Banner of the Maid

Worth buying? What 281 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 281 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%2019

$16.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A challenging Fire Emblem-style tactics game in an alternate-history anime French Revolution, with great art and music. Skip it if you hate trial-and-error maps, grinding or rough translation.

Great for

Fire Emblem fans wanting a tough, cheap tactics RPG in a Napoleonic anime setting

Main risk

Scripted reinforcements and harsh fail conditions turn missions into trial-and-error puzzles

What players love

Solid Fire Emblem-style tactical combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“Gameplay is top notch. Fire Emblem with only a few changes but that system works really well for a reason.”
Steam review · 55.3 h played ↗

“weapons break only for the scenario, so no longer do I have to spend money endlessly on weapons, second, there is no permadeath”
Steam review · 41.6 h played ↗

“Well-balanced battles. Not too grindy and not too easy.”
Steam review · translated · 31.9 h played ↗

Fresh Napoleonic alternate-history setting

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“The developers of this title have done their homework.”
Steam review · 121.8 h played ↗

“Anyone who loves the 17th-18th century, in anime style too, I recommend it!”
Steam review · translated · 59.3 h played ↗

Beautiful art and character designs

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“the pixel combat animations and sprites are absolutely fantastic to watch every time”
Steam review · 24.5 h played ↗

“The artist did an excellent job too: the pictures are beautiful and the sprites cute.”
Steam review · translated · 7.9 h played ↗

Challenging but balanced difficulty

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“how perfectly balanced the game is”
Steam review · 60.7 h played ↗

“engaging and intricate gameplay that is challenging enough to be rewarding but not unfair”
Steam review · 55.9 h played ↗

Long campaign and great value

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“There's more content here than I expected from the store page and a small developer.”
Steam review · 51.2 h played ↗

“You get a 50+ hour campaign, tons of fun side quests some with really unique ideas and win conditions”
Steam review · 55 h played ↗

Great soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“If the game soundtrack banged my dome any harder my ears would be pregnant, especially that title theme, damn.”
Steam review · 45.3 h played ↗

“Absolutely gorgeous soundtrack!”
Steam review · 62.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Puzzle-like missions with one solution

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“This is not a turn-based strategy game, but just a lame puzzle game.”
Steam review · 20.5 h played ↗

“If you lose one unit you may as well restart the mission. This isnt a strategy game, its a puzzle game and every mission has a predetermined solution.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“A good tactical game makes you feel dumb when loosing, [i]Banner of the Maid[/i] makes you feel cheated”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗

Harsh fail conditions and turn limits

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Enemy Army: Loses when completely wiped out Your Army: Loses when the two or three weakest members are sniped out”
Steam review · 25.2 h played ↗

“After about 7 battles you start getting arbitrary time limits and these are way too short.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

Poor English translation

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“The translation really is subpar.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“The English translation is atrocious and was enough to dissuade me from ever picking this up again.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

Grindy leveling and scarce money

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“the game forces you to do side quests to level up your units because if you don't the levels get to hard too fast”
Steam review · 37.7 h played ↗

“The game is interesting at first, but then slides into grind.”
Steam review · translated · 77.9 h played ↗

Chinese-only voices jar with French setting

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Why do the french sound chinese??? What the hell?”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“English text with Chinese voice acting and playing as French fighters is insanely annoying.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗

Surprise enemy reinforcements

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Enemy reinforcements. Every map will have enemy reinforcements pop up.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

“reinforcements shows up and just pick off units that were seemingly safe”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OS64-bit Windows 7/8/10

Processor1.0 GHz or above

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsSupport 1280 x 720 or higher resolution, 512MB or above

Storage2 GB available space

Recommended

OS64-bit Windows 7/8/10

Processor2.0 GHz or above

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsSupport 1280 x 720 or higher resolution, 512MB or above

Storage2 GB available space

OS64-bit Windows 7/8/10

Processor1.0 GHz or above

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsSupport 1280 x 720 or higher resolution, 512MB or above

Storage2 GB available space

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