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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.

The Banner Saga 2 is a rpg, strategy and story rich game developed by Stoic and published by Stoic Studio.
Released on April 19th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 3,612 reviews of which 3,241 were positive and 371 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.02€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Banner Saga 2 into these genres:

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 Turn-Based Combat Medieval Dark Fantasy

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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

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Dec. 2024
This is for all Banner Saga games. Yes you ABSOLUTELY should play all 3. Banner Sage stands unique among games I've played. It's hard to describe: a narrative "choices matter" adventure game with TBS battle elements completely undersells it. Banner Sage is a legend you get to write. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking story of loss, hope, and... well, the rest is up to you. When I first played it I really had no idea what I was in for, and I still can't exactly describe it, but it was beautiful to the point of tears. The game does an INCREDIBLE job of immersing you in the world. Every backdrop, every interaction with a person feels real and it feels like you're participating. What is a simple supply meter in other games here is your lifeblood, and that number went DOWN because you made a choice you are now questioning. The people fighting next to you on the battlefield are not units, but your friends that you've toasted with, argued with, and care for deeply. I'm honestly not sure where choices diverge except with immediate consequences. I would suggest you do not look up decision trees - don't treat this like a game, treat it like composing your hero's ballad of triumph, or perhaps tragedy. History and legend play a key role here - in fact that's the entire purpose of the banner mentioned in said saga - and you're literally weaving it as you move. As for the battles, they can get tough (I played "Normal"), but are doable. Don't go in expecting the traditional X-Com progression of weak to overpowered. The battles take place as story elements and can have incredible consequences. Like all things in Banner Saga, they are an additive part to the whole, and their stakes makes everything more intense. I find the skills and such balanced and every battle ultimately achievable. You'll get the hang of it eventually but there's a moderate curve to understanding how to fight in this game than in others. As for the presentation, the videos 100% display what it is. The whole game looks like that, a "Dragon's Lair" type smooth animation. I, personally, love it. And while it may not be your particular cup of tea, in honestly it's not usually mine, it works perfectly here. A game as unique as The Banner Saga needed a unique aesthetic and after playing it, I'm not sure the sharper lines of more traditional contemporary animation would have worked. The novel style sets you up mentally for the novel nature of the game. It does slow down a bit during the second and (part of the) third games. In those, the world becomes more complex and it feels like it might have been dragged out a little bit too long - the give/take momentum of the first gives way a bit to largely give. Maybe a better way to put it is that external conflicts turn into internal conflicts, resulting in a slower burn. But that's a minor gripe, and might actually be a positive for you. And for what it's worth, I truly believe the experience of deceleration is in large part because of just how phenomenal the opening chapter was. Listen, I'm biased. The Banner Saga hit me, and hit me HARD. I don't expect it to impact everyone the way it did me, but if you let yourself go on the ride, even just a little, you're going to find something real special. It's a gorgeous, compelling, challenging, heart-wrenching story which is ultimately yours to tell. There are not many experiences like this, and you owe it to yourself to try.
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Dec. 2024
Very good sequel of the saga, the writing is excellent and the art may be even better than the first game, having more animations and scenarios. Sadly, some fights towards the end were boringly hard and I felt like an "undo move" button would've been highly needed
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Oct. 2024
Great storytelling. Plays like no other game for combat. Good stuff.
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Oct. 2024
Having beaten the first game and thinking that I could not be thrown off guard with the following installment, I can honestly say that Banner Saga 2 is a worthy sequel. Decision making becomes even more difficult due to the unforeseen consequences and political intrigues surrounding your journey, just what a game man.
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Oct. 2024
Banner Saga 2 is overall an improvement on the first. More cutscenes, somehow even prettier scenery, and better combat mechanics. I do slightly favor the story in 1, but it's a continuous thing anyway.
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The Banner Saga 2 is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Banner Saga 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

The Banner Saga 2 received 3,241 positive votes out of a total of 3,612 achieving a rating of 8.64.
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The Banner Saga 2 was developed by Stoic and published by Stoic Studio.

The Banner Saga 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Banner Saga 2 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Banner Saga 2 is not playable on Linux.

The Banner Saga 2 is a single-player game.

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The Banner Saga 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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The Banner Saga 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Banner Saga 2
24.99€ -96% 24.99€ 1.02€
8.6
3,241
371
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Online players
18
Developer
Stoic
Publisher
Stoic Studio
Release 19 Apr 2016
Platforms
Remote Play
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