Welcome to the world of 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 objective of the game is to keep the… Summary: IGDB
Mind Score
Nourishing
Respect
85
Nourish
68
Stimulation
gentle
Open-ended sandboxStop anytime
Watch out for
Open-ended, can get repetitive
- Steam tag “Sandbox” (1422 votes)
- IGDB keyword “city builder”
What it exercises
Planning and strategy
- Steam tag “Resource Management” (957 votes)
- IGDB keyword “resource gathering”
Problem solving
- Steam tag “Strategy” (2720 votes)
Perseverance: very hard, but fair
- Steam tag “Difficult” (506 votes)
- Hard but fair: 90% positive reviews
Calm and regulation
- 9 of 43 reviews mention relaxing
- Steam tag “Relaxing” (949 votes)
Medium confidence · 28 Sept 2026 · Rules-based estimate from the Steam store, player reviews and PEGI/ESRB descriptors. Not a substitute for the official rating or your own judgement. Tap a label to see the evidence.