Banner of the Maid similar games & best alternatives

Banner of the Maid

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Banner of the Maid is a tribute to the golden age of tactical RPGs. Set in an alternate French Revolution, you play as Pauline Bonaparte, commanding your army on smoke-filled battlefields and navigating the turbulent political salons of Paris to forge a heroic epic like no other.

What works

  • Challenging and engaging tactical gameplay
  • Unique alternate history french revolution setting
  • Beautiful character art and animations
  • Long campaign with side missions and replayability
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Rough english translation
  • Slow pacing and animations without speedup
  • Some frustrating mission design and enemy reinforcements
  • Limited voice acting and repetitive audio
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery

  • Tactics Ogre: Reborn

  • Blightstone

  • 纸境英雄 Papercraft

  • The Hand of Merlin

  • Ash of Gods: The Way

More relaxing

Games that feels like Banner of the Maid but with a more relaxing feel

  • Sword of Convallaria

  • Rise of the Third Power

  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

  • Heroes of Science and Fiction

  • King's Bounty: Crossworlds

  • Mercenaries Blaze

More social

Games that feels like Banner of the Maid but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Lords of Xulima

  • Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

  • 秦殇 (Prince of Qin)

  • Battle Chasers: Nightwar

  • Shadowrun Returns

  • Cthulhu Saves Christmas

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Banner of the Maid: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026