Banished

Banished

Steam Deck Playable

Shining Rock Software LLC · City Builder · Feb 18, 2014

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

90%
Very Positive
43k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story and characters: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 43k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I like the art and the overall gameplay, i really think it has the potential to be the best in its category if some aspects will be improved.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I honestly really wish there was a really good remake of this game expanding it more and higher graphics!!
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Gameplay29 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty17 reviews
82%
Players complain% still recommend
Story and characters9 reviews
78%
Combat9 reviews
100%
Crashes6 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
36
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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