Real Time Strategy (RTS)

Banished

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

3.9

Users · RAWG

2014

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateFebruary 18, 2014

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Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategyIndieSimulation

Playable on

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PC (Microsoft Windows)PC

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About this game

Welcome to the world of 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 objective of the game is to keep the population alive and grow it into a successful culture. Options for feeding the people include hunting and gathering, agriculture, trade, and fishing. However, sustainable practices must be considered to survive in the long term.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Interconnected food, labor, housing, and production systems.
Settlements develop differently through shortages, disasters, and migration.
Mod support expands content and extends replay value.
Clear interface presents complex production chains understandably.
Seasonal environments provide a calm ambient presentation.

Cons

Few meaningful objectives remain after settlements become self-sufficient.
Settlements become similar after core survival strategies are learned.
Early mistakes can trigger cascading population and resource failures.
Mature settlements require repeated small adjustments to resources and workforce.

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