Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
Shining Rock Software LLC · Released Feb 18, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 43K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 65 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 375
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 12 years ago
- May 31, 2014
Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)
What is Banished?
A single-player sandbox city-building strategy game about exiled settlers starting over in a new land. You assign jobs, gather resources, build homes and workplaces, produce food, manage health and population growth, and barter with visiting traders.
For you if...
- +you enjoy survival-focused city building and resource management
- +you prefer sandbox play without skill-tree progression
- +you want a challenging single-player colony simulation
Not for you if...
- −you want deep late-game goals and constant new options
- −you dislike micromanaging workers, food, and production
- −you prefer forgiving settlements with quick feedback
What players say
90% of 43,348 reviews are positive · 86% of 65 in the last 30 days
Players praise the connected survival and city-building systems, demanding early game, and range of community mods. Common complaints include limited late-game depth, an unclear interface and worker behavior, and poor performance in large settlements.
Screenshots and trailer
Banished system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Win XP SP3 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor
- 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor
- Graphics
- 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 2)
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
- Graphics
- 512 MB DirectX 10 compatible card
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 36
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Tags
- City Builder
- Colony Sim
- Strategy
- Simulation
- Survival
- Indie
- Singleplayer
- Sandbox
- Medieval
- Resource Management
- Relaxing
- Economy
- Building
- Management
- Open World
- Difficult
Recent updates
- May 31, 2014 · Laborer Update...
- May 31, 2014 · Laborer Update...
- Apr 30, 2014 · Version 1.0.2 Beta now available...
- Apr 30, 2014 · Version 1.0.2 Beta now available...
- Feb 27, 2014 · Working on update 1.0.1...
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