The Banner Saga is a RPG, Strategy game from Stoic with a 89% positive Steam review signal. Indie Lantern indexes it for players browsing by weird, single-player.
Game snapshot
- Developer
- Stoic
- Release year
- 2014
- Playtime
- Varies by player
- Price
- $3.74
- Review signal
- 89% positive
Screenshots
System requirements
PC
- Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space
- Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 6 GB available space
macOS
- Minimum
- OS: MAC OSX 10.7.5 Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space
- Recommended
- OS: MAC OSX 10.7.5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 6 GB available space
Linux
- Minimum
- Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space
- Recommended
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
From Steam reviews
Review notes
The Banner Saga is worth a closer look if you want strong atmosphere, management, tactical combat, and replayable.
Best for players who want strong atmosphere, hand-drawn, emotional story, and management.
Check more carefully if you dislike technical roughness.
strong-atmosphere
ToneThe mood, place, and presentation carry a lot of the experience.
management
Play styleThe game asks you to run, improve, or balance a system over time.
tactical-combat
Play stylePositioning, planning, and combat choices carry weight.
replayable
FitThe structure gives reasons to return rather than finish once.
buggy
FrictionTechnical roughness or instability comes up often enough to check.
hand-drawn
SettingThe look is closer to illustration than generic 3D assets.
emotional-story
ToneThe story is framed as affecting rather than just plot-heavy.
narrative-adventure
Play styleThe experience is more story-and-place driven than systems-heavy.
Steam review snapshots
Still the game is not easy, you can easily die if you make one wrong move, your skills here are limited in…Replayability is high since there are many characters and paths to take in the game.It's not a long game short but sweet.Just as you feel you get into a rhythm, you lose one of your party members, either permanently or temporarily, and need…Why it fits
Best for players who want strong atmosphere, emotional story, management, and tactical combat. Hand-drawn presentation with strong atmosphere Tactical combat where positioning and planning matter Management elements that ask you to balance systems over time Replayable structure with many characters and paths
Who might skip it
You dislike technical roughness You want a purely action-focused game You prefer games without management elements