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Also City Builder and Medieval, like Banished.
- $39.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Games like Banished
- 24 games
- Updated Nov 3, 2026
Players who liked Banished also play
The closest matches to Banished: Manor Lords, Farthest Frontier, RimWorld, Cities: Skylines, and Against the Storm. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02- $34.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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Cities: Skylines
Why this: Shares resource management with Banished.
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Shining Rock Software LLC
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 90% of 25,649 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Metacritic 73
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Minimalist design feels timeless
- Mods extend longevity
- No combat or fighting required
- Contemplative
- Cozy
- Peaceful
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Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Banished.
About Banished
The closest matches to Banished: Manor Lords, Farthest Frontier, RimWorld, Cities: Skylines, and Against the Storm. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Banished is your kind of game, the closest matches are Manor Lords, Farthest Frontier and RimWorld — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, cozy and peaceful, and single out its mod support and population growth. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Banished is a strategy and simulation game released in 2014 by Shining Rock Software LLC, available for $19.99. The city-builder focuses on colony management with mechanics including resource management, population growth, seasonal cycles, storage systems, trade economy, and mod support. Players describe it as contemplative, cozy, peaceful, and relaxing. Reviewers highlight hooks such as its minimalist design that feels timeless, how mods extend the game's longevity, the absence of combat, and the organic feeling of watching villagers live and work. The game holds a 90 percent positive review score from over 25,000 Steam reviews and is playable on Steam Deck.
About 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 townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Is Banished worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 90% of 25,649 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 91% positive across 65 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 64 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 17 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Minimalist design feels timeless
- Mods extend longevity
- No combat or fighting required
- Pure city building without distractions
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Starts off great, but this thing is less of a city builder than a CONSTANT worker allocation game. Coming from Timberborn or Manor Lords, this game has only about a fraction of the options those games have and less of a reason to keep…”
People who play it also play: Manor Lords, Farthest Frontier, RimWorld
Frequently asked about Banished
Can I run it?
Does Banished run on Steam Deck?
Banished is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Banished cost?
Banished is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Banished?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Banished are Manor Lords, Farthest Frontier, RimWorld.
Who developed Banished?
Banished was developed by Shining Rock Software LLC.