stoic · published by Stoic Studio

Strategy RPG Turn-Based Tactics Story Rich Indie Turn-Based Strategy Turn-Based Combat Tactical RPG Choices MatterTurn-BasedTacticalSingleplayer

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Owners 100K–200K estimated

The Banner Saga 3 is a game tagged Strategy, RPG and Turn-Based Tactics by Stoic, released Jul 26, 2018. It has 2,663 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). It has an estimated 100K–200K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include The Banner Saga 2, 逆战勇士团 ReconBraves and 制服少女.

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.

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Overview

App ID485460

Release dateJul 26, 2018

Last change number39323160

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Stoic
Publisher: Stoic Studio
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 82
Website: bannersaga.com

Language	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes

All 10 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Russian	Yes		Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Unsupported
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote 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 24, 2026

Checked2 days agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
3496078	beta	Feb 7, 2019
3462460	public	Jan 15, 2019

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
109187	The Banner Saga 3: Standard Edition	1	$24.99
262486	The Banner Saga 3: Deluxe Edition	1	$29.99
262487	The Banner Saga 3: Legendary Edition	1	$39.99
6876 Bundle	Banner Saga Trilogy - Deluxe Pack	3	$64.93
7889 Bundle	Banner Saga Trilogy - Stoic Edition	3	$74.67

ID	Name	Price (US)
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958730	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228985	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228986	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
485461	—	All	4.56 GB	4.39 GB	3762896962563823
485462	—	macOS	158.0 MB	51.2 MB	7052759162984970359
485463	—	Windows	99.5 MB	72.5 MB	742653363260358736
485464	— DLC 533650	macOS	22.2 MB	21.3 MB	6337216347781856757
485465	— DLC 533650	Windows	69.2 MB	30.3 MB	7389341414965142989
485466	— DLC 958730	All	410.2 MB	407.6 MB	622743772560565263
485467	— DLC 958730	All	728.3 MB	641.2 MB	9017019913260679315
533650	— DLC 533650	All	137 B	144 B	185451133361619005
865730	— DLC 865730	All	224.6 MB	213.1 MB	1349237662853241969
870840	— DLC 870840	All	19.0 MB	18.9 MB	13853457683747681
870848	— DLC 870848	All	19.7 MB	19.5 MB	71021164702854233
870849	— DLC 870849	All	4.3 MB	4.3 MB	65386995424916269
910030	— DLC 910030	All	2.4 MB	2.0 MB	30208575295343898
911590	— DLC 911590	All	101.0 MB	98.7 MB	2214646535811508099
958730	— DLC 958730	All	140.2 MB	136.5 MB	2792019090194373324

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	3462460	Jan 15, 2019	Open
beta Banner Saga 3 public beta branch	3496078	Feb 7, 2019	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/tbs3

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
The Banner Saga 3.app/Contents/MacOS/The Banner Saga 3		macOS
win32/The Banner Saga 3.exe		Windows

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations0

Achievements

Achievements1013 hidden

Most unlocked75.5%An honored guest

Rarest0.2%Eternal Arena Champion

An honored guest Spoke with King Meinolf in Chapter 16. 75.5%
AKA Award a heroic title. 73.9%
Which Witch Alfrun joined the the caravan. 73.6%
Ruined Defeat Ruin on the battlefield. 67.5%
The Saga Concludes Import Save Game from Banner Saga 2. 66.1%
Godstone Denglr Redux Return to the godstone Denglr. 65.9%
Shortcut Arrive safely at Ridgehorn. 63.7%
Came a Long Way Reach the end of Chapter 20 with 300 clansmen. 59.3%
Peace Offering Reunite dredge baby with its own kind. 59.2%
Thin Ice Survive the trek across the frozen sea. 58.3%
Godstone Dredge Visit the godstone of the dredge. 57.8%
Eww Salvage a treasure trove in the darkness. 56.7%
Pacified Put Bolverk to rest once and for all. 49%
Living Legend Promote a hero to rank 15. 48%
Castaway Defeat 3 enemies with the Castaway. 47.1%
Talk It Out Convince Eyvind to do the right thing. 45.6%
Poetic Justice Listen to Aleo's recitation. 45.6%
Passive Aggressive Use items and heroic titles to have 3 passive abilities on one character. 44.2%

All 101 achievements

Scrivener Defeat 3 enemies with Ubin. 43.5%
Keep It Together Finish the game with Hakon and Canary allied to you. 43.2%
Shipped Accept the proposition. 42.9%
Apostate Defeat 3 enemies with the Apostate. 42.8%
Worse for Wear Keep Folka from losing her head over Bolverk. 39.6%
Journey's End See Rook or Alette safely to the end of the Saga. 39.1%
Mixed Martial Arts Win a battle with at least one human, horseborn, varl, and dredge in the fight. 39%
Witch Defeat 3 enemies with Alfrun. 38.7%
Bastion Defeat 3 enemies with the Bastion. 35.5%
Normal Difficulty Complete the game on Normal difficulty. 35.1%
Horseborn Rampage Minimized casualties during 'disagreement' over horseborn. 30.6%
Dredge Lover End the game with all possible playable dredge alive. 29.5%
I'm Being Repressed Now we see the violence inherent in the system. 28%
Double Blind Put an end to the warped Sundr. 23.5%
Pass It On Pass Juno's Weaved Energy buff 4 times before it expires. 18.4%
We Made It Reunite separated family. 18%
Good Listener Talk to at least 15 allies in Arberrang and the darkness. 13.9%
Bat out of Hel Complete Chapter 21 with only one return to Arberrang. 13%
Fighting to live Successfully hold out to the bitter end. 8.7%
Bromance Put Gudmundr and Petrus into battle together 5 times. 7.3%
Restless Never let the Ravens stop for rest. 5.7%
Young Love Do you like me? O-Yes / O-No 5.7%
Guided Complete the game with all possible heroes still alive. 3.1%
Hard Difficulty Complete the game on Hard difficulty. 2.9%
Heavy Impacts Do 100 points of STR damage 2.7%
Battering Ram Break 100 points of ARM 2.7%
Challenger Play in an eternal challenge 2.6%
Finish Strong Complete the game on Hard difficulty level without losing a single battle. 2.5%
Sole Survivor Juno wanders alone for all eternity. 2.5%
The Skirmisher Survive all battles on Easy. 2.5%
Arena Author Create and play in an arena 2.5%
Skald's Song Spend 50 WIL on extra movement, abilities, or extra damage 2.3%
Rings a Bell Fail to learn your lesson the first time. 2.2%
The Professional Survive all battles on Normal. 2.2%
Dredge Slayer Leave no dredge alive. 2.1%
A Fallen Few Survive with fewer than 20 Heroes dying (Normal or Hard). 2.1%
Lovers in a Dangerous Warped Time Survive with Alette & Egil, Rook & Oddleif, Ro'Ech & Derdriu, or Juno & Eyvind in every battle (Normal or Hard). 2.1%
Arena Saver Save an arena you created 2.1%
Zefr’s Wind Survive in less than 200 minutes for your total turns (Normal or Hard). 2%
Trapped Trap two enemies in sinkholes. 1.8%
The Wave Breaker Survive every extra wave in a wave battle (Normal or Hard). 1.7%
Scrivener Save an eternal challenge arena 1.5%
Shield Wall Take 100 points of ARM damage 1.5%
Together or Not At All Survive without a single Hero dying (Normal or Hard). 1.4%
Make it Count Survive in less than 500 turns for your total turns (Normal or Hard). 1.4%
The Body Defeat 10 enemies with any one hero 1.4%
The Berserk Survive all battles on Hard. 1.3%
Strong Arm Do 1,000 points of STR damage 1.3%
Backbiter Break 1,000 points of ARM 1.3%
Just Some Fantasy Survive all battles only using Varl, Horseborn, or Dredge Heroes. 1.2%
Warmonger Fight 30 battles in a single playthrough. 1.1%
Empty Satchel Survive without using any items. 1.1%
Weekly Challenger Play in 3 different eternal challenges 1.1%
Valka Spend 500 WIL on extra movement, abilities, or extra damage 1.1%
Bloody Flail Defeat 100 enemies 1.1%
A Tale Worth Telling Be victorious in the arena 10 times 1.1%
Looter Defeat the final wave of every wave battle in the game. 1%
Scrape By Complete the game with both caravans alive, but with fewer than 16 characters. 1%
Krumr’s Mentor Survive Hard Mode without a single reload. 1%
Your Saga Began Play in 10 arenas from Banner Saga 1 1%
Monthly Challenger Play in 8 different eternal challenges 0.9%
Seasoned Challenger Play in 13 different eternal challenges 0.9%
Bloodletter Do 10,000 points of STR damage 0.9%
Mender Take 1,000 points of ARM damage 0.9%
Axe Thrower Defeat 100 enemies with any one hero 0.9%
Warleader Be victorious in the arena 50 times 0.9%
Your Saga Continued Play in 10 arenas from Banner Saga 2 0.9%
Your Saga Ended Play in 10 arenas from Banner Saga 3 0.9%
Half Year Challenger Play in 26 different eternal challenges 0.8%
Annual Challenger Play in 52 different eternal challenges 0.8%
Oath-Maker Spend 5,000 WIL on extra movement, abilities, or extra damage 0.8%
Slaughterer Defeat 1,000 enemies 0.8%
Fail Early Hidden achievement 0.8%
Fail Often Hidden achievement 0.8%
Fail Forward Hidden achievement 0.8%
The Unbent Be victorious in the arena 100 times 0.8%
Yearly Challenger Play in 104 different eternal challenges 0.7%
Eternal Challenger Play in 156 different eternal challenges 0.7%
Shield Cleaver Break 10,000 points of ARM 0.7%
The Foolish Take 10,000 points of ARM damage 0.7%
Monster Killer Defeat 10,000 enemies 0.7%
Death's Messenger Defeat 1,000 enemies with any one hero 0.7%
Eternal Arena Champion Be on top of the leaderboard at the end of an Eternal Challenge! 0.2%