Banished

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• strategy video game

• city-building game

• construction and management simulation^*

• sandbox game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Localized titles

• Banished

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Indie^*
• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Remote Play on Phone^*
• Remote Play on Tablet^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• City Builder^*

  Votes · historical

  3,755^*

• Colony Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  3,454^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  2,720^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  2,487^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  2,255^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  1,501^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,470^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  1,422^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  1,313^*

• Resource Management^*

  Votes · historical

  957^*

• Relaxing^*

  Votes · historical

  949^*

• Economy^*

  Votes · historical

  689^*

• Building^*

  Votes · historical

  678^*

• Management^*

  Votes · historical

  638^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  552^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  506^*

• Beautiful^*

  Votes · historical

  443^*

• Procedural Generation^*

  Votes · historical

  404^*

• Historical^*

  Votes · historical

  337^*

• RTS^*

  Votes · historical

  295^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Win XP SP3 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor^*

  Memory

  512 MB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 2)^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  250 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Any^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  512 MB DirectX 10 compatible card^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  180^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

Developers

• Shining Rock Software
• Shining Rock Software LLC^*

Publishers

• Shining Rock Software
• Shining Rock Software LLC^*

• 2014-02-18

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

  Market

  worldwide

• 2014-02-17 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2014-02-17^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Feb 18, 2014^*

Detailed specifications