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The Banished Vault

Lunar Division · Bithell Games · 2023-07-25

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 25, 2023 (Mac), Jul 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault.

78%
positive of 201 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)
The Banished Vault is a 2023 turn-based strategy video game developed by Lunar Division and published by Bithell Games. Players must engage in careful resource management as they explore the galaxy in a spaceship chased by a powerful entity.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 22,944 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 201 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.74 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220232026Week of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$16.742023-07-252026-07-272023-07-25 — best price $22.492023-11-21 — best price $22.492023-12-22 — best price $22.492024-02-12 — best price $22.492024-03-14 — best price $22.492024-04-04 — best price $24.992024-05-20 — best price $24.992024-07-25 — best price $24.992024-09-09 — best price $24.992024-10-23 — best price $24.992024-12-11 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-10 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-21 — best price $24.992025-06-23 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-04 — best price $24.992025-09-15 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-28 — best price $24.992025-12-15 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-11 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-27 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-06-11 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 0 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
44.4%
earned "Unleash The Gloom"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1580%44

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

Player tags

DarkSpaceAliensGothicBuildingStrategyRogue-liteExplorationPerma DeathCity Builder

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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