Banished
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
90.4Rating
0Content
36Achievements
About This Game
Banished is a indie/simulation game designed for single-player, developed by Shining Rock Software LLC and released in 2014. With an estimated 2.3 million copies sold, it is considered a major commercial success on Steam. With 42.9k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 90.4/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 15.2 hours, with side content bringing that to 30.04 hours, and a completionist run can reach 85.24 hours. Players commonly describe it as City Builder, Colony Sim, Strategy, Simulation and Survival.
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User Reviews
90.4
Overall Score / 100
9.0/10
Steam (42936 rev)
Playtime Estimates
15.2h
🎯 Main Story
30.04h
⭐ Main + Sides
85.24h
💯 Completionist
Based on 4 player submissions
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Game Information
Release Date
February 18, 2014
Developer
Shining Rock Software LLC
Publisher
Shining Rock Software LLC
Platforms
Windows
Price
$19.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
2.3M
(1.9M - 2.8M) VRI ScoreLearning
78.1
Hard to call the data is inconsistent at this point.
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Indie
Simulation
Strategy
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Remote Play on Phone
Remote Play on Tablet
Family Sharing
Tags
City Builder
Colony Sim
Strategy
Simulation
Survival
Indie
Singleplayer
Sandbox
Medieval
Resource Management
Relaxing
Economy
Building
Management
Open World
Difficult
Beautiful
Procedural Generation
Historical
RTS
Supported Languages
With Full Audio
English
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
- OS *: Win XP SP3 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 2)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Recommended:
- OS *: Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor: Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 10 compatible card
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Legal Notice
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