Banished Alternatives for Mac

Banished is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is 0 A.D., which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Banished and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Banished are RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress, Tropico and Stronghold.

Banished alternatives are mainly RTS Games but may also be City Building Games or Historical Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Banished.

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Banished

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City Building Game

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new...

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0 A.D.
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Free • Open Source
RTS Game
Historical Game
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42 0 A.D. alternatives
0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.
- - 0 A.D. is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Banished.
- - 0 A.D. is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Banished.
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0 A.D. Features
1. Multiplayer0 A.D. offers a game mode for more than one player.
2. Single player0 A.D. has one or more single player game modes.
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The main feature of Banished that distinguishes itself from other "civilisation builder" games is that it has no warfare.
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RimWorld
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Paid • Proprietary
City Building Game
Sandbox Game
Mac
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Steam
19 RimWorld alternatives
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.
- - RimWorld is the most popular commercial alternative to Banished.
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RimWorld Features
1. Single playerRimWorld has one or more single player game modes.
2. ModdableRimWorld can be modified through the installation of external mods.
3. Endless gameplayRimWorld offers at least one game mode that allows you to play indefinitely.
Base building
Strategy planning
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Most users think RimWorld is a great Banished alternative.
Dwarf Fortress
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Free • Proprietary
City Building Game
Survival Game
Sandbox Game
Mac
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24 Dwarf Fortress alternatives
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...
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Dwarf Fortress Features
1. Single playerDwarf Fortress has one or more single player game modes.
Building game
Infinite hierarchical depth
Terraforming
Battle simulation
Squad based
Tropico (Series)
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Paid • Proprietary
City Building Game
Mac
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Linux
Wine
21 Tropico alternatives
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.
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Stronghold (Series)
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Paid • Proprietary
RTS Game
Historical Game
City Building Game
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Wine
36 Stronghold alternatives
Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold.

In Stronghold Crusader the player can play as either the legendary Richard the Lionheart or the formidable Saladin. A mix of real-time strategy and city-building games, the game's desert setting requires str.
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eCity
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Free • Proprietary
City Building Game
Simulation Games
Sandbox Game
Mac
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Linux
Desura
14 eCity alternatives
eCity is a city simulation game where you are challenged to solve different engineering issues. Eight scenarios are available including topics such as:
- energy distribution
- pollution
- networking
- transportation
- natural disasters
- etc,
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Castle Story
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Crafting Game
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Wine
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18 Castle Story alternatives
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".
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Planetbase
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Survival Game
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Steam
Xbox
20 Planetbase alternatives
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.
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Extremely similar, with more challenges and objectives.
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Craft The World
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Paid • Proprietary
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Steam
12 Craft The World alternatives
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
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Spacebase DF-9
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
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Steam
18 Spacebase DF-9 alternatives
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future. Meteor impacts!
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Spacebase DF-9 Features
1. Single playerSpacebase DF-9 has one or more single player game modes.
Squad based
Building game
Discontinued
The game seems to be no longer developed since 2014. It can be still bought from Steam.
Towns
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Paid • Proprietary
City Building Game
Fantasy Game
Mac
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Steam
21 Towns alternatives
In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
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Towns Features
1. DRM FreeNo Digital rights management (DRM), i.e. no copy protection.
Discontinued
The game seems to be no longer updated and it was never finished. Last version, v14, released in September 2013, can be still bought from the official website and Steam
SAELIG
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Steam
itch.io
2 SAELIG alternatives
A strategy game with simulation and RPG elements centered around the life of you and your family as you try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.
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