Banished

First off, I absolutely loved the idea from the beginning, a city-building game focused on survival rather than budget managing. So it was no surprise I loved this game. If that is what you are looking for, look no further! There's a small list of downsides to this game though which kept me from giving a perfect score: 1) Music is not remarkable (sometimes feels even a bit unfitting, but that's probably high standards talking) 2) Path-finding is a bit basic, you really need to plan your city tight or build double- or triple-roads next to each other for the citizens to actually use them. And when you display the path your workers take a to a building, selecting the construction tool disables the path again, and while your people love diagonal paths you cannot use the tool to make them, rather you have to make it in 3-square-intervals every time. You cannot control your workers paths directly, and they ignore roads even if they were the faster choice if they're not the direct route 3) In-Game AI might need some work. I've heard that people starve while carrying a load of apples because they can only eat at home. So far it hasn't happened to me, but sometime in-game warnings come far too late (you only get the "low amount in storage" warning when only 0-1 items are left in storage, which can at times devastate your colony) 4) Endgame needs some love. After you've built every building there is to build and achieved a robust and surviving colony, there's little left to do. I increased the number of people more and more and kept balancing the ressources needed, but that was all there was to the game at that point Overall, I had a lot of fun with the game until I reached a large, sustainable colony, and then succumbed to the "...now what?". Until then, it was lots of fun though, so by all means, check it out!

What a great game! Even better with the Colonial Charter mod.

Banished is good, just don't expect much. It's a nice, solid little timewaster that is engaging for a while but its longevity leaves something to be desired. Every game will play the same, the random seed maps don't change the experience at all really. After your first few years the game stops being a survival sim and turns into a simplistic resource management sim. The Construction and Management Simulation isn't very deep or complex. As a city builder, it doesn't offer much creativity because buildings are all the same both visually and funcitonally. Once you're up and running, the objective is really just to copy/paste buildings all over the map until you've run out of map and achieved max population. A playthrough will go through various states (hunter/gather > trade > agriculture) which is about as much variety as the game offers, other than mod support which is extensive and mods are easy to integrate. Mechanically, the game is shallow but sound with precision balance and solid design. Everything about Banished works well, it just doesn't offer a whole lot. The simplistic graphics are rather charming actually. Everything about Banished just screams "cathartic." Expect a solid, simplistic, low key experience that is entertaining for a while.

Game maybe old but its still one of the best of its kind. Other clones may have more buildings etc. but dont have the charm of original Banished.

I like the simplicity, very relaxing.