The Banner Saga

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

General information

The Banner Saga Wiki

Official website

Official forum

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Collector's Edition
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Origin		Included with Origin Access Basic.
Steam

Version differences[edit]

The Collector's Edition includes the Insane Viking Pack which was previously only available to pre-order customers.

The Linux version of the game has been removed, as Adobe AIR no longer works properly in modern Linux system as of it's support being dropped since 2011. The game developer recommends using SteamPlay's Proton feature which according to the report works flawlessly out of the box.^[2]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\TheBannerSaga\Local Store
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/TheBannerSaga/Local Store
Linux
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/237990/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\TheBannerSaga\Local Store\save\saga1
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/TheBannerSaga/Local Store/save/saga1
Linux	~/.local/share/Steam/userdata/<user-id>/237990/remote/save/saga1
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/237990/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed 21:9, with 16:9 in some menus.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Elements are misaligned, and characters clip outside of the screen bounds.
Field of view (FOV)		2D artwork and isometric gameplay.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable Fullscreen in game options.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		2D game.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Variable refresh rate cap.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Animation drawn at 24 fps, camera movement like panning as well as unit movement restricted to 30 fps ^[3] in contrast to BS 2 and 3. ^[4] Variable refresh rate cap.

Input settings[edit]

Gamepad settings.

Controller prompt settings.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		The game does not use mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		^[5]
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		A remapping menu is available, but only to ensure that controllers are set up correctly; controls cannot be rebound.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts		If Dualshock prompts are not set up automatically, they can be set using the controller remapping menu.
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				In-game official localization.
Russian				Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish

Other information[edit]

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	7 SP1
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	6 GB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	6 GB

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/237990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (237990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/237990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (237990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Banner Saga Update - Linux+SteamOS and more! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Banner Saga

[2] Stoic have now removed the Linux version of The Banner Saga, in favour of Steam Play

[4] Lets Play Recorded at 60 fps capture rate

[5] Lets Play of Banner Saga 3 in comparison

[6] Magstroyer comments on After all that waiting, The Banner Saga is getting released tomorrow!

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Developers

	Stoic
Publishers
	Versus Evil
Engines
	Adobe AIR
Release dates
Windows	January 14, 2014
macOS (OS X)	January 14, 2014
Linux	April 16, 2015^[1]