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Banished

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4.4

312 Reviews

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Banished
Description
Banished is a city building game where you control a group of exiled people who are restarting their lives in the wilderness. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople work, build, get older, have children, and eventually die. Kee...
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IGN
8.3/10
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4.4/5

( 312 Reviews )

4.4

312 Reviews

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Product details
2014, Shining Rock Software, ...
System requirements
Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, 2 GHz Intel Dual Core, 512 MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c compatible video card with 512 M...
Time to beat
15 hMain
32 h Main + Sides
90 h Completionist
34.5 h All Styles
Description
Banished is a city building game where you control a group of exiled people who are restarting their lives in the wilderness. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

The townspeople work, build, get older, have children, and eventually die. Keeping them healthy, happy, and fed are essential to making a successful town grow. Any structure can be built at any time, provided that your people have collected the resources to do so.

There are many occupations that the people can perform from farming, hunting, and blacksmithing, to fishing, teaching, and healing. You can choose to replant forests, mine for iron, and quarry for rock, and more!
  • Build a city with any layout you want with almost no restriction on when, what, and where you build.
  • Keep the population happy and healthy by providing them with food and warm shelter.
  • Watch the town grow as you assign 20 different jobs to build buildings, grow food, craft tools and clothing, and more!

Banished © 2014 Shining Rock Software LLC. All Rights Reserved.

System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
15 hMain
32 h Main + Sides
90 h Completionist
34.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
122 MB

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Languages
English
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Posted on: July 18, 2020

walkerguy124

Verified owner

Games: 400 Reviews: 4

Fun Little City Builder

Though not as deep as something like cities skylines, it is still good fun and the simplicity makes it easier for new players. The Colonial Charter mod makes the game even better by adding more buildings and jobs so I suggest downloading and setting that up. The game goes really cheap on sales so you can usually pick it up for a really good value.


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Posted on: February 18, 2014

Renaissance96

Verified owner

Games: 287 Reviews: 2

Wow

Gameplay feels so much like the Anno series and Sims city combined; which is fun and challenging. Graphics is wonderful and the game is quite stable for it's release.


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Posted on: February 24, 2014

Morwyn Kelm

Games: 59 Reviews: 4

The SIM You've Always Wanted

Imagine Sim City and The Settlers, combined. Two classics merged into one dreamy, well-polished and smart package. It doesn't get much better than this. The entire experience is smooth and well-produced. Lovely graphics, terrific performance and a smart, sophisticated UI make Banished among my new favorites. If SIMs are your thing, get this now.


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Posted on: October 12, 2014

Silvernirvash

Games: 21 Reviews: 1

Owned it since release and still love it

Yeah this game is amazing. even more so because of the fact that this game is developed and supported STILL by ONE guy it's just fantastic. The people are lively, the maps are HUGE, the visuals are GREAT the gameplay itself is just perfect. No complaints just keep in mind that this game isn't meant for the casuals as this game is no walk in the park. People will die, they will get sick, they will age and drop like flies often. to add to the amazing game that is Banished there is no MOD SUPPORT!!!!! YAYS!!!! head over to either http://www.banishedmods.com/ (if you don't own the steam version or just want to download your mods manually) or the steam workshop (if you own the steam version) to see what's being done to the game by your fellow banished players!


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Posted on: November 7, 2017

aldoribo

Verified owner

Games: 53 Reviews: 5

Good game

I really enjoyed this game - the peaceful atmosphere, the simplicity and yet difficulty of the gameplay, and the basic idea: the costant struggle between limited resources to feed, shelter and educate you workforce, and the drive to increase your workforce to get more resources. After a while (a long while) the game lost interest mainly due to some little flaws, for example the pretty irrational way workers plan their way to work, often spending the whole day just wandering about trying to reach that wood just a step away. All in all, a good title, on the same level as more celebrated and complex games like, just to name one, simcity.


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