Single-player games like The Banner Saga
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to The Banner Saga, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Banner Saga 2
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
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.
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The Banner Saga 3
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.
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Wildermyth
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Banner Saga.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
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MASSIVE CHALICE
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
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King's Bounty: The Legend
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Banner Saga.
King’s Bounty: The Legend is a fan-favorite classic fantasy adventure and an early entry into the modern King’s Bounty era, built around tough battles, smart decisions, and turn-based tactics.
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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with The Banner Saga.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
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Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Banner Saga.
The dramatic RPG Fuga: Melodies of Steel series is now complete!
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King of Dragon Pass
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Banner Saga.
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
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Mordheim: City of the Damned
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Banner Saga.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
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Disgaea 2 PC
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Banner Saga.
The Overlord Zenon has cursed the land, leaving a young man named Adell to seek vengeance. However, all hell breaks loose as Adell accidentally kidnaps the Princess of the Netherworld. Will Adell be able to return the Princess, defeat Zenon, and break the Overlord's dark curse?
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Expeditions: Conquistador
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Banner Saga.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
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Expeditions: Viking
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banner Saga.
Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?
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Towerborne
Single-player alternative to The Banner Saga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Banner Saga.
Towerborne is an exciting side-scrolling Action RPG Brawler. As an immortal warrior journey across a crumbling world, uncover the mystery of the fallen City of Numbers, and push back the corruption threatening humanity’s survival.