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Steam app 242920 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:04 UTC

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.

Banished Steam header artwork
Shining Rock Software LLCShining Rock Software LLC
589playing now
58924-hour peak
24,568all-time peak
444average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−4.2Gain−0.93%% gain719Peak

719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

019438858277713 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 2026492 peakFriday 14 August 2026533 peakSaturday 15 August 2026625 peakSunday 16 August 2026694 peakMonday 17 August 2026552 peakTuesday 18 August 2026554 peakWednesday 19 August 2026510 peakThursday 20 August 2026548 peakFriday 21 August 2026557 peakSaturday 22 August 2026654 peakSunday 23 August 2026710 peakMonday 24 August 2026572 peakTuesday 25 August 2026562 peakWednesday 26 August 2026569 peakThursday 27 August 2026536 peakFriday 28 August 2026551 peakSaturday 29 August 2026657 peakSunday 30 August 2026708 peakMonday 31 August 2026593 peakTuesday 01 September 2026539 peakWednesday 02 September 2026543 peakThursday 03 September 2026521 peakFriday 04 September 2026582 peakSaturday 05 September 2026663 peakSunday 06 September 2026719 peakMonday 07 September 2026696 peakTuesday 08 September 2026561 peakWednesday 09 September 2026492 peakThursday 10 September 2026503 peakFriday 11 September 2026519 peakSaturday 12 September 2026589 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

156 months, October 2013 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

07k13k20k27k201320152018202020222024October 20138 monthly peakNovember 20137 monthly peakDecember 20133 monthly peakJanuary 20145 monthly peakFebruary 201424,568 monthly peakMarch 201416,921 monthly peakApril 20144,998 monthly peakMay 20143,069 monthly peakJune 20149,095 monthly peakJuly 20146,178 monthly peakAugust 20142,142 monthly peakSeptember 20142,391 monthly peakOctober 20142,236 monthly peakNovember 20146,571 monthly peakDecember 20148,000 monthly peakJanuary 20155,429 monthly peakFebruary 20155,964 monthly peakMarch 20156,926 monthly peakApril 20152,287 monthly peakMay 20152,291 monthly peakJune 20157,306 monthly peakJuly 20152,901 monthly peakAugust 20152,267 monthly peakSeptember 20152,442 monthly peakOctober 20152,372 monthly peakNovember 20156,061 monthly peakDecember 20153,679 monthly peakJanuary 20165,579 monthly peakFebruary 20163,345 monthly peakMarch 20162,707 monthly peakApril 20162,541 monthly peakMay 20162,641 monthly peakJune 20163,678 monthly peakJuly 20163,065 monthly peakAugust 20162,274 monthly peakSeptember 20162,548 monthly peakOctober 20162,339 monthly peakNovember 20163,211 monthly peakDecember 20164,503 monthly peakJanuary 20174,442 monthly peakFebruary 20173,137 monthly peakMarch 20172,652 monthly peakApril 20172,229 monthly peakMay 20172,468 monthly peakJune 20174,255 monthly peakJuly 20175,177 monthly peakAugust 20172,396 monthly peakSeptember 20172,443 monthly peakOctober 20172,358 monthly peakNovember 20172,975 monthly peakDecember 20175,152 monthly peakJanuary 20183,298 monthly peakFebruary 20182,538 monthly peakMarch 20182,379 monthly peakApril 20182,135 monthly peakMay 20182,060 monthly peakJune 20182,283 monthly peakJuly 20183,021 monthly peakAugust 20181,990 monthly peakSeptember 20182,411 monthly peakOctober 20182,155 monthly peakNovember 20182,500 monthly peakDecember 20182,742 monthly peakJanuary 20192,923 monthly peakFebruary 20192,593 monthly peakMarch 20192,526 monthly peakApril 20191,842 monthly peakMay 20191,740 monthly peakJune 20191,861 monthly peakJuly 20192,293 monthly peakAugust 20191,711 monthly peakSeptember 20193,426 monthly peakOctober 20192,151 monthly peakNovember 20192,111 monthly peakDecember 20192,252 monthly peakJanuary 20202,210 monthly peakFebruary 20202,386 monthly peakMarch 20202,469 monthly peakApril 20202,166 monthly peakMay 20201,887 monthly peakJune 20202,000 monthly peakJuly 20201,617 monthly peakAugust 20201,571 monthly peakSeptember 20201,535 monthly peakOctober 20201,777 monthly peakNovember 20202,604 monthly peakDecember 20201,924 monthly peakJanuary 20211,924 monthly peakFebruary 20211,953 monthly peakMarch 20211,617 monthly peakApril 20211,508 monthly peakMay 20211,469 monthly peakJune 20211,580 monthly peakJuly 20211,619 monthly peakAugust 20211,509 monthly peakSeptember 20211,771 monthly peakOctober 20211,600 monthly peakNovember 20211,721 monthly peakDecember 20211,518 monthly peakJanuary 20221,773 monthly peakFebruary 20221,414 monthly peakMarch 20221,335 monthly peakApril 20221,339 monthly peakMay 20221,253 monthly peakJune 20221,281 monthly peakJuly 20221,430 monthly peakAugust 20221,778 monthly peakSeptember 20221,296 monthly peakOctober 20221,633 monthly peakNovember 20221,365 monthly peakDecember 20221,207 monthly peakJanuary 20231,472 monthly peakFebruary 20231,390 monthly peakMarch 20231,304 monthly peakApril 20231,185 monthly peakMay 20231,015 monthly peakJune 2023961 monthly peakJuly 20231,106 monthly peakAugust 20231,294 monthly peakSeptember 20231,461 monthly peakOctober 20231,487 monthly peakNovember 20231,291 monthly peakDecember 20231,168 monthly peakJanuary 20241,229 monthly peakFebruary 20241,087 monthly peakMarch 20241,116 monthly peakApril 20241,270 monthly peakMay 20241,107 monthly peakJune 2024911 monthly peakJuly 2024910 monthly peakAugust 2024849 monthly peakSeptember 2024885 monthly peakOctober 2024886 monthly peakNovember 2024913 monthly peakDecember 2024918 monthly peakJanuary 2025963 monthly peakFebruary 2025969 monthly peakMarch 20251,125 monthly peakApril 2025933 monthly peakMay 2025836 monthly peakJune 2025844 monthly peakJuly 2025813 monthly peakAugust 2025843 monthly peakSeptember 2025848 monthly peakOctober 2025932 monthly peakNovember 2025891 monthly peakDecember 2025913 monthly peakJanuary 2026950 monthly peakFebruary 2026905 monthly peakMarch 2026873 monthly peakApril 2026992 monthly peakMay 2026858 monthly peakJune 2026762 monthly peakJuly 2026693 monthly peakAugust 2026710 monthly peakSeptember 2026719 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

0194388582777July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026693 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026710 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026719 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

018737456174801 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 2026560 peakThursday 02 July 2026541 peakFriday 03 July 2026588 peakSaturday 04 July 2026631 peakSunday 05 July 2026666 peakMonday 06 July 2026532 peakTuesday 07 July 2026521 peakWednesday 08 July 2026512 peakThursday 09 July 2026487 peakFriday 10 July 2026483 peakSaturday 11 July 2026595 peakSunday 12 July 2026682 peakMonday 13 July 2026553 peakTuesday 14 July 2026524 peakWednesday 15 July 2026494 peakThursday 16 July 2026519 peakFriday 17 July 2026566 peakSaturday 18 July 2026689 peakSunday 19 July 2026693 peakMonday 20 July 2026563 peakTuesday 21 July 2026579 peakWednesday 22 July 2026542 peakThursday 23 July 2026566 peakFriday 24 July 2026587 peakSaturday 25 July 2026666 peakSunday 26 July 2026693 peakMonday 27 July 2026555 peakTuesday 28 July 2026566 peakWednesday 29 July 2026518 peakThursday 30 July 2026508 peakFriday 31 July 2026569 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

019238357576701 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026636 peakSunday 02 August 2026658 peakMonday 03 August 2026579 peakTuesday 04 August 2026517 peakWednesday 05 August 2026517 peakThursday 06 August 2026512 peakFriday 07 August 2026546 peakSaturday 08 August 2026647 peakSunday 09 August 2026707 peakMonday 10 August 2026517 peakTuesday 11 August 2026556 peakWednesday 12 August 2026494 peakThursday 13 August 2026492 peakFriday 14 August 2026533 peakSaturday 15 August 2026625 peakSunday 16 August 2026694 peakMonday 17 August 2026552 peakTuesday 18 August 2026554 peakWednesday 19 August 2026510 peakThursday 20 August 2026548 peakFriday 21 August 2026557 peakSaturday 22 August 2026654 peakSunday 23 August 2026710 peakMonday 24 August 2026572 peakTuesday 25 August 2026562 peakWednesday 26 August 2026569 peakThursday 27 August 2026536 peakFriday 28 August 2026551 peakSaturday 29 August 2026657 peakSunday 30 August 2026708 peakMonday 31 August 2026593 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

019438858277701 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 2026539 peakWednesday 02 September 2026543 peakThursday 03 September 2026521 peakFriday 04 September 2026582 peakSaturday 05 September 2026663 peakSunday 06 September 2026719 peakMonday 07 September 2026696 peakTuesday 08 September 2026561 peakWednesday 09 September 2026492 peakThursday 10 September 2026503 peakFriday 11 September 2026519 peakSaturday 12 September 2026589 peak

October 2026

Banished was released on 18 Feb, 2014.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:04 UTC
App ID
242920
Last updated
13 Sep 2017 build 2107442
Developer
Shining Rock Software LLC
Publisher
Shining Rock Software LLC
Release date
18 Feb, 2014
Platforms
Windows
Download size
104 MB
Install size
174 MB
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Achievements
36
Metacritic
73

Features & support

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Popular tags

City BuilderColony SimStrategySimulationSurvivalIndieSingleplayerSandboxMedievalResource ManagementRelaxingEconomyBuildingManagementOpen WorldDifficultBeautifulProcedural GenerationHistoricalRTS
About this gameFull description from Steam
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. They are born, grow older, work, have children of their own, and eventually die. Keeping them healthy, happy, and well-fed are essential to making your town grow. Building new homes is not enough—there must be enough people to move in and have families of their own. Banished has no skill trees. Any structure can be built at any time, provided that your people have collected the resources to do so. There is no money. Instead, your hard-earned resources can be bartered away with the arrival of trade vessels. These merchants are the key to adding livestock and annual crops to the townspeople’s diet; however, their lengthy trade route comes with the risk of bringing illnesses from abroad. There are twenty different occupations that the people in the city can perform from farming, hunting, and blacksmithing, to mining, teaching, and healing. No single strategy will succeed for every town. Some resources may be more scarce from one map to the next. The player can choose to replant forests, mine for iron, and quarry for rock, but all these choices require setting aside space into which you cannot expand. The success or failure of a town depends on the appropriate management of risks and resources.
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

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System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Win XP SP3 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 2) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 250 MB available space Sound Card: Any

Recommended

Recommended: OS *: Windows 7 / Windows 8 Processor: Intel Core i5 processor (or greater) Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 10 compatible card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 250 MB available space Sound Card: Any
Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

36 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
SettlementAchievement
VillageAchievement
TownAchievement
EducatedAchievement
UneducatedAchievement
Jack of all TradesAchievement
Mountain MenAchievement
TombstoneAchievement
BlacksmithAchievement
StylishAchievement

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18 developer announcements, Feb 2014 to Oct 2015 · times in UTC

October

  1. New Beta Build Available

    Beta build 1.0.5 is now available to test major engine changes that have been made to support multiple platforms for Banished. It also contains a few bug fixes, and some changes to the mod kit. Read more about the release here…

    Shining Rock Software
  2. New Beta Build Available

    Beta build 1.0.5 is now available to test major engine changes that have been made to support multiple platforms for Banished. It also contains a few bug fixes, and some changes to the mod kit. Read more about the release here…

    Shining Rock Software

November

  1. New Mod Kit required for mod authors.

    A new version of the Banished Mod Kit has been released for mod authors using Steam Workshop. Read more about the changes here: http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/2014-11-23-update-to-steam-1-0-4/

    Shining Rock Software
  2. New Mod Kit required for mod authors.

    A new version of the Banished Mod Kit has been released for mod authors using Steam Workshop. Read more about the changes here: http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/2014-11-23-update-to-steam-1-0-4/

    Shining Rock Software
  3. Banished 1.0.4 Now Available

    Banished 1.0.4 brings modding to the game! Steam Workshop is integrated. Mods can add buildings, professions, change game balance, and more! Additionally many bugs were fixed: * Changes for version 1.0.4 Increased memory usage allowed for…

    Shining Rock Software
  4. Banished 1.0.4 Now Available

    Banished 1.0.4 brings modding to the game! Steam Workshop is integrated. Mods can add buildings, professions, change game balance, and more! Additionally many bugs were fixed: * Changes for version 1.0.4 Increased memory usage allowed for…

    Shining Rock Software

September

  1. Steam Workshop BETA

    Owners of Banished can now publish mods to Steam Workshop! You can read more about using the beta version here. http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/2014-09-26-steam-workshop-beta/ The latest mod kit is available here…

    Shining Rock Software
  2. Steam Workshop BETA

    Owners of Banished can now publish mods to Steam Workshop! You can read more about using the beta version here. http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/2014-09-26-steam-workshop-beta/ The latest mod kit is available here…

    Shining Rock Software

June

  1. Banished 1.0.3

    Banished 1.0.3 just went live. Changelist: Fixed a potential crash that could occur if two buildings overlapped. Fixed splitting or emptying herds from pastures. This will no longer cause small pastures to become overfull. Added an option…

    Shining Rock Software
  2. Banished 1.0.3

    Banished 1.0.3 just went live. Changelist: Fixed a potential crash that could occur if two buildings overlapped. Fixed splitting or emptying herds from pastures. This will no longer cause small pastures to become overfull. Added an option…

    Shining Rock Software

May

  1. Laborer Update...

    I’ve been working on a mod kit for the game, however as many people have pointed out, laborers are waiting a long time to walk long distances in the current build (1.0.2), so I decided to start some fixes for version 1.0.3 sooner rather…

    Shining Rock Software
  2. Laborer Update...

    I’ve been working on a mod kit for the game, however as many people have pointed out, laborers are waiting a long time to walk long distances in the current build (1.0.2), so I decided to start some fixes for version 1.0.3 sooner rather…

    Shining Rock Software

April

  1. Version 1.0.2 Beta now available...

    A beta of the new version (1.0.2) is now available. To get it you can opt into the beta by right clicking on the game in the Steam Library, select properties, and then pick the BETAs tab. You can switch to the Beta version 1.0.2. While…

    Shining Rock Software
  2. Version 1.0.2 Beta now available...

    A beta of the new version (1.0.2) is now available. To get it you can opt into the beta by right clicking on the game in the Steam Library, select properties, and then pick the BETAs tab. You can switch to the Beta version 1.0.2. While…

    Shining Rock Software

February

  1. Working on update 1.0.1...

    I'm actively working on version 1.0.1 of Banished, and there is now a beta branch for testing. You can opt into the Test beta version by right clicking on the game in your Steam library, select Properties, and then pick the BETAS tab. You…

    Shining Rock Software
  2. Working on update 1.0.1...

    I'm actively working on version 1.0.1 of Banished, and there is now a beta branch for testing. You can opt into the Test beta version by right clicking on the game in your Steam library, select Properties, and then pick the BETAS tab. You…

    Shining Rock Software
  3. For those having problems getting the game started...

    Hey all, For those having a hard time getting the game started, I just want you to know that it's being worked on. The dev team consists of just me, so thank you in advance for your patience while I sort through the problems and try to get…

    Shining Rock Software
  4. For those having problems getting the game started...

    Hey all, For those having a hard time getting the game started, I just want you to know that it's being worked on. The dev team consists of just me, so thank you in advance for your patience while I sort through the problems and try to get…

    Shining Rock Software

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