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.
Looking for games like Banished? Explore its Gameplay DNA below to see what makes it tick, then browse similar games matched by mechanics, feel, and progression.
Banished is defined by its city/empire building, open world, sandbox, meditative, real-time combat, and base management. Games similar to Banished share these core gameplay traits — browse the matches below to find your next play.
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Games Like Banished
Kingdoms and Castles shares Open world, Sandbox and City/empire building with Banished.
Patron shares Open world, Sandbox and City/empire building with Banished.
Foundation shares Open world, Sandbox and City/empire building with Banished.
Endzone - A World Apart shares Sandbox, City/empire building and Base management with Banished.
Surviving Mars shares Open world, Sandbox and City/empire building with Banished.
Nebuchadnezzar shares Sandbox, City/empire building and Real-time combat with Banished.
Kingdoms and Castles
Patron
Foundation
Endzone - A World Apart
Surviving Mars
Nebuchadnezzar
Ostriv
Manor Lords
Norland
Frostpunk
Kenshi
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Dawn of Man
Going Medieval
Against the Storm
They Are Billions
Cities: Skylines II
Dwarf Fortress
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
RimWorld
Odd Realm
Tropico 4
The Wandering Village
