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Banished

Shining Rock Software LLC · 2014-02-18

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 18, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Banished is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 43338 reviews).

402
playing now
90%
positive of 43k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
68/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (197 ratings)
105
Nexus mods (528k downloads)
74/100
opencritic · fair · 35% recommend · from 19 critics
12h
to beat · rushed 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

402 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Banished is a city-building video game developed by Shining Rock Software. It was released for Windows on February 18, 2014. The game focuses on careful resource management and survival as an isolated and growing society. Its gameplay can be compared with economic theory on sustainability and optimization. Banished received mixed reviews on release, with reviewers praising graphics and difficulty early in the game, but criticizing a lack of feedback for player actions and lower emphasis on survival as the city grows.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 402 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 618 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~77/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 43,380 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GOG (2015-06-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 29 of 75 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
59559520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7663312026-09-15 11:00 — 369 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 515 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 369 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 488 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 683 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 422 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 367 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 495 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 442 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 458 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 506 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 406 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 353 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 542 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 655 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 419 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 530 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 556 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 375 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 582 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 766 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 397 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 368 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 402 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.9k0Oct 2013Aug 2026Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2014 — avg 4,631 · peak 24,568Jun 2014 — avg 2,244 · peak 9,095Oct 2014 — avg 1,196 · peak 2,236Feb 2015 — avg 2,071 · peak 5,964Jun 2015 — avg 2,265 · peak 7,306Oct 2015 — avg 1,346 · peak 2,372Feb 2016 — avg 1,776 · peak 3,345Jun 2016 — avg 1,508 · peak 3,678Oct 2016 — avg 1,279 · peak 2,339Feb 2017 — avg 1,790 · peak 3,137Jun 2017 — avg 1,692 · peak 4,255Oct 2017 — avg 1,383 · peak 2,358Feb 2018 — avg 1,404 · peak 2,538Jun 2018 — avg 1,255 · peak 2,283Oct 2018 — avg 1,231 · peak 2,155Feb 2019 — avg 1,459 · peak 2,593Jun 2019 — avg 1,097 · peak 1,861Oct 2019 — avg 1,247 · peak 2,151Feb 2020 — avg 1,301 · peak 2,386Jun 2020 — avg 1,129 · peak 2,000Oct 2020 — avg 1,096 · peak 1,777Feb 2021 — avg 1,139 · peak 1,953Jun 2021 — avg 888 · peak 1,580Oct 2021 — avg 938 · peak 1,600Feb 2022 — avg 866 · peak 1,414Jun 2022 — avg 790 · peak 1,281Oct 2022 — avg 907 · peak 1,633Feb 2023 — avg 799 · peak 1,390Jun 2023 — avg 627 · peak 961Oct 2023 — avg 799 · peak 1,487Feb 2024 — avg 673 · peak 1,087Jun 2024 — avg 581 · peak 911Oct 2024 — avg 558 · peak 886Feb 2025 — avg 580 · peak 969Jun 2025 — avg 511 · peak 844Oct 2025 — avg 550 · peak 932Feb 2026 — avg 542 · peak 905Jun 2026 — avg 468 · peak 762Aug 2026 — avg 449 · peak 710
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 9 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-07 — best price $19.992015-11-09 — best price $19.992016-02-06 — best price $6.792016-09-08 — best price $4.992017-02-13 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $6.792018-01-29 — best price $19.992018-07-09 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $6.792019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $6.792020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $6.792020-12-05 — best price $19.992021-08-20 — best price $6.792021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $6.792023-01-23 — best price $6.792023-06-29 — best price $6.792023-10-23 — best price $6.792024-02-15 — best price $6.792024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-03-19 — best price $6.792025-06-18 — best price $6.792025-12-18 — best price $6.792026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-09-07 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

76272026-06-01 — 43 pageviews2026-06-05 — 38 pageviews2026-06-09 — 62 pageviews2026-06-13 — 60 pageviews2026-06-17 — 53 pageviews2026-06-21 — 44 pageviews2026-06-25 — 60 pageviews2026-06-29 — 51 pageviews2026-07-03 — 36 pageviews2026-07-07 — 39 pageviews2026-07-11 — 47 pageviews2026-07-15 — 55 pageviews2026-07-19 — 62 pageviews2026-07-23 — 48 pageviews2026-07-27 — 59 pageviews2026-07-31 — 41 pageviews2026-08-04 — 39 pageviews2026-08-08 — 40 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-16 — 38 pageviews2026-08-20 — 44 pageviews2026-08-24 — 56 pageviews2026-08-28 — 42 pageviews2026-09-01 — 58 pageviews2026-09-05 — 41 pageviews2026-09-09 — 52 pageviews2026-09-13 — 36 pageviews2026-09-17 — 33 pageviews2026-09-21 — 58 pageviews2026-09-25 — 34 pageviews2026-09-29 — 53 pageviews2026-10-03 — 41 pageviews2026-10-07 — 43 pageviews2026-10-10 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.2k02026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 1,884 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 1,340 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 1,348 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 05:12 — 2,230 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 1,282 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
20.9%
earned "Smiles all Around"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,6859%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalRelaxingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

RimWorldHearthlandsColony SurvivalLife is Feudal: Forest VillageMedieval Kingdom WarsMashinkyAncient CitiesDawn of Man

Similarity via IGDB.

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