The Banner Saga 2 similar games & best alternatives

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The Banner Saga 2

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging story with meaningful choices
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and music
  • Challenging and strategic turn-based combat
  • Character progression and customization
  • Survival mode extends gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Story can feel rushed or incomplete
  • Some localization and translation issues
  • Limited multiplayer and social features
  • Combat randomness introduced by chance-based talents
  • Some players find pacing uneven

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

  • Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

  • The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

  • Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force

  • Langrisser I & II

  • Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga

Less competitive

Games that feels like The Banner Saga 2 but with less competition against others

  • Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

  • Drakensang: The River of Time

  • Millennium - A New Hope

  • The Banner Saga

  • Pine

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like The Banner Saga 2 but with less leadership over others

  • WitchSpring R

  • Stories: The Path of Destinies

  • I Am Your Beast

  • 幻想枝魂 Soul Fantasy

  • Black Book

  • Gedonia

More social

Games that feels like The Banner Saga 2 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Pyre

  • Dead In Vinland

  • Lords of Xulima

  • Tales of Graces f Remastered

  • Guild Wars® Reforged

  • Wild Bastards

More intimate

Games that feels like The Banner Saga 2 but with more focus on close relationships

  • The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots

  • Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception

  • The Banner Saga 3

  • The Nameless: Slay Dragon

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • The Lost Village

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The Banner Saga 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Competition, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026