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The Banner Saga 2
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 49% of players who started
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 3,811
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 10h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- At least 48% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,821 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.1h for positive, 13.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (68.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Normal Difficulty Complete the game on Normal difficulty. ≥49% −51
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Aselei Visit the godstone Aselei. 100%
- Irynx Visit the godstone Irynx. 92%
- Berserker Defeat 3 enemies with a Berserk. 91%
- Shieldmaiden Defeat 3 enemies with a Shieldmaiden. 88%
- Baldringr Visit the godstone Baldringr. 87%
- The Saga Continues Import Save Game from Banner Saga 1. 85%
- Vez'nan Visit the godstone Vez'nan. 80%
- Geirraðr Visit the godstone Geirraðr. 76%
- Bygglaerer Visit the godstone Bygglaerer. 74%
- Axe Thrower Defeat 3 enemies with an Axe Thrower. 72%
- Lauga Visit the godstone Lauga. 69%
- Teulu Defeat 3 enemies with a Male Horseborn Teulu. 66%
- Varl Dregs Reach Oldford with at least 20 Varl following Bolverk. 64%
- Cantref Defeat 3 enemies with a Female Horseborn Cantref. 59%
- Forced March Reach Arberrang in 100 days or less. 50%
- Normal Difficulty Complete the game on Normal difficulty. 49%
- Sven's Training Complete Sven's Training. 48%
- Wanderer Defeat 3 enemies with a Wanderer. 46%
- Poet Defeat 3 enemies with a Poet. 46%
- Warmonger Fight 32 battles in a single playthrough. 42%
- Tracker Defeat 3 enemies with a Tracker. 42%
- Rook's Journey Meet King Meinolf with Rook. 42%
- Slaughterer Defeat 3 enemies with a Slaughterer. 39%
- Quartermaster Complete the game without letting anyone in your caravan die to hunger. 37%
- Sundr Slayer Kill a Sundr. 36%
- Alette's Journey Meet King Meinolf with Alette. 36%
- Keep Your Wits Bolverk always acts as the Ravens expect. 32%
- Leader of Clans Bring 400 clansmen safely into Arberrang. 27%
- Alliance of Convenience Maintain an alliance with Rugga. 25%
- Sneaky Kill 5 enemies while stealthed. 23%
- Zefr Defeat 3 enemies with Zefr. 19%
- War Bear Defeat 3 enemies with War Bear. 18%
- Culling Frenzy Kill 5 in one turn with Cull the Weak. 18%
- Treasure Hunter Acquire 3 rank 10 items. 17%
- Holfi's Training Complete Holfi's Training. 16%
- High Spirits Complete the game without ever getting low morale. 14%
- Demolition Break 30 barricades in a single playthrough. 10%
- Fighting Force Build an army of over 600 trained fighters. 8.1%
- Against all Odds Prevail with Rook against overwhelming numbers. 5.3%
- Intense Repossession Witness Eyeless possess 10 fallen units. 4.1%
- A Fallen Few (Survival Mode) Survive with fewer than 20 Heroes dying. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 3.8%
- The Professional (Survival Mode) Survive all battles on Normal. 3.7%
- The Skirmisher (Survival Mode) Survive all battles on Easy. 3.5%
- Hard Difficulty Complete the game on Hard difficulty. 3.4%
- On Wings of Ravens (Survival Mode) Survive in less than 180 minutes for your total turns. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 3.4%
- No Outsiders (Survival Mode) Survive without Recruiting Heroes. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 2.6%
- Challenge Complete the game on Hard difficulty level without losing a single battle. 2.5%
- Together or Not At All (Survival Mode) Survive without a single Hero dying. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 2.3%
- Not Some Fantasy (Survival Mode) Survive with only human Heroes. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 1.9%
- Master Tactician With 6 Rank 10 units, win a Hard difficulty sparring battle in the Training Tent. 1.8%
- Example to Others (Survival Mode) Survive with only female Heroes. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 1.8%
- Inner Fire (Survival Mode) Survive without using the Horn for willpower. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 1.6%
- Quad-Core Hardcore (Survival Mode) Survive using only parties of 4 varl in every battle. (Normal or Hard Difficulty) 1.5%
- The Berserk (Survival Mode) Survive all battles on Hard. 1.5%
- Krumr's Mentor (Survival Mode) Survive Hard Mode without a single reload 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.