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Banished

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4.4/5

( 312 Reviews )

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...
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Historical
Tags:
Indie, Strategy, Classic, Management, Open World, show 12 more... Sandbox, Historical, Real-Time, Survival, Difficult, Resource Management, Relaxing, Medieval, Procedural Generation, City builder, RTS, Cozy
Critics reviews
35 %
Recommend
IGN
8.3/10
Game Informer
8/10
PC Gamer
70/100
User reviews

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

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

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:
Recommended 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

Recommended 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

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 length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Historical
Tags:
Indie, Strategy, Classic, Management, Open World, show 12 more... Sandbox, Historical, Real-Time, Survival, Difficult, Resource Management, Relaxing, Medieval, Procedural Generation, City builder, RTS, Cozy
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Company:
Shining Rock Software / Shining Rock Software
Size:
122 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Game features
Cloud saves
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
Critics reviews
74
Top Critic Average
35 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
IGNby Rowan Kaiser
8.3/10
New city-builder Banished is the most fun you'll have simulating famine all year.
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Game Informerby Daniel Tack
8/10
If you're into city building games, this is one to check out.
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PC Gamerby Andy Chalk
70/100
A nice change of pace for city-builders, but it loses momentum once the immediate urgency of survival goes away.
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User reviews

Posted on: August 30, 2025

kevaar

Verified owner

Games: 108 Reviews: 2

Surprising in a good way, could use more

Surprisingly complex, with each stage needing different strategies. There also seems to be a thriving mod scene. I do wish it had a little more - maybe they can do that in a DLC? Like enemies to fight, or a storyline, or maybe more decor or extra buildings to research. Still, it's surprisingly addictive even so. If you like the building and designing town aspect of RTS's, you'll probably like this one.

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Posted on: September 13, 2025

aurghnoch

Verified owner

Games: 75 Reviews: 1

Highly Enjoyable Town Builder

Although I wish there were a few more building styles, I absolutely love this game. It's good for low-stress town building, and it's got a tremendous amount of replay value.

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Posted on: September 15, 2025

SANH

Verified owner

Games: 33 Reviews: 2

Great game

Great game, been playing it for years.

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Posted on: September 21, 2025

Tylzen

Verified owner

Games: 87 Reviews: 1

Great survival frontier town builder

Banished is a brilliant survival frontier town builder crafted by a lone indie developer. It’s a game of constant problem-solving where every solved crisis leads to the next challenge, and watching your settlement slowly grow feels incredibly rewarding. It makes you appreciate the comforts of modern life while pushing you to adapt and plan carefully. With excellent mod support and a friendly, dedicated community, Banished remains a gem for anyone who enjoys deep, thoughtful city-building with real stakes.

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Posted on: September 23, 2025

Soryenn

Verified owner

Games: 105 Reviews: 1

Fave city builder

Challenging enough to always be interesting and so satisfying when you solve one crisis after another and see your little town grow. Focus on food +++ and firewood above everything else in the first year, then slowly expand. Trying to go too fast too far will destroy your town. Forest exploitation buildings are really good and will provide an endless (if slow) stream of wood. Also build some houses after a few years: people only move out of their parents' home and make children if they have their own house. Don't buy too many at once either. There's a balance to be kept if you want to keep your population growing, but not so fast you'll starve. No fighting in this game is so nice, wish more games did that. Just you and the unforgiving nature - which actually makes for a relaxing experience. Also the soundtrack is top notch.

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