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Banished

Shining Rock Software LLC · 2014-02-18

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

509
playing now
90%
positive of 43k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
12h
to beat · rushed 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

509 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 509 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 2% of 17,990 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 43,304 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 19 of 34 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

6572792026-08-06 21:00 — 489 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 279 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 381 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 515 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 397 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 523 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 609 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 397 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 563 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 627 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 361 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 424 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 488 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 307 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 432 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 475 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 296 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 525 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 655 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 329 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 374 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 553 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 435 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 501 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 553 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 411 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 359 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 509 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 509 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-05-22 — best price $7.992015-06-21 — best price $19.992015-11-21 — best price $19.992016-05-16 — best price $19.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $6.792017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $6.792018-03-28 — best price $4.992018-07-09 — best price $19.992018-12-19 — best price $6.792019-05-15 — best price $4.992019-08-15 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $6.792020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-05-23 — best price $19.992020-11-10 — best price $19.992021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-09-20 — best price $6.792021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $6.792022-09-15 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $6.792023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $6.792023-10-02 — best price $6.792023-12-21 — best price $6.792024-03-16 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-03-06 — best price $9.992025-05-02 — best price $6.792025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-06 — best price $6.792026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

76322026-06-01 — 43 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 40 pageviews2026-06-10 — 54 pageviews2026-06-13 — 60 pageviews2026-06-16 — 53 pageviews2026-06-19 — 38 pageviews2026-06-22 — 40 pageviews2026-06-25 — 60 pageviews2026-06-28 — 73 pageviews2026-07-01 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 55 pageviews2026-07-07 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 66 pageviews2026-07-13 — 60 pageviews2026-07-16 — 38 pageviews2026-07-19 — 62 pageviews2026-07-22 — 51 pageviews2026-07-25 — 52 pageviews2026-07-28 — 51 pageviews2026-07-31 — 41 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 39 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-15 — 43 pageviews2026-08-18 — 38 pageviews2026-08-21 — 38 pageviews2026-08-24 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 34 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-29 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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