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The Banner Saga: Factions
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 27% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 843
What the data shows
- 46% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (46%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- Only 27% 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 834 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 16 reviews: 5.2h for positive, 0.6h 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 (26.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (42)
- First Battle You finished your first battle! 100%
- First Win You were victorious in battle for the first time! 75%
- Dangerous Foe You have killed 10 with a single unit! 47%
- Patrol You finished your fifth battle! 44%
- Hunting Party You finished your tenth battle! 29%
- Victor You were victorious in battle for the fifth time! 27%
- Baleful Combatant You have killed 25 with a single unit! 18%
- Aggressor You finished your twentieth battle! 16%
- Unbent You were victorious in battle for the tenth time! 15%
- Unbroken Streak You have reached a win streak of 3! 9.7%
- Stand in the Gap You were victorious in battle for the twentieth time! 7.5%
- Lethal Attacker You have killed 50 with a single unit! 6.0%
- Battleworn You finished your fiftieth battle! 5.6%
- Man the Walls You were victorious in battle for the fiftieth time! 2.6%
- Röð Thrall You achieved an Elo Rating of 1100! 2.2%
- Wartorn You finished your hundredth battle! 1.9%
- Relentless Assailant You have killed 100 with a single unit! 1.9%
- Continuous Victory You have reached a win streak of 10! 1.1%
- Röð Drengr You achieved an Elo Rating of 1200! 0.7%
- Holding Down the Fort You were victorious in battle for the hundredth time! 0.7%
- Onslaught You finished your thousandth battle! 0.4%
- Campaign You finished your two hundredth battle! 0.4%
- Siege You finished your five hundredth battle! 0.4%
- Röð Fri-hal You achieved an Elo Rating of 1300! 0.4%
- Röð Húskarl You achieved an Elo Rating of 1400! 0.4%
- Röð Heiðþeg You achieved an Elo Rating of 1500! 0.4%
- Röð Þingalið You achieved an Elo Rating of 1600! 0.4%
- Röð Þegn You achieved an Elo Rating of 1700! 0.4%
- Röð Hersir You achieved an Elo Rating of 1800! 0.4%
- Röð Sturaesman You achieved an Elo Rating of 2000! 0.4%
- Röð Jarl You achieved an Elo Rating of 2200! 0.4%
- Röð Master You achieved an Elo Rating of 2300! 0.4%
- Röð World Master You achieved an Elo Rating of 2400! 0.4%
- Röð Grandmaster You achieved an Elo Rating of 2500! 0.4%
- Unrelenting Supremacy You have reached a win streak of 100! 0.4%
- Unstoppable Conquest You have reached a win streak of 25! 0.4%
- Raven's Triumph You have reached a win streak of 50! 0.4%
- Viking You have killed 1000 with a single unit! 0.4%
- Exterminator You have killed 250 with a single unit! 0.4%
- Tactician You were victorious in battle for the thousandth time! 0.4%
- Massacre You were victorious in battle for the two hundredth time! 0.4%
- War Party You were victorious in battle for the five hundredth time! 0.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.