The Banner Saga: Factions
The Banner Saga: Factions is the premiere multiplayer role-playing strategy game on PC and Mac. It brings the feeling of beloved tactical games to a high-definition era with gorgeous hand-animated artwork and a degree of depth unprecedented in the realm of free games. Fight, learn, and lead your clan of vikings to glory!
- Release Date:2/25/2013
- Developer:Stoic
- Publisher:Versus Evil
- Last Updated:12/19/2025
- Steam App Id:219340
The Banner Saga: Factions
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Banner Saga: Factions has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 50% lower than its previous all-time peak of 2 players achieved on 9/29/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Banner Saga: Factions. It has received a total of 843 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 71 (Mostly Positive).
About The Banner Saga: Factions
The Banner Saga: Factions is a RPG, Indie, Strategy, and Free to Play game developed by Stoic. On 2/25/2013, it was released on the Steam Store by Versus Evil.
Players have rated The Banner Saga: Factions as "Mostly Positive" out of 843 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 622 positive reviews and 221 negative reviews — an overall 74% positive review rating. Additionally, The Banner Saga: Factions has earned a metascore of 67 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for an unknown price (check the Steam Store for the current price).
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, The Banner Saga: Factions supports the following features:
- Multi-player
- Family Sharing
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
From the Steam community, The Banner Saga: Factions has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Vikings
- Fantasy
- Multiplayer
- Tactical
- Free to Play
- Turn-Based
- RPG
- Strategy
- Indie
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for The Banner Saga: Factions and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Banner Saga: Factions data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 19). The Banner Saga: Factions on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/219340
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 19). The Banner Saga: Factions. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/219340
- Metacritic. (2025, December 19). The Banner Saga: Factions for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-banner-saga-factions
- Stoic. (2023, July 25). The Banner Saga: Factions. The Banner Saga: Factions. http://stoicstudio.com