The Banner Saga 2
Fair · RPG · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$24.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$3.7485% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.21/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 3,811
- Critics
- 82 players 8 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 8% RPG
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 11.3h
- To 100%
- 25.8h 2.3x the story
- Finish
- 33% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 55
Price and sales
- Sales
- 63 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 July 2020
- Sale every
- 44d last June 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 21 now
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
68% start to 33% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 63 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 19 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos ($34.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats The Banner Saga ($24.99, scores 63).
More about The Banner Saga 2
82 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 33 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Of the 464 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 123 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
11.3 hours to finish it, 26 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.
At 11.3 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $3.74 (85% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Last discount ended 131 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Epic sequel to the Banner Saga, more of the same from the previous game, carrying over your progress.
1 more review, not recommended
The game is good and I wish I could recommend it, but do not buy it. Even more than the first, this game crashes CONSTANTLY after winning battles and you will lose lots of progress. The issue has existed since release and the devs know but won't fix it because they blame everything on steam, even though there are millions of games on steam without these issues. Save your money it is practically unplayable.
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About the 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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
The Banner Saga 2 scores 65/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/281640/the-banner-saga-2Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.