The Banner Saga 2

The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga: Factions	2013
The Banner Saga	2014
The Banner Saga 2	2016
The Banner Saga 3	2018

The Banner Saga 2 is a singleplayer bird's-eye view Tactical RPG game in the The Banner Saga series.

General information

The Banner Saga Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Deluxe Edition
Epic Games Store		Bundled with The Banner Saga and The Banner Saga 3. Stoic Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available.

GOG.com		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.
EA app (unavailable)		No longer sold since June 13, 2022.^[1]

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and soundtrack.

Essential improvements

Drake's and YaK's Unofficial Fixpack for Banner Saga 2

Corrects bugs, inconsistencies and typos.

Restores some never-before-seen cut-content.

Features various QoL improvements.

Install instructions
Download the latest version from here. Uncompress the zip archive and place the /tbs2 folder in `<path-to-game>` and overwrite when prompted. If you are using GOG version, you need too download additional archive (_GOG.zip), and patch it over after you apply the main patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\TheBannerSaga2\Local Store
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/TheBannerSaga2/Local Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\TheBannerSaga2\Local Store\save\saga2
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/TheBannerSaga2/Local Store/save/saga2
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
EA app
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		21:9 pillarboxed, with 16:9 for some menus. UI spans the screen.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Elements are misaligned, and characters clip outside of the screen bounds.
Field of view (FOV)		Isometric gameplay and 2D artwork.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enabled by default in fullscreen mode
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Game is 2D
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Gamepad settings.

Controller prompt options.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 3, DualShock 4 DualShock 3 is also supported.
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Can be changed by remapping
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound can be individually set and muted.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - 1
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				In-game official localization.
Russian				Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish				Improved fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Issues fixed

The Banner Saga 1 save game not automatically detected and imported

Create folder path manually

The Banner Saga 2 expects your Banner Saga 1 save game to be at this location:

%appdata%\TheBannerSaga\Local Store\save\saga1\X\save.json

Afterwards, move your save data into this folder.

Notes

X should be any number between 0 and 4. If the folders do not exist, create them.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^[2]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	7 SP1
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB	6 GB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB	6 GB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/281640/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (281640) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Upcoming Changes to the EA Origin Catalog - last accessed on 2024-12-07
↑ Banner Saga 2 - M1 Apple Silicon - Macbook Air 2020 - last accessed on 14 March 2023

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/281640/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (281640) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/281640/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (281640) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Upcoming Changes to the EA Origin Catalog - last accessed on 2024-12-07

[3] Banner Saga 2 - M1 Apple Silicon - Macbook Air 2020 - last accessed on 14 March 2023

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[Note 1]

[2]

Developers

	Stoic
Publishers
	Versus Evil
Engines
	Adobe AIR
Release dates
Windows	April 19, 2016
macOS (OS X)	April 19, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	82
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Tactical RPG
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	The Banner Saga