The Banner Saga 3 2018

Released: July 26, 2018
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Tactical · Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · Android · PC · iOS · Mac · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Developer: Stoic
Publisher: Versus Evil
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: GOG GMG Steam Nintendo PlayStation Xbox
In a collection: The Banner Saga Trilogy

Epic Games Nintendo Xbox
Physical: Search on Amazon

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

Stoic's 2018 tactical role playing game, the third and last of the Banner Saga trilogy, with turn based combat and themes inspired by Viking culture. The story picks up where The Banner Saga 2 ends, with the party split into two caravans. One, in Arberrang, deals with internal political conflict and the darkness closing in, and the other has a countdown of days to fix the source of the darkness. When the countdown runs out, play switches back to Arberrang, where battles and plot choices can buy more time and if the darkness reaches Arberrang the game ends. Choices from the first two games, carried over by importing a save, affect major plot points. Some fights come in waves, which lets you swap characters between waves. Two caravans, with a clock ticking on one of them, make every choice a decision about how to spend your time, and that pressure is still there for a new player.