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.

The Banner Saga is a rpg, turn-based and strategy game developed by Stoic and published by Stoic Studio.
Released on January 14th 2014 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Czech and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 15,346 reviews of which 13,654 were positive and 1,692 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Banner Saga into these genres:

RPG Turn-Based Strategy Indie Tactical Turn-Based Strategy Story Rich Fantasy Great Soundtrack Kickstarter Tactical RPG Choices Matter Hand-drawn Atmospheric Singleplayer 2D Crowdfunded Strategy RPG Adventure Vikings

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 SP1
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space

MacOS

OS: MAC OSX 10.7.5
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

One of the best indie strategy games I've ever played. Insanely good world building and character writing. Game is harsh but making mistakes and learning to go with those mistakes is such a good part of the game. Kick started this game years ago and never regretted it

Oct. 2024

Just finished The Banner Saga Part 1. Gorgeous game. Incredible story. Choice and consequence at its peak. One of the best video games I have ever played. Absolutely broke my heart and I think I’m done playing video games for the rest of my life as a direct result. If you enjoy emotional turmoil you will love this game. Recommend.

Sept. 2024

The game is nice, not great, but nice. This is a game you'll play for the story (which is good), not for the game play (which is ok).

July 2024

The Banner Saga 1 is the start of the Banner trilogy, and if you don't find any enjoyment out of it, it's not worth playing the rest of them. But I personally quite enjoyed the game. It's a very tactical game but has an overarching, greatly done story combined with music that really feels like they've gone in-depth for the lore building of the world, as everything just feels like it could be real, which is the best-case scenario for any fantasy-based story. The story starts off a little slow in the first game, but if you enjoy the gameplay, that's a small obstacle. This game is definitely worth trekking through to get further in the series.

Jan. 2024

Got into The Banner Saga completely blind and what I discovered is an absolutely gorgeous, engrossing RPG that features well balanced and pleasingly tactical turn-based combat. A journey that's definitely worth taking, making you eager to jump straight into the next two titles of the series. The soundtrack is on point, building the atmosphere perfectly. Unique artwork, beautiful colors and a huge world that makes you want to know more. The script is the strongest element of the game, as it's unpredictable, giving you literally full freedom to make every choice, and believe me every choice matters and changes the progression. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape, take everything into account no matter how simple it is and be sure that at the end of the journey your time will be well spent.

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Steam reviews	22 December 2024 21:56

-80% 24.99€ 4.99€

8.7

13,654

1,692

Online players

Developer

Stoic

Publisher

Stoic Studio

Release 14 Jan 2014

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