What games are like Banished?

indielist matches 12 indie games to Banished by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Foundation (22,753 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.

How are "games like Banished" chosen?

By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Banished, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.

Games like Banished

Looking for games like Banished? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Banished is a indie game from 2014; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Foundation with 22,753 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.

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Foundation

2025 · Indie

22,753 reviews · 87% positive

City BuilderSimulationMedieval

Same: shares City Builder and Simulation. Different: leans more into atmospheric.
D

Dawn of Man

2019 · Indie

17,790 reviews · 87% positive

City BuilderColony SimSurvival

Same: shares City Builder and Colony Sim. Different: leans more into choices matter.
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Endzone - A World Apart

2021 · Indie

8,225 reviews · 77% positive

City BuilderSurvivalStrategy

Same: shares City Builder and Survival. Different: leans more into post-apocalyptic.
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Going Medieval

2026 · Indie

16,830 reviews · 89% positive

City BuilderColony SimSingleplayer

Same: shares City Builder and Colony Sim. Different: leans more into rpg.
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IXION

2022 · Indie

15,003 reviews · 79% positive

City BuilderStrategySurvival

Same: shares City Builder and Strategy. Different: leans more into space.
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Planetbase

2015 · Indie

9,494 reviews · 80% positive

Colony SimCity BuilderStrategy

Same: shares Colony Sim and City Builder. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Ratopia

2025 · Adventure

4,507 reviews · 88% positive

BuildingColony SimSurvival

Same: shares Building and Colony Sim. Different: leans more into base-building.
R

RimWorld

2018 · Indie

243,385 reviews · 98% positive

Colony SimSurvivalStrategy

Same: shares Colony Sim and Survival. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Oxygen Not Included

2019 · Indie

142,787 reviews · 97% positive

Colony SimSurvivalResource Management

Same: shares Colony Sim and Survival. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Space Haven

2026 · Indie

10,128 reviews · 86% positive

Colony SimSimulationStrategy

Same: shares Colony Sim and Simulation. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Dyson Sphere Program

2021 · Indie

83,095 reviews · 97% positive

BuildingOpen WorldResource Management

Same: shares Building and Open World. Different: leans more into automation.
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Prison Architect

2015 · Indie

59,960 reviews · 89% positive

SimulationBuildingSandbox

Same: shares Simulation and Building. Different: leans more into base-building.

Frequently asked questions

What games are like Banished?: indielist matches 12 indie games to Banished by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Foundation (22,753 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
How are "games like Banished" chosen?: By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Banished, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.