The Banner Saga: 1 Game of the Year award

No: The Banner Saga collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2014 and finished No. 41; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

The Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Stoic and published by Versus Evil. It was released for personal computers and mobile phones in 2014, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016 and for Nintendo Switch in 2018.

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The Banner Saga finished #41 in the 2014 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (1), The Crew (1), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (1), The Wolf Among Us (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Banner Saga win?

The Banner Saga won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2014 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did The Banner Saga win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 41 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released14 January 2014
DeveloperStoic
PublisherVersus Evil

tactical role-playing game
Linux
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
macOS
Android (operating system)
IOS
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
The Fresno Bee	United States	2014

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.