Games Like Banished Similar City Building Games & RTS Games like Banished

Banished is described as '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' and is a city building game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Banished for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Linux, Mac and Android apps. The best Banished alternative is RimWorld. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Dwarf Fortress or openage. Other Banished like games are Anno, Travian, Unknown Horizons and Tropico.

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  1. RimWorld icon
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    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    23 RimWorld alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
    • Most users think RimWorld is a great Banished alternative.

    • RimWorld is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Banished.

    • RimWorld is the most popular commercial alternative to Banished.

    • RimWorld is Paid and ProprietaryBanished is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Anno icon
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    ANNO is a city-building and economic simulation video game series, with real-time strategy elements.

    23 Anno alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    • Most users think Anno is a great Banished alternative.

    • Anno is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Banished.

    • Anno is Paid and ProprietaryBanished is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. Dwarf Fortress icon
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    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    26 Dwarf Fortress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular free alternative to Banished.

    • Dwarf Fortress is Free and ProprietaryBanished is Paid and Proprietary
  4. openage icon
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    Free (as in freedom) open-source RTS Age of Empires engine. Written from scratch in C++, Python, Cython, Qt/QML, OpenGL/GLSL, Vulkan, ...

    41 openage alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • openage is the most popular Open Source alternative to Banished.

    • openage is Free and Open SourceBanished is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Travian icon
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    Join the famous expert strategy game with thousands of real players, directly in your browser.

    28 Travian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Travian is the most popular Web-based alternative to Banished.

    • Travian is Freemium and ProprietaryBanished is Paid and Proprietary
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    Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Tropico icon
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    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. Littlewargame icon
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    Littlewargame is a medieval-themed HTML5 Real-Time-Strategy game with multiplayer mode and a map editor. It runs completely in your browser without any download required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Caesar icon
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    As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission is clear – build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle barbarians and repel...

    30 Caesar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Tribal Wars is a browser-based game set in the Middle Ages. Every player controls a small village, striving for power and glory.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Castle Story icon
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    Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little characters called "Bricktrons".

    18 Castle Story alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
     
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