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The Banner Saga 2

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App ID 281640
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Stoic Studio
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Adobe_AIR Engine
Last Changenumber 28971263
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 01:17:38 UTC ()
Release Date 19 April 2016 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
😎 86.37%
3k reviews
15
In-Game

The award-winning adventure continues in Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions, wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure your viking clans make it through alive.

Additional Information

Developer Stoic
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metacritic_name The Banner Saga 2
controller_support full
metacritic_score 82
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-banner-saga-2?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Stoic Studio
Store Release Date 19 April 2016 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 19 April 2016 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 6 August 2021 – 19:29:40 UTC () (1628278180)
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review_percentage 89
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: 8 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3272559
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    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 12 February 2014 – 23:27:35 UTC (), in changelist #400638

Supported Languages

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

Tags

🎲 RPG 💡 Strategy 📚 Story Rich 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🌱 Indie 🧞 Choices Matter 🎲 Turn-Based 🌫 Atmospheric 🎭 Fantasy 👤 Singleplayer 🤔 Tactical 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🗺️ Adventure 🎨 Hand-drawn 🛶 Vikings 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🛡️ Tactical RPG 🏰 Medieval 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🧝 Dark Fantasy

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Stats Steam Leaderboards Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp14 January 2022 – 17:21:42 UTC
Trailers
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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
281642 macOS TBS2 Mac OSX Client 176.50 MiB 69.69 MiB
281643 Windows TBS2 Win32 Client 136.69 MiB 87.37 MiB
281641 TBS2 Content 4.97 GiB 4.71 GiB

Total size on disk is 5.27 GiB and total download size is 4.86 GiB.

Total size on disk is 5.10 GiB and total download size is 4.79 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 3272559 29 November 2018 – 18:16:26 UTC
beta Banner Saga 2 public beta branch 3272559 27 November 2018 – 01:01:13 UTC
localization Public Banner Saga 2 localization review branch 3204247 11 October 2018 – 17:40:03 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
privatebranches 1
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