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The Banner Saga 3
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The Banner Saga 3

Jul 26, 2018 Steam: Mostly Positive

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 47% of players who started
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 3,118

What the data shows

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 3,132 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.6h for positive, 8.6h 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 (75.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

  1. Started playing 100%
  2. An honored guest Spoke with King Meinolf in Chapter 16. 100%
  3. Godstone Denglr Redux Return to the godstone Denglr. Most players quit here 87% −13
  4. Shortcut Arrive safely at Ridgehorn. 84% −3
  5. Came a Long Way Reach the end of Chapter 20 with 300 clansmen. 79% −6
  6. Normal Difficulty Complete the game on Normal difficulty. ≥47% −32

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 (101)

story milestone ending side

  • An honored guest Spoke with King Meinolf in Chapter 16. 100%
  • AKA Award a heroic title. 98%
  • Which Witch Alfrun joined the the caravan. 98%
  • Ruined Defeat Ruin on the battlefield. 89%
  • The Saga Concludes Import Save Game from Banner Saga 2. 88%
  • Godstone Denglr Redux Return to the godstone Denglr. 87%
  • Shortcut Arrive safely at Ridgehorn. 84%
  • Came a Long Way Reach the end of Chapter 20 with 300 clansmen. 79%
  • Peace Offering Reunite dredge baby with its own kind. 78%
  • Thin Ice Survive the trek across the frozen sea. 77%
  • Godstone Dredge Visit the godstone of the dredge. 77%
  • Eww Salvage a treasure trove in the darkness. 75%
  • Pacified Put Bolverk to rest once and for all. 65%
  • Living Legend Promote a hero to rank 15. 64%
  • Castaway Defeat 3 enemies with the Castaway. 62%
  • Talk It Out Convince Eyvind to do the right thing. 60%
  • Poetic Justice Listen to Aleo's recitation. 60%
  • Passive Aggressive Use items and heroic titles to have 3 passive abilities on one character. 59%
  • Scrivener Defeat 3 enemies with Ubin. 58%
  • Keep It Together Finish the game with Hakon and Canary allied to you. 57%
  • Shipped Accept the proposition. 57%
  • Apostate Defeat 3 enemies with the Apostate. 57%
  • Worse for Wear Keep Folka from losing her head over Bolverk. 53%
  • Journey's End See Rook or Alette safely to the end of the Saga. 52%
  • Mixed Martial Arts Win a battle with at least one human, horseborn, varl, and dredge in the fight. 52%
  • Witch Defeat 3 enemies with Alfrun. 51%
  • Bastion Defeat 3 enemies with the Bastion. 47%
  • Normal Difficulty Complete the game on Normal difficulty. 47%
  • Horseborn Rampage Minimized casualties during 'disagreement' over horseborn. 41%
  • Dredge Lover End the game with all possible playable dredge alive. 39%
  • I'm Being Repressed Now we see the violence inherent in the system. 37%
  • Double Blind Put an end to the warped Sundr. 31%
  • Pass It On Pass Juno's Weaved Energy buff 4 times before it expires. 24%
  • We Made It Reunite separated family. 24%
  • Good Listener Talk to at least 15 allies in Arberrang and the darkness. 18%
  • Bat out of Hel Complete Chapter 21 with only one return to Arberrang. 17%
  • Fighting to live Successfully hold out to the bitter end. 12%
  • Bromance Put Gudmundr and Petrus into battle together 5 times. 9.7%
  • Restless Never let the Ravens stop for rest. 7.5%
  • Young Love Do you like me? O-Yes / O-No 7.5%
  • Guided Complete the game with all possible heroes still alive. 4.1%
  • Hard Difficulty Complete the game on Hard difficulty. 3.8%
  • Heavy Impacts Do 100 points of STR damage 3.6%
  • Battering Ram Break 100 points of ARM 3.6%
  • Challenger Play in an eternal challenge 3.4%
  • Finish Strong Complete the game on Hard difficulty level without losing a single battle. 3.3%
  • Sole Survivor Juno wanders alone for all eternity. 3.3%
  • Arena Author Create and play in an arena 3.3%
  • The Skirmisher Survive all battles on Easy. 3.3%
  • Skald's Song Spend 50 WIL on extra movement, abilities, or extra damage 3.0%
  • Rings a Bell Fail to learn your lesson the first time. 2.9%
  • The Professional Survive all battles on Normal. 2.9%
  • Dredge Slayer Leave no dredge alive. 2.8%
  • Arena Saver Save an arena you created 2.8%
  • A Fallen Few Survive with fewer than 20 Heroes dying (Normal or Hard). 2.8%
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Warped Time Survive with Alette & Egil, Rook & Oddleif, Ro'Ech & Derdriu, or Juno & Eyvind in every battle (Normal or Hard). 2.8%
  • Zefr’s Wind Survive in less than 200 minutes for your total turns (Normal or Hard). 2.6%
  • Trapped Trap two enemies in sinkholes. 2.4%
  • The Wave Breaker Survive every extra wave in a wave battle (Normal or Hard). 2.3%
  • Scrivener Save an eternal challenge arena 2.0%
  • Shield Wall Take 100 points of ARM damage 2.0%
  • The Body Defeat 10 enemies with any one hero 1.9%
  • Together or Not At All Survive without a single Hero dying (Normal or Hard). 1.9%
  • Make it Count Survive in less than 500 turns for your total turns (Normal or Hard). 1.9%
  • Strong Arm Do 1,000 points of STR damage 1.7%
  • Backbiter Break 1,000 points of ARM 1.7%
  • The Berserk Survive all battles on Hard. 1.7%
  • Just Some Fantasy Survive all battles only using Varl, Horseborn, or Dredge Heroes. 1.6%
  • Warmonger Fight 30 battles in a single playthrough. 1.5%
  • Weekly Challenger Play in 3 different eternal challenges 1.5%
  • Valka Spend 500 WIL on extra movement, abilities, or extra damage 1.5%
  • Bloody Flail Defeat 100 enemies 1.5%
  • A Tale Worth Telling Be victorious in the arena 10 times 1.5%
  • Empty Satchel Survive without using any items. 1.5%
  • Scrape By Complete the game with both caravans alive, but with fewer than 16 characters. 1.3%
  • Looter Defeat the final wave of every wave battle in the game. 1.3%
  • Your Saga Began Play in 10 arenas from Banner Saga 1 1.3%
  • Krumr’s Mentor Survive Hard Mode without a single reload. 1.3%
  • Your Saga Continued Play in 10 arenas from Banner Saga 2 1.2%
  • Your Saga Ended Play in 10 arenas from Banner Saga 3 1.2%
  • Monthly Challenger Play in 8 different eternal challenges 1.2%
  • Seasoned Challenger Play in 13 different eternal challenges 1.2%
  • Bloodletter Do 10,000 points of STR damage 1.2%
  • Mender Take 1,000 points of ARM damage 1.2%
  • Axe Thrower Defeat 100 enemies with any one hero 1.2%
  • Warleader Be victorious in the arena 50 times 1.2%
  • Half Year Challenger Play in 26 different eternal challenges 1.1%
  • Annual Challenger Play in 52 different eternal challenges 1.1%
  • Oath-Maker Spend 5,000 WIL on extra movement, abilities, or extra damage 1.1%
  • Slaughterer Defeat 1,000 enemies 1.1%
  • Fail Early Be defeated in an arena 10 times 1.1%
  • Fail Often Be defeated in an arena 20 times 1.1%
  • Fail Forward Be defeated in an arena 30 times 1.1%
  • The Unbent Be victorious in the arena 100 times 1.1%
  • Yearly Challenger Play in 104 different eternal challenges 0.9%
  • Eternal Challenger Play in 156 different eternal challenges 0.9%
  • Shield Cleaver Break 10,000 points of ARM 0.9%
  • The Foolish Take 10,000 points of ARM damage 0.9%
  • Monster Killer Defeat 10,000 enemies 0.9%
  • Death's Messenger Defeat 1,000 enemies with any one hero 0.9%
  • Eternal Arena Champion Be on top of the leaderboard at the end of an Eternal Challenge! 0.3%
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