The Banner Saga overview

Overview

The Banner Saga comes from Stoic and is published by Stoic Studio. It arrived on Steam on Jan 14, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Remote Play on Tablet. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Banner Saga's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 16 players at 10 September 2026 - 08:33:59 UTC, with a tracked peak near 4,436. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 89% positive across 15,952 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Banner Saga is available in 12 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Banner Saga has sold up to 1,000,000 units and has 13,465 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $13,700,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Banner Saga overview details

The Banner Saga combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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. Key Features Player choice that drives your own narrative – every decision you make in travel, conversation and combat has a meaningful effect on the outcome as your story unfolds. Over 25 playable characters from 2 different races, human and varl, the horned giants – embark on your epic journey with a variety of characters from 7 different classes, each with unique abilities and upgrade options to fit your play style. Strategic combat with consequences - victory or defeat and even the permanent loss of a character depends on which characters you choose to take into battle and what decisions you make afterwards. The journey is as important as battle – your role in building and managing your caravan as you travel the vast frozen landscape is critical to not only your own survival but the survival of an entire civilization. An epic Viking saga brought to life in 2D glory – beautifully hand drawn combat sequences and animations, accompanied by an evocative score from Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory, will immerse you into a fantasy realm inspired by Norse mythology. Multiplayer Combat Enhanced – sh…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Banner Saga is listed as a game with $24.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Remote Play on Tablet, and is associated with Indie, RPG, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 16 players at 10 September 2026 - 08:33:59 UTC, a tracked peak of 4,436, and 89% positive reviews.

Overview tags

RPGTurn-BasedStrategyIndieTacticalTurn-Based StrategyStory RichFantasyGreat SoundtrackKickstarterTactical RPGChoices MatterHand-drawnAtmosphericSingleplayer

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