Banished

Banished looks simple at first, but it quietly pulls you in. You start with a handful of exiled families trying to survive the seasons. There is no money, no combat, and no story to follow. It is all about resource management, planning, and keeping everyone alive through the winter. The survival aspect is what makes it stand out. Every villager matters, every piece of food or firewood is important, and one small mistake can set off a chain reaction that ruins your town. It rewards careful planning and patience instead of fast growth or constant action. It does have its limits though. Once your town is stable, the game settles into a routine. The late game can feel repetitive, and the menus do not always explain things clearly. Figuring out how much food or fuel you’ll need takes trial and error. Still, that learning curve is part of what makes it satisfying when things finally run smoothly. If you want a flashy builder full of upgrades and storylines, this is not that kind of game. But if you enjoy slow, steady progress and the feeling of building something that really works, Banished still holds up. The community mods add a lot of variety, but even without them, it remains one of the best pure survival city builders out there.

5 minutes in, half the village gone.

A classic in the survival city building genre, this game is a must try for anyone who enjoys the tougher aspect of city building/colony management games. The game is not very forgiving, your people will die, but you will learn and try again and again until you get a successful settlement going. And then they'll die anyway.

Jogo fantástico, jogo sempre e adoro ele.

Well its a pretty good game, with some serious flaws, over 300-500 population game starts to lag BAAADLY, and its not my pc, or my laptop, its this game engine, support for only 1core/thread kills it.. Its so stupid, it has awesome mods too, but no, it just cannot keep up. Just buy Setlement survival instead, has everything this game has, + wont need mods to get prettymuch every building this game has with all mods, and wont lag even on 1500population, and going strong.

Po Knights&Merchants szukałam podobnej, nieco nowocześniejszej gry i trafiłam na Banished przy okazji wyprzedaży Średniowiecza. Przyjemna gra, skoncentrowana wokół budowania i utrzymania miasta bez elementu walki. Fajnym elementem jest możliwość konfiguracji trudności gry w tym włączenie np katastrof naturalnych, pożarów itp. co urozmaica i oczywiście utrudnia rozgrywkę. + muzyka i oprawa graficzna + możliwość bardzo łatwej jak i trudnej rozgrywki + ciekawe mapy +dobrze zoptymalizowana Wciągająca, aczkolwiek przy rozbudowanym mieście brakuje nieco wyzwań i trochę zaczyna się nudzić .. ;)

6/10 Verdict- Game is fun and charming but other games by now have done this format better, worth getting this game on a big discount or if you really like these types of games and want more of that, but is much simpler than other city building survival games that exist now, yet still fun. Gameplay loop gets very repetitive and can get on peoples nerves over a long playtime. Music is nice and props must be given for being one of the first of its kind, at least here on steam. City building survival games everywhere owe themselves to this one. Early game is the best part of this game, once you get past that you have three choices, make a million small villages that sustains themselves or play on hard mode by city building, last play type is trading. Trade is very broken in this game, you can sustain everything you need just by that but is boring imo 100%ing the game was pretty fun besides the years based achievements that just took forever, way longer than any normal person would ever play a single village.