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The Banner Saga

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App ID 237990
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Stoic Studio
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Adobe_AIR Engine
Last Changenumber 29306208
Last Record Update 31 May 2025 – 23:17:22 UTC ()
Release Date 14 January 2014 – 18:07:00 UTC ()
😎 86.85%
15k reviews
42
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Stoic
gamedir ValveTestApp237990
metacritic_name The Banner Saga
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 80
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-banner-saga?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Stoic Studio
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 14 January 2014 – 18:07:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 6 August 2021 – 19:28:31 UTC () (1628278111)
library_assets
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library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
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width_pct63
height_pct100
osextended macos64
review_score 8
review_percentage 88
Detected Technologies (?) Adobe_AIR Engine, CRIWARE SDK, FMOD SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 1 April 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3268685
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:14:02 UTC (), in changelist #215053

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🎲 RPG 🎲 Turn-Based 💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 🤔 Tactical 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 📚 Story Rich 🎭 Fantasy 🎶 Great Soundtrack 💰 Kickstarter 🛡️ Tactical RPG 🧞 Choices Matter 🎨 Hand-drawn 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Singleplayer 🏽 2D 🧠 Strategy RPG 🤑 Crowdfunded 🗺️ Adventure 🛶 Vikings

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Includes level editor Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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small_capsule
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header_image
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library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
image/englishlibrary_600x900.jpg
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library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
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logo_position/height_pct100
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Assets
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timestamp25 April 2022 – 18:41:24 UTC
Trailers
2030699 ↴
trailer_nameThe Banner Saga - Launch Trailer
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timestamp1447360088
2030507 ↴
trailer_nameThe Banner Saga - Announcement Video
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timestamp1447359905

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228985 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2013 Redist No size
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size
237992 macOS TBS Client Mac OS X 176.36 MiB 69.64 MiB
237993 Windows TBS Client Win32 136.55 MiB 90.16 MiB
237994 TBS Content Common 1.51 GiB 1.44 GiB
237991 TBS Content Saga1 1.46 GiB 1.44 GiB
272640 DLC 272640The Banner Saga - Soundtrack Bonus (272640) Depot 12.34 MiB 12.30 MiB
306850 DLC 306850The Banner Saga - Mod Content (306850) Depot 2.91 GiB 2.69 GiB

Total size on disk is 6.20 GiB and total download size is 5.73 GiB.

Total size on disk is 3.11 GiB and total download size is 2.97 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 3268685 1 November 2018 – 20:15:15 UTC
beta Banner Saga 1 public beta branch 1993295 27 September 2017 – 00:16:40 UTC
linuxfix 677376
localization 1630588 14 February 2017 – 16:26:49 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
markdlcdepots 1
baselanguages English, German, French, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil
privatebranches 1
appmanagesdlc 1
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