The Banner Saga
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.
- Price:$24.99
- Release Date:1/14/2014
- Developer:Stoic
- Publisher:Stoic Studio
- Last Updated:1/26/2026
- Steam App Id:237990
The Banner Saga
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Banner Saga has 22 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 87% lower than its previous all-time peak of 173 players achieved on 10/6/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Banner Saga. It has received a total of 15,824 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 87 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for The Banner Saga. Right now, it costs $24.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for The Banner Saga and its growth over time. It currently has 35,506 followers on its community page.
About The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga is a RPG, Indie, and Strategy game developed by Stoic. On 1/14/2014, it was released on the Steam Store by Stoic Studio.
Players have rated The Banner Saga as "Very Positive" out of 15,824 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 14,077 positive reviews and 1,747 negative reviews — an overall 89% positive review rating. Additionally, The Banner Saga has earned a metascore of 80 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $24.99. It can also be purchased through Banner Saga Trilogy - Stoic Edition and Banner Saga Trilogy - Deluxe Pack which give a discount off its base price. The game also includes a single DLC add-on, The Banner Saga - Mod Content available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 12 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), and Polish. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, The Banner Saga supports the following features:
- Steam Trading Cards
- Full controller support
- Includes level editor
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Single-player
- Captions available
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, The Banner Saga has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Kickstarter
- Strategy RPG
- Great Soundtrack
- Vikings
- Atmospheric
- Fantasy
- Crowdfunded
- Story Rich
- Tactical
- Turn-Based
- Choices Matter
- RPG
- Hand-drawn
- Strategy
- Indie
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Tactical RPG
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for The Banner Saga and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
The Banner Saga is referenced by 2 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Banner Saga - Mod Content | DLC | 6/20/2014 | View |
 | The Banner Saga - Soundtrack | Music | 1/14/2014 | View |
Related Bundles
The Banner Saga is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Banner Saga Trilogy - Stoic Edition | 8 | 8 | $74.67 | View |
 | Banner Saga Trilogy - Deluxe Pack | 7 | 7 | $64.93 | View |
Related Packages
The Banner Saga is referenced by 4 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| The Banner Saga | $4.99 | View |
| The Banner Saga - Soundtrack | $1.59 | View |
| The Banner Saga - Deluxe | $5.99 | View |
| The Banner Saga - 4-Pack | $14.99 | View |
Supported Languages
The Banner Saga is available in 12 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Banner Saga data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2026, January 26). The Banner Saga on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/237990
- Valve Corporation. (2026, January 26). The Banner Saga. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/237990
- Metacritic. (2026, January 26). The Banner Saga for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-banner-saga
- Stoic. (2023, July 8). The Banner Saga. The Banner Saga. http://thebannersaga.com